Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 649, Dan Beach, Conn.
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Conn.

Beach, Dan
Abigail

R. 649
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V No7568
Abigail Beach
N.Y
Act 7 July 1838


appplication of Abigail Beach


Hon S. M. Gates
HR
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State of New York
Genesee County
On this twenty fourth day
of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine
personally appeared before me William Mitchell
first Judge of Genesee County Abigale Beach
a resident of Middlebury in said County aged
eighty three years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed July 7. 1838 entitled an act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Dan Beach who
was a captain in the war of the Revolution
that the said Dan Beach served in the war of
the Revolution as a captain at horse neck and
Danbury in the State of Connecticut and at West
point and a place called Rye in the State of
New York but the particular periods or dates of his
service she is unable to state and relies upon
the records and proofs hereto attached to establish 
his services 

she further declares that she was married to
the said Dan Beach on the first day of July
1784 as she now believes that her husband the
aforesaid Dan Beach died on the 8th day of
December 1812. that she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service but the marriage
took place previous to the first of January Seventeen
hundred and ninety four viz at the time above
Stated July 1st 1784
Sworn and subscribed the
before me the day and                 
year above written                            Abigale X Beach  Her Mark
William Mitchell
First Judge of Genesee County
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William Mitchell Just Judge of Genesee County
before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed
and sworn to do certify that the Declarant Abigail Beach.
weak from age and extreme disability is entirely unable 
to write or to attend Court and that the pregoing
declaration was made subscribed and sworn to
at her dwelling in the town of Middlebury in said
County of Genesee and that she made 
her mark to said Declaration in my presence
Dated June 24th 1839.
William Mitchell

State of New York
Genesee County ⎬ ss. I certify that William Mitchell
was Fort Judge of said County at the
time of taking the foregoing declaration and
that his name subscribed to the foregoing
certificate are his hand writing.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my official seal this 22 January 1841
H A Soper Clerk
of Genesee County
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State of New York
Ontario County  Ss  Joel Steele of the
town of East Bloomfield in said County being
duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was
well acquainted with Dan Beach and Abigail
Steele of the town of Bethlehem
in the State of Connecticut when they 
were young people, that he was present
at the time of their marriage and saw 
them married which took place about
the month of July A.D. 1783 and that
they subsequently lived together as man & wife

Subscribed & sworn this     Joel Steele
13th day of October 1840
before me
Josiah Porter Justice of the peace
of said County

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office  I do hereby certify that
Josiah Porter Esq. whose name
is subscribed to the above Affidavit was on the day of the 
date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County duly elected and qualified and authorized to take
the same  And that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and seal
said County this 13th Oct.
1840 at Canandaigua
LeDean Brown
Dep. Clk
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Dan Beach [crossed out]
Abigail Beach
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State of New York
County of Wyoming  ⎬ss. On this 2nd day of
October in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and fifty one
personally appeared before me Abner W.
Blackman a Justice of the peace of the said
County of Wyoming Esther Sherman a
Resident of the Town of Middlebury in the
County and State aforesaid aged
Sixty one years who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on
her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act
granting half pay and pensions to certain
Widows"  and all
other acts of Congress granting pensions
to widows and children of officers and
Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War
- That she is the daughter and
only child of Dan Beach and Abigail
Beach deceased - That the said Dan Beach
Served in the Revolutionary War
as a Captain for two years
and more and she believes that
he stated in his life time that he
served in Colonel Hinmans Regiment ┃
in the Connecticut troops and she
has heard him state that he was in
the Battle of Whiteplains - Cowpens
and Brandywine but when he entered
the service or when he left she does
not know-
She further declares that the said
Dan Beach resided in the Town of
Bethlehem
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in the State of Connecticut during
and after the said War and was
married to the said Abigail Beach
same time in the year 1789 at Bethlehem
aforesaid. That the maiden
name of the said Abigail Beach
before said marriage was Abigail
That the said Daniel
Beach died in the said Town of
Bethlehem in the month of December
on the Eighth day of December in
the year Eighteen hundred and twelve
That when he so died he left
him surviving the said Abigail
Beach his widow and she never
again intermarried but continued
the Widow of the said Daniel
Beach till She died and she
died on the Tenth day of September
in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and
forty at the said Town of Middlebury
in the State of New York-
She further declares that the
said Abigail Beach made application
for a pension and made
proof to establish her claim for a
pension but she never obtained
a pension and the papers on which
she made her said Application
are now on file in the pension
Office at the City of Washington
to which reference can be had
She further declares that she
is the daughter and only child
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now living of the said Daniel Beach
and Abigail Beach or either -
She further states that she
makes this declaration to obtain a
Revolutionary pension to which the
said Abigail Beach was entitled
and which she did not receive
from March 4th 1836 to September
10th 1840 on which day she died
And the Declarant claims the said
pension in right of the said Abigail
Beach who was the widow of the
said Daniel Beach for the Revolutionary 
services of the said Daniel
Beach in the said Revolutionary War
Subscribed and sworn to
this 3rd day of October
before me                  Esther Sherman
A.S. Blackmer J.P.

