Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12206, Azariah Beal, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Beal, Azariah
S 12206
bearded
CONTENTS

3465.
Massachusetts
Azariah Beal
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col Heulock in the  line for 12 mos 22 D s
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 2 1/2 Dollars 25 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec 1832 and sent to 
Leland Norfolk Co Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 63.66
Pen s ant. allowance ending 4 Mar - 33 21.22
$84.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book D - Vol. 22 Page 95

Archie Bial
4669.
Edwin S. L. Lando

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this fourteenth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Sessions now sitting at Quincy in and for said County, Azariah Beals a resident of Weymouth said County, aged seventy five , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Weymouth aforesaid on the fourth day of January A. D. 1757, and that there is a record of his birth in the Town Records of Weymouth that he was in the United States service from the month day of April A. D. 1775, to the month day of August A. D. 1776 as a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Weymouth
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Joseph Prufant
: that he marched from _____ to _____, from _____ to _____
: that he served at said Weymouth with _____ of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge : that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Weymouth
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the month day of August A. D. 1776, to the month day of February A. D. 1777 as a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Weymouth aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt James Endicott
Col. Ephraim M'Nab : that he marched from Weymouth to Charleston N.H. ; from there to Lake Champlain from there to Ticonderoga & back through Bennington & Northampton & Worcester : that he served at said places with some of the regular troops ; and
Gen. Gates of the regular officers as were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the month day of May A. D. 1777, to the month day of July A. D. 1777 in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Weymouth aforesaid
when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Joseph Porter  Col. B. Hubbard
: that he marched from Weymouth to the Battle Island , from _____ to _____ from _____ to _____
where he was discharged : that he served at said Battle Island with none of the regular troops ; and
no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge, that there is no person known to him by whom he can prove that he was & that he has no documentary evidence of any of his service but what is hereto annexed

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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Samuel Humphrey  Glariah Beal a clergyman, residing in the Town of Weymouth and John B. Hollis residing in said Weymouth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Azariah Beal who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
John B. Hollis Samuel Humphrey And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that John B. Hollis , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Weymouth; and that Samuel Humphrey who has also signed the same is a resident in Weymouth and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Hermand L. and Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haven , Reg. of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Azariah Beal for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haven

I Robert Bates of Weymouth testify & say, that I served at Weymouth in Capt Joseph Taufants Compy with the said Beals for the period within stated
Robert Bates
Weymouth 14 th August 1832 subscribed & sworn to before me Isaac Dyer Judge of Probate
I Jonathan Cushing of Hingham do testify & declare that I served at Ticonderoga in Capt James Endicott Company with said the said Beals for the period within stated according to the best of my recollection
Jonathan Cushing
Weymouth 14 th August 1832 subscribed & sworn to
before me Isaac Dyer Judge of Probate

2669 Agassiz Beal Weymouth (Norfolk Co Mass)
12 Mar. & 22 days,
advised $ 22.44.
E. S. Leland Weymouth Roxbury (Norfolk Co Mass.)

BRIEF in the case of Azariah Beal of Norfolk County in the State of Mass - (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 45 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1795. April 1 4 — privt Gen. Capt. John Trumbull —   96 Augst — 6 — " Lieut. Endicott Col. E. Wheeler   97 May — 2 — " Lt. Porter Col. Burbank  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weymouth  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence. Rolls  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. McBlain Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
✓ 12.206 INVALID.
File No. 12,205 Azariah Beat Pris. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Isariah Beals

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 6 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
the name of Azariah Peab is borne on a roll of Capt. Joseph Trufant's Independent Company, in service of the State; & is therein stated to have served from Dec. 1. 1776 to Jan. 7. 1. 1777 — one month.
Also on another roll of the same Company, in which he is stated to have served six months, two weeks, and one day from June. 19. 1775 —
Also on another Roll of the same Company, in which his enlistment bears date June 25. 1776, but no time of service is stated. —
Also on another Roll of the same Company, in which he is stated to have served three months, and seven days from August 25. 1776. Edward D. Dangs Secy.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Azariah Dyer, Norfolk County, Mass. - which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and 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 mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.