Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 951, Peter Beam, New Jersey

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New Jersey

Beam, Peter
or Bean

S. 951

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Revolutionary War

INVALID

File No. 951
Peter Beam
Private New Jersey Line

Act: June 7, 1832

Index:Vol. A, Page 25

[ Arrangement of 18790. ]

Peter Beam or Bean
Record completed. November 23 05

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New Jersey N. 28394

Peter Beam
Morris County in the State of New Jersey
was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Haring of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Day in the New Jersey
for  8 months

Peter Beam or Bean
Records completed November 23, 05

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1834
L. Condict, Murrytown

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834, 79.98
Semi-anl. alowance ending 4 September 1834 13.33
$93.31

Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk,
Book E. Vol 3 Page 103

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State of New Jersey
Burgin County

The Examination of Anthony Beam of Pamptain Township in the County of Bergin and State of New Jersey from aforesaid farmer, taken before me Nathaniel Board one the Justices  of the Peace in and for said County of Bergin this 21 day of February AD 1834. The said Anthony Beam being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, saith that he has been acquainted with Peter Beam from his Infancy that he was born at Wynocky in the said County that he resided there in the Revolutionary War deponent saith that said Peter Beam was out on duty in Militia service in said war several times in the County of Bergin and that at one time deponent was out with him. The said Peter in said service was quartered at Hackensack in said County in the summer season, the year not recollected nor the names of the officers they were under.

Sworn and Subscribed before me at the township of Pompton in said County of Bergin the day and year above writing.

Nathaniel Board

Anthony Beam

I, Nathaniel Board, the magistrate before whom the above deposition of Anthony Beam, and the two accompanying depositions of Conrad Lines and of John Beam were also taken, do hereby certify, that the said Anthony Beam, Conrad Lines and John Beam, are all of them credible witnesses and men of good standing in Bergin County and fully entitled to belief. Writing my hand at Pampton, Bergin County, this 31 day of March 1834.

Nathaniel Board, Justice of the Peace

I, Graham Westervelt Clerk of the County of Bergin in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that Nathan Board Esquire before whom the depositions of Conrade Lines, John Beam and Anthony Beam were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly authorized and commissioned, that the signature of his name to each of said depositions is genuine.

For testimony, whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office at Hackensack, this 26th day of April, Domini 1834.

Graham Westervelt, Clerk

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State of New Jersey
Bergin County

The Examination of Conrad Lines of Pompton Township in the County of Bergin and State of New Jersey Former, taken before me Nathaniel Board one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Bergin this 21 day of February AD 1834 the said Conrad Lines being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God, saith that he has been acquainted with Peter Beam for Sixty years or more and while said Peter was young and at the time of the Revolutionary War he resided in Wynocky in said County of Bergin and that said Peter Beam was out with Deponent in the militia service in May year not recollected, at Closter, said Peter quartered at Bogerts was out on skouting and Reconoitering parties with him through Inglish Neighbourhood and along  the lines between the british and him (the Captains name not recollected which they were under - deponent further saith that he the said Peter Beam was out in Company with him also in said Militia service at another time at Tenefly in said County in the Early part of the  summer of 1777, 8 or name of the Captain not recollected. They Scouted and Reconoitered towards Fort Lee and towards the lines of the British, were out on Months service one Month at Each time quartered the last time at Westervalts at S. Tenefly in Bergin County.

Sworn and Subscribed before me at Pompton Township in said County of Bergin the day & year above written
Nathaniel Board
           his
Conrad + Lines
           mark

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New Jersey, Morris County
Peter Beam's Declaration 
for a Pension

30884

Admit as private
8 months $26.66


Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown, New Jersey

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State of New Jersey
Bergin County

The Examination of John Beam of Pompton Township in the County of Bergi and State of New Jersey, Farmer, taken before m Nathaniel Board one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Bergin this 21st day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Four. The said John Beam being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty Bod, saith that he is well acquainted with Peter Beam and has been for seventy five years that he said Peter Beam was born in Ynocket the present Township of Pampton formerly Franklin in Bergin County that he as brought up and resided there a number of years and at the time of the Revolutionary War, that he was out with him in the Militia service twice the first time. They were quartered at Dow in Teancefly in Bergin County in the early part of the summer he thinks in the month of June 1777 deponent said that Peter Beam was from and thence in company with desponent under Captain Christie and reconnoitered along the North on Hudson River and the Town of Bergin opposite the city of New York, Deponenet further saith that in September of the same year 1777 or 1778 said Peter was out in Company with him under Captain John Outwart was quartered at Vanderbucks in Hackensack Bergin County and reconnoited along the lines between the British and them along the shore of the Hudson River and the English Neighborhood. They were out both times on months duty one month at a time.

