Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 21,734, Timothy Dean, New York R.I.
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9[illegible] - 177[illegible])
SERVICE
New York
R.I.

Dean Timothy
NUMBER 
S.21.734

CONTENTS
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21-086
Rh Island
21036

Timothy Dean

[illegible] in the State of R. Island
who was a Private in the Comp - command
by Captain Paine of the the Reg commanded
by [illegible] in the R. Island
time for 14 Mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Aug.
1832 and [illegible] Gloucester

[illegible]to the 4th of The  [illegible] $93.33
[illegible] allowance ending 4 Sep 23.33
$116.66

⎨Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. G. Stiles Clerk
Book E  Vol. 2. Page 107
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
County of Providence Sc

On this twentieth day of July 1832 before me Ira P
Evans a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for said County residing in Glocester in said
County, personally appeared Timothy Dean a
resident of Burrillville in said County aged 85 years
who being first duly sworn according to law on his
oath doth make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832. I the said declarant was born in Taunton in the
County of Bristol Massachusetts on the 6 of February 1747
I do not know of any record of my age. I lived in North
Kingston R.I. when first called into service. I have lived in
Smithfield & Burrillville R.I. Since the Revolution
& now live in said Burrillville. I was first called into service in the year 1775 when I lived in North Kingston
upon an [illegible]  in consequence of the landing of the
British. I then went into the State of New York & while
there I was called upon as a soldier in the militia to go
& disarm the tories - Capt Brinton Pain was our
Captain - I was in the service about 2 weeks. I was next 
called out in June 1776 to go in the same Company
to guard some Continental ships that were building
at Poughkeepsie. While there I went in a line shop
against the British ship in the Hudson river & I 
was at Fort Montgomery when Independance was
declared July 4th 1776 I served two weeks upon this
expedition - In September 1776. I came to Rhode
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Island & settled in East Greenwich in that State. [illegible]
that month I enlisted into the Kentish Guards a
chartered Company of Militia in the service of the
State of Rhode Island under the command of Col
Richard Fry - The company were on duty one
half at a time from September, 1776 to March
1778 when I left them. I served my regular
term of one month each in said Company during
said period making 9 months in the whole & was
paid by said State. We were stationed at said East
Greenwich & along the shores of the Bay. Besides
the before mentioned 9 months I went in October 1777
as a Substitute for Pardoni Allen with the said
Company on Gen Spencers expedition to R. I. we 
marched to Tiverton R I & were stationed at Commander
meeting house & remained there one month when
we returned home - I also served in said Company
as a Substitute for one of members thereof whose
name I have forgotten one month. The time I do not
recollect. - My whole time of actual service in the
said Kentish Guard for myself & as a substitute
was 11 months & the whole period of my enlistment
during which I was bound to do duty when
called upon was 18 months. I removed from said
East Greenwich to Smithfield R I in the spring
of 1778 & was in Capt Job Mowry Company of
the senior class. - In July or August 1778 I was drafted with
said Company to go in Gen Sullivans expedition
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to Rhode Island Gen West commanded our brigade
or regiment. We marched to Bristol & from thence to
Tiverton R I & crossed Howlands ferry to the island. We
passed Butts hill fort I went down to [illegible]
plain where we lay until we retreated back to
Butts hill where we had a battle on the 29th of
August 1778 & in the night the army retreated over
to Tiverton in boats. Gen Corneli Superintended
the embarkation. After my arrival in Tiverton
I was discharged & I served on this expedition I think
one month. In the battle Cole Chad Brown took
command of our corps-- Gen Varnum Gen Glover
Gen Sullivan Col James Williams were officers
then that I recollect. Some time near the close
of the war & while the French lay at Newport R. I.
I was called out on a draft in Capt John Mowrey
Company of Militia & marched in Col Amos
Atwells regiment R I militia to Bristol R.I. &
I remained there a month when he was
dismissed
I know now surviving witness by whom
I can prove my services except Richard Mathewson
of East Greenwich & I am not certain that he is
alive I never received any written discharge. While
I was in the Kentish Guards [illegible] was a British 
Ship of war lay in the bay opposite the town of East Greenwich
Seth Ross William Ross, Joseph Brown Servil
Paine are persons who live in my vicinity & who
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can testify as to my character for veracity & their
belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution

I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension
or annuity except the present I do declare that
my name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any State
Timothy Dean

Sworn to & subscribed at said Glouster the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

We Arnold Hunt & Andrew Stone residing in
Burrillville aforesaid hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Deacon Timothy Dean of said
Burrillville who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 85 years of age, that
he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in
that opinion

Arnold Hunt
Andrew Stone

Sworn to & subscribed at [illegible] Glouster the day & year aforesaid before me
Ira P. Every Justice C.C. Pleas
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11410
Timothy Dean

Private 14 month

5.   1606

May 16 1835
P. 398
S. Y. Atwell
Glouster RI
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BRIEF in the case of Timothy Dean
of Burrillville in the State of R. Island
(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? 85 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed
Period
June in 1175
1776
Sep 1776 to
March 1778
October 1777
"
July of Aug 1778
While the French lay at Newport.