I do hereby certify that the above
named A. W. Blackmer before whom
the preceding and annexed affidavit
was made and taken was at the
time of so doing a Justice of the
peace of the County of Wyoming in
the State of New York duly commissioned
and sworn and authorized by law to
administer oaths and take affidavits
H. Putnam
[illegible]
NY
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State of New York
Erie County ss, Mary Ann Vaughn being
duly sworn according to law on her oath says
that her Grand Father Dan Beach was a
revolutionary soldier and has been dead
about forty years, at the time of his death
he left him surviving Abigail Beach his
widow, who has been dead about fourteen
years the deponent has been informed that
at the time of her death there was a pension
due to me from the United States, on account
of the service of her husband the said Dan Beach
in the revolutionary war - The deponent further
says, that her mother Phebe. Castle was a daughter
and one of the heirs of the said Abigail. Beach
and was living at the time of her death and
survived her three or four years, when she
also died and that Esther Sherman of Wyoming
County is the other daughter and now the
only surviving child of the said Abigail Beach
deceased, and as the deponent has been
informed, has made application for the pension
due the said Abigail at the time of her death
The deponent further says that she the
deponent. Don. B. Castle of the City of Buffalo,
William, H. Castle, and Hiram S. Castle, are
the children and heirs of the said Phebe, Castle
deceased, and are by law entitled to the
share of the pension due their mother the said
Phebe Castle who was one of the heirs of the
said Abigail Beach deceased -
This affidavit is made in order to
prevent the settlement of the pension due to
the heirs of the said Abigail Beach at the
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time of her death, or the issue of a certificate
of pension for the amount due to any person
affecting their right or interests in the claim.
until the proof can be procured to substantiate
the facts set forth in this affidavit-
The deponent has not employed any person
to obtain the pension, and has not been consulted
in regard to the same -

State of New York,
ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I WILLIAM ANDRE, of County of the Courts thereof, certify that
Samuel Lake Esq before whom the
annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name subscribed in the certificate of proof
thereof, was at the time of taken the same, a commissioner of deeds in and for the
City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take
the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe the sigature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 5 day of July
A.D. 1853
W Amber Clerk
-
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time of her death, or the issue of a certificate
of pension for the amount due to any person
affecting their right or interests in the claim.
until the proof can be procured to substantial
the facts set forth in this affidavit-
The deponent has not employed any person
to obtain the pension, and has not been consulted
in regard to the same -
Sworn and subscribed
this 4th day of July 1853     Mary Ann Vaughn
before me and I certify
the deponent is a credible person-
Samuel Lake Commissioner
of Deeds for the City of Buffalo
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Second day of July A.D. 1853
N. P. Currier Clerk

Abigal Beach, Rev Pension
claim act of 7 July 1838
Esther Sherman
Paper

Power of Attorney
-
RM Ross atty
Present
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Know all men by these presents, that, I, Esther Sherman
(daughter, and only surviving heir of Abigail Beach,) of the
town of Middlebury County of Wyoming, and State of New York,
have hereby constituted and appointed, Richard M Ross, of the  
City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, my true and
lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, as the only surviving
child and heir at law, of Abigall Beach, to examine & prosecute
the claim of my deceased mother for a Pension due her, and to do
all such matters and things touching the same, as is necessary to be  
done legally in and about the prosecution of the same; and I hereby
revoke all other power given for the prosecution of the same.
Witness my hand and seal this 2d day of July A.D. 1853
Witnessed by us     Esther Sherman
A. Blackmer
M. J. Lamb

State of New York
Wyoming County ⎬Ss.  on this 2nd day of July A.D. 1853, personally
appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and
for the County and State aforesaid, Esther Sherman, who acknowledged
the above Power of attorney to be her voluntary act and deed for
the uses and purposes therein contained, after the same, had been read
and explained to her. Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day
of July A.D. 1853.
A.W. Blackmer JP

State of New York
County of Wyoming  Ss.    I N P Currier Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that
A W Blackner Esquire before whom the above power of attorney was
acknowledged, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace for the County 
and State aforesaid, and that full faith and credit is due to 
to all his official acts. In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand 
and caused the seal of said County, to be affixed, this
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Second day of July A.D. 1853