Sworn and subscribed
before me at Board
in Bergin County the 
day and year above written
Nathaniel Board

John Beam

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State of New Jersey, Morris Com: Pleas, March term, 1834.
Personally appeared in open Court on this 21st day of March 1834 Peter
Bean, of said County, well known to be a man of veracity & entitled to
full belief as a witness, & made the following Declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832.-
I was born at Wynoky in
the County of Bergen, in New Jersey on the 30th January 1759, according to a
record in my possession, copied from the church record of the reformed Dutch Church in Pompton and was 75 years old in January
last.- I lived with my father in Wynocky, until I was about 14 or 15 years
old, & was then put out as an apprentice in Morris County, to learn a trade.
When the troubles of the revolutionary war began. my master was unwilling that I
should perform militia duty, & failing so to do I was fined until my fine
amounted to about 15 or 16. The Constable came to collect this fine
and I ran away to my father in Wynocky. My master soon followed me, & it
was agreed, that I should leave my Master, he consenting to give me up, & my
father paid the fine. In about a month after returning to my father I
volunteered at Wynocky to serve for one month under Capt Haring in his Militia company. We were marched from Wynocky where I then lived with my father, to Tappan, near the New York line, upon the Hudson River. I cannot tell precisely what was the year, nor the month,
but it was in the year when the British took possession of Long Island & New York
, & I remember that the heads of the green wheat were nearly fully
grown out, & the weather was warm.
Our company belonged to the Regiment
commanded by Col. Dey- but we had no company stationed near us nor
any officer higher in rank than our Captain Haring.
We were marched from Wynocky to Closter, through Tappan, & were stationed at Closter. Our duty consisted in guarding the lines along the river-- protecting the inhabitants
against the Tories & Refugees, & intercepting & preventing what was called "London trade"

We staid out our month, were then verbally discharged & I went home
Our Militia company was divided into [ ]. I cannot tell how many [ ] - but
we were not all called out together, except when there were alarms. I think I was
at home with my father about two months perhaps not more than six weeks, when ┃
was drafted to perform another militia tour of one month. I served under Captain John
Mead. The month I cannot now name, but I remember the ears of green Corn
were then soft. We were marched to the Liberty pole, & stationed at what was called the
English neighbourhood, not far from the Hudson, & within a few miles of the City N. York.
Our duty was the same as before. The British were in possession of the City & of Paulus hook
opposite the City, on the Jersey shore. Whether the battle of Long Island was fought whilst I
was on this tour, or upon the first, I cannot say positively-- but I remember that I heard
the firing very distinctly & saw the smoke from the Jersey shore. A party of Light house
belonging to the U.S. Army, about 300 in number came here. We joined them, & went to the
town of Bergen, near the City, & drove off all the cattle, horses & sheep we could find, to get them out of reach of the enemy. Some of our men, venturing to near the British at Paulus hook, were made prisoners- some 3 or 4 of them.-- We took the cattle & horses etc. off this English neighborhood to Pollifly, not far from Hackensack, Though our station was in the

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English neighbourhood yet we were not confined there but were engaged in
protecting the frontier from that place, along the town of Bergen & thence to Bergen
point, opposite Staten Island. when the Long Island battle was fought, we were
between Bergen & the point. In the fall sometime, when the weather was
cold, & the ground covered with white frost, he volunteered his services for a month,
& went out under Captain Edw Marcellus. The company was marched to the place called the Liberty pole in Bergen Co & not far from the Hudson. our duty was the same as in my former tour. we remained a month & were then discharged & went home. In the spring following, when farmers were plowing their corn ground I volunteered a months militia service, & went out under command of a Lieutenant, whose name I have forgotten. The Captain I believe was sick. We were marched through Bergen County, to Elizabeth town in Essex County, & were stationed near the landing point,
opposite Staten Island, performing guard duty, & protecting the inhabitants against
Tories & Refugees. We remained in & about this place one month were then verbally
discharged & went home.-
In warm summer weather of the same year, &
served one month as a volunteer, under Captain Haring & was stationed at Closter
in Bergen County, performing guard duty as before.-
Immediately after harvest of this year, I performed a months militia duty
as a volunteer, under command of Capt John Outwater, as I believe. we were
stationed at Sraulenberg, between the Hackensack river & the Hudson, performing
guard duty, & watching the London traders.-- We took a small boat, running in
their trade in a small creek in the salt meadows. The goods were sold & the money
divided among some 70 or 80 men. my share of the plunder was about half a dollar. We staid our month, were discharged & went home.-
In the fall, I performed another monthly tour, under Captain Christie was marched to Hackensack, where we were stationed, performing guard duty as before, stayed a month - was discharged & went home.
In the following season, just about the season of Hay & wheat harvest, I performed
another months service as a volunteer under Capt. Josiah Hall. We were stationed near Hackensack, at Tenifly, along the major of the salt meadows, performing guard duty protecting the citizens & watching the London traders.
In the following fall, about time of Corn gathering. I performed another tour of
month, as volunteer under Capt John Oatwater,  was stationed between the Hackensack and & Hudson performing the same duties as before. My health became
poor, & I was often sick & unable to perform militia duty in the latter years
of the war. I do not remember that I performed any tours, after the one last station under Capt Outwater.