Duration of Service.
Montha
Years, Months, Days.
14 [days]
14 [days]
Militia 9 [months]
[illegible] 1 [month
" 1 [month]
1 [month]
1 [month]
Rank.
As a
Private
"

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Paine
Col Fry
Gen Merce
Col Bearm Capt. [illegible] Gen Fernum
Capt. Moray Col. Atwell6777

5. In what battles was he engaged? Butts Hill-
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North Kingston R Island
mentioned.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers not attached together as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF: MLB [illegible]

September 30, 1930

R. D. Card
R. F. D. # 2
Morgan Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21734, that Timothy Dean.
was born February 6, 1747, in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

While residing in North Kingston, Rhode Island, he enlisted
in 1775, and served two weeks, as a private in Captain Brinton
Paine's company of New York militia, and served in June, 1776,
two weeks in the same company.

In September, 1776, he went to East Greenwich, Rhode Island,
and enlisted in the Kentish Guards and served as a private in
Captain Richard Fry's Rhode Island company, in monthly tours
of every other month,  was in General Spencer's expedition
in October, 1777 and served until in March, 1778.

[written by hand in margin:] see [illegible] page 238

In 1778, he served one month as a private in Captain
Job Mowrey's company, Colonel Amos Atwell's Rhode Island regiment and in the summer of 1778, served one month under Colonel Chad Brown, and was in General Sullivan's expedition and in the battle of Butts Hill.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20,
1832, at which time he was living in Burrillville, Providence
County, Rhode Island.

There are no data as to family.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Application 11.410
of Timothy Dean for pension

[illegible] at Gloucester R.I.

Saml Z Atwiss
[illegible] for applicant
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And I the said Ira P. Evans Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby declare my
opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
Department that the before named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I
do further certify that it appears to me that Arnold
Hunt & Andrew Stone who have signed the preceding
certificate and residents in said Burrillville & are
credible persons & that their statement is entitled
to credit. It further appears to me that there is
no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said
applicant & that the said applicant is unable
from bodily infirmity to attend the sitting of the
Court which by law sits in Province 20 miles from
the residence of said applicant I do further
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings in the matter of the application of Timothy Dean
for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand at Glouster aforesaid this 20th day of July 1832
Ira P. Evans
Justice C.C. Pleas
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.

I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P Evans is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Evans - and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans -

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the
seal of said Court, at Providence this first
day of August - in the year of our
Lord 1832.
Wm R Watson
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[illegible] for the Court
attest Dexter Randall

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence sc.

I Dexter Randall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for
the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Nedabiah Angell - is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Gloucester in said county and State:--that he is by the laws of said State, authorised to administer oaths and take depositions: and that the signature to the annexed document, purporting to be his, is, from the evidence adduced to me in the proper hand writing of said Nedabiah Angell

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the
Seal of said Court, at Providence, this twenty eighth
day of May - in in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Dexter Randall Clerk
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State of Rhode Island Pr
Providence Ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the town of Glouster in said County duly Commissioned & Sworn, Timothy
Dean of Burrillville in said County who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & the consequent
loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length
of his service but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the periods below & in the following
grades. For one month I served in the militia of the State of
New York as a private. For 18 months I was enlisted as a
private in the Kentish Guard in the State of Rhode Island
& did duty in the same as a private as set forth in my
declaration, to which this is an amendment. For two months
I served as a private in Capt Mowry Company R.I. Militia
making in the whole 21 months service as a private & for
such service I claim a pension. The particulars of my
service are detailed in my said declarations

Timothy Dean

Sworn to & subscribed this
24th day of May AD 1833
before me
Nedabiah Angell
Justice Peace
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          Private      11 month  active service Kentuck guards
                "           1      "       Militia New York
Aug 1778 "           1      "       Sullivan's Expedition
                             1      "       Col Atwells Regt
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This is all the active service set forth by the claimant.  
He enlisted in the Kentish Guards for 18 months but
only performed 11 months active service as appears from
his declaration the mere circumstance of his holding
himself in readiness to perform military duty is not taken
into consideration in the computation of the amount of his
pension - 

Pension Office
Aug 6 1833
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Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send to the following address a copy of the pension papers & any other information you may have concerning
Timothy Dean of Burrillville, Rhode Island who fought in the Revolutionary War. I am particularly interested in locating his birth place & the date of his birth. His wives were Sarah A. ; Hannah Patty & Mary Mathewson.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours truly,
R. D. Card
R. F. D. # 2
Morgan Ave.,
Providence, R. I.

[Stamped:] [illegible] U.S. Sept. 5, 1930 Office
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