N. P. Currier Clk

Abigail Beach Rev Pension
claim act of 7 July 1838
Esther Thornton

Power of Attorney
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[no text]
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Abigail Beach
Act July 7 1838
New York
Suspended
See Registrar for the correspondence in this case
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Ex'r  INVALID
REJECTED
No. 679

Abigail Beach

P.O. -----
Service:  -----

Enlisted : ----- 18 --
Discharged: ----- 18 --
Application Filed: ----- 18 ---
Alleges: -----
Re-enlisted: -----
P.O. -----
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Bethlem Conn     Free
June 9    H. Skidmore P.M.

L.W. Dray
Pray
Wyoming
 " " " County NY


NESE June 15
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Bethlehem Conn June 9. 1841
D. Sir
Yours of May 31s is at hand contents perused and
all I can say is that no record of the Mairrage of
Mr Beach & wife appears on either town or parish records as
I have thoroughly examined both, as regards Mr Hannah
he has no recollection of being present at their wedding

I have heretofore recd two letters on the same business and
at the time made search and return information accordingly
in one case to Mrs Shermer the result of my search

Nothing would give me greater pleasure were I able
to process the necessary testimony or proof in your
case, but it is impossible-
Respectfully your &c
H. Skidmore
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Feb. 1843
[illegible] WW
Abigail Beach

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Hon. S. M. Gates
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10
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Oct. 5 
Abigail Beach
NY
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Warsaw NY Oct 1, 1846

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir,
Will you give me the
objections of the Department to the
allowing of the claim of Widow Abigail
Beach, wife of Captain Dan Beach, who served
from CT-

The widow claims under the law
of 1836 - the papers were filed by
Mr. Mitchell Esq
Very Respectfully yours
E W Andrews
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Abigail Beach
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State of New York
County f Wyoming ⎬Ss

I, W. Riley Smith County
Judge and acting as Surrogate of the said County of
Wyoming do hereby certify that satisfactory
Evidence has been exhibited to me the
said Judge and Surrogate that Abigail
Beach as the Widow of Daniel Beach
That she, the said Abigail Beach was a
resident of the County of Wyoming
in the State of New York and died
in the Town of Middlebury in the
County of Wyoming and State of
New York on the tenth day of September 
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty -
That when she so did she left her
surviving one child whose name is
Esther Sherman who is now living
and that has no other child or children
now living besides the said
Esther Sherman
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and
affixed my official seal at
Warsaw in said County
this 26th day of October in
the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred
and fifty one -
W. Riley Smith
Wyoming Co. Judge
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I, David Enos, of Middletown in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 81 years and upwards
being duly sworn according to law, do depose, testify and
say, that in the year 1777 I belonged as a private to the
Connecticut Line of the American Army of the Revolution,
under Capt. Henry Champion of Colchester in Col. Samuel
Wyllys' Regiment in Genl Parsons Brigade. I then
belonged to the three years service. In July of
that year, my Brigade was lying at the White Plains,
and whilst there, I became acquainted with Capt.
Dan Beach, of Bethlehem in Connecticut, who
then belonged to the six months men then raised
and in service for the State of Connecticut, under
Col. Roger Enos. During the time of my acquaintance
with Capt. Beach, the three years men and the six
months men being joined in service at Mamaroneck,
I was from four to six times placed on picket
guard under the said Capt Beach, and will
know that he served in that capacity. Col. Enos
was an uncle of mine - my own officers often
gave me permits, when the troops lay near together,
to visit him; and from that and other 
circumstances, I will know the said Capt. Beach
to have been in the service during the time
above mentioned
--David X Enos his mark
Witnesses to the signing
Jesse Gove
Russel Barber

State of Vermont
Rutland County ss
Be it known, that on this 15th
day of September, 1841, before me, a Justice of the
peace, duly authorized by the laws of said State to
administer
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administer oaths, personally appeared the above named
David Enos, to me well known, and made oath, that the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence,
contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And
I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible
witness
Orson Clark Justice Peace

State of Vermont 
Rutland County  ⎬
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of
the County Court in and for said
County, do hereby certify, that
Orson Clark of Middletown in
said County is a Justice of the peace
in and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified, and authorized by the
laws of said State to administer oaths in
the manner above written; and that the
foregoing signature, purporting to
be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof,
I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, at
Rutland in said County, this 15th day of September 1841
S. W. Hopkins
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Know all men by these presents that
that I Esther Sherman of Wyoming Village
in the County of Wyoming and State of
New York daughter and only child
of Daniel Brush and Abigail Brush
deceased have constituted and appointed
and by these presents do constitute and
appoint George C. Ames Esquire of the
City of Washington my true and lawful
Agent and Attorney for me and in my
name to prosecute my claim for a for
Revolutionary pension to which I am entitled
in right of the said Abigail Beach
for the Revolutionary services of the
said Daniel Beach in the War of the
Revolution and I am directly interested
in the Claim for such pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this second day of
October in the year 1851
Esther Sherman