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Inthe course of my Militia duties, I was not joined to any large body of troops. Excepting the monthly tour at Elizabeth Town, & on the occasion when we were joined by the 300 horsemen near Bergen town, & took the drove of cattle & horses, I think we had only our own company of men in body. Our principal duty consisted in repelling marauding & plundering parties of the enemy, & in preventing illicit intercourse between the enemy in N. York, & those of our own people who were disaffected & inclined to trade with the enemy. Small plundering parties of the enemy, conducted by Tories & Refugees, would sometimes come out & annoy the Whigs, & steal & burn their property; & the defense of this region was entrusted as I believe, to the Militia. Except the 300 horsemen, I seldom saw a company of Regular soldiers. I was in no battle during my service & do not remember being under the command immediately, of any officer of higher rank than my Captain. My services whilst engaged in their performance, were faithful and constant, & whilst out on my monthly tours before enumerated, I was not engaged in amy civil pursuit.  I verily believe I performed at the least, the full & entire term of nine months active militia duty, for which I claim a pension. __ I have endeavoured to specify, as near as my memory will serve, the seasons & occasions when I was on duty & yet it is possible there are some mistakes as to the seasons, & perhaps also in the names of some of my company officers. I remember Anthony Beam, & John Beam, & Conrad Lines, as fellow soldiers, who may possibly be yet living, & I will endeavour to procure their testimony. When I last heard of them, they were living about 30 miles from me, but were so infirm they could not possibly travel this distance in any mode. If I should fail in obtaining their testimony, I know no other persons living who were witnesses of my Militia service. I hereby relinquish all claim to a pension except the present, & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any State. __ I am well known to all my neighbours, & can appeal to any of them for my character as regards truth, & the general belief that I was a Militia soldier in the war of the revolution. I can refer to Colonel Samuel S. Beach _ Chilion Beach, William Jackson Esq, Jos Jackson Esq, or Matthias Kilphel Esq for my character & standing in society. _ The Reverend Barnabas King, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Rockaway, is the Clergyman nearest to me & to whom I am well known. His health is now very delicate & is distant from this Courthouse as much as 10 miles, & I cannot possibly procure his attendance in Court. _ In all my monthly tours of Militia service, I served as a Volunteer, except one, in which tour I was drafted. __ I never rec'd any commission, nor any other discharge that a verbal one. __ My services were all performed as a private soldier.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 21st day of March, 1834 before me Stephen Vail 
N.B. I omitted in its proper place to state my said [ ]._ When I first entered the service, I lived in Bergen, at Wynocky, lived there 2 or 3 years,   then returned to Morris County _  [ Then] moved into Sussex, now Warren County-where I lived 6 years _ then removed to Morris Co in Pequanuk, whre I have lived ever since, -viz: 10 or 12 years or longer, & where I now live.   
Peter Beam

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We the subscribers Samuel S Beach, and Chilion Beach
do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Beam, the within Declarant who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration_ that we believe him to be 75 years of age _ that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. We also certify, that his general character & standing in society, as regards his veracity, is such, as fully entitles him to belief. --
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 21st day of March, 1834.
Stephen Vail
Chilion Beach
Samuel S. Beach
And the said Court, do hereby declare it to be their opinion, that the above named applicant, Peter Beam, was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states, having first investigated the matter, & put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. _ And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Samuel S. Beach and Chilion Beach, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in Pequannach, Morris County, that they are credible persons, & their statement is fully entitled to credit. 
Stephen Vail
This Declarant further states by way of supplement & explanation, that since the foregoing Declaration & Certificates were drawn out & prepared, he has learned that the depositions of Anthony Beam, Conrad Lines & John Beam, all of whom reside in Bergen County, have been taken before Nath'l Board Esq., a Magistrate in said County & will accompany this Declaration. They are all of them very aged, & infirm & altogether there unable to ride to this place. 
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this 21st day of March 1834. Peter Beam
Stephen Vail
I, Joseph Dalrimple, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of
Morris, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Peter Beam, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, this
21st day of March, Domini 1834-
Jos. Dalrimple Clk