State of New York
Wyoming County ss On this 2d day of October
in the year 1891 personally appeared
before me A W Blackmer a Justice of the
peace of the said County of Wyoming the above
named  Esther Sherman well known 
to me to be the person described in and
who has executed the above power of Attorney
and acknowledged that she executed the same
which I certify - And I further certify
that the said Esther Sherman made oath
before me that she was directly interested
in the claim for a pension mentioned
and set forth in the said power of Attorney
A. Blackmer
Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that the within
named A. W. Blackmer before whom
the within Power of Attorney was
made and taken and who has
thereunto officially subscribed [illegible]
[illegible] was at the time of so doing a
Justice of the peace of the County
of Wyoming and State of New York
duly commissioned and sworn and
authorized by law to administer
oaths and take Affidavits and
acknowledgements and his signature
thereto is genuine
H. Putnam
Late M. G.
NY
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Washn Feby 4 1841
Sir
Herewith I send you applications
for Pensions this day forwarded to me,
in the four following cases
Widow Rachel Ingersoll
" Eve Scribner
" Susanna Thayer
" Abigail Beach, all of Genesee
County New York is
In one or two of them
I am informed the proof is yet incomplete
Yours very Respectfully
Seth M Gates

Hon.
J L. Edwards
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Washington Jany 31. 1842
Sir 
On referring to some old letters
I am led to believe the accompanying
papers this day returned to me, have
reference to the claim of Mrs Abigail
Beach of Middlebury N.Y. Judge
Mitchell, I think first undertook
to aid her in procuring her pension
and not readily succeeding Mr
Dray has taken the matter in
hand - Please refer to her papers
on file & I doubt not you will
find these proofs applicable to
that case
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
S. M Gates

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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L W Pray Esq
Wyoming
Genesee County
N York


A H Hinman
Jany 26 1841
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L.W. Pray, Esq
Sir
the Comptroller &  myself
have spent a long time in examining the
was record for the name & service of
Dan Beach, But the name of Capt Dan
Beach is not upon the Books & no
account was opened with him for
the payment of his men
I find the name of Capt Elijah Beach
Capt Miles Beach of Wyoming
the fees for searching records for us
both, is, $2 which you will forward
by mail & oblige
Yours
Royal R Hinman
Hartford
Jan 26th 1841
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no answer

To operate as a Caveat ---
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Buffalo July 4th 1833
P. Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pension
Sir   Please find my
affidavit Enclosed, and inform me if the
claim for the pension has been been presented
and is on file and what further proof
will be required to obtain the amount due

as the name of Phebe Castle mentioned
in the application as one of the heirs-

If so you are requested not to issue
any pension certificate to any person in
any way affecting her our rights
If her name is not mentioned in
the application it is an omission and
the claim should not be settled until
the rights of all the parties are secured

If the claim has been allowed, will
you have the goodness to countermand
the payment thereof, until the parties
interested can be heard.-
Please answer this without delay-
Respectfully Yours
Mary Ann Vaughn
Direct to the care of G.C. Vaughn
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Washington October 27, 1857

James E Heath Esq
Sir

Enclosed you will please paid
power of Attorney from Esther Sherman only surviving
Child of Abigail Beach who applied for a pension
under the act of 7 July 1838 from New York for her
husband Dann Beache's service in the war of
the Revolution
I wish to be allowed the privilege of seeing the papers filed in this
case in your office
with much respect
Your Obt Sert
Geo C Ames
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Buffalo March 7

Sir

for the last 4 or 5 year
I have or on my behalf others in
the Matters of a pension
that rightfully belonged to
my Grand Mother papers to
prove it has been sent on
to Washington, time after
time and no answer to the
why such should not be paid
to her or heirs
I wish you
to inform me to the cause
of such treatment and if it
has been paid to any person
over
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or persons
please give me the
desired information by return
mail  and oblige and how it
stands in regard to proof
and Oblige
needful
A needful [illegible] in the
estate of Dan Beach of
the town of Bethelem in the
State of Connecticut
Abigail Beach
his wife and heirs
Please Direct
Mrs G.C. Vaughan
Buffalo
Ny