Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14294, David Beal, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Beal, David Lydia
W. 14294
CONTENTS

168.
Massachusetts
Lydia Beal widow of David Beal Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private Help
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 60 —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of June 1848 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 6 Vol. 2 ,

998
11/79
Sydia Beall
admitted
Pr 8 mo 10 day 27.77
Coupe 3 1/2 mo 12.83
Vol 12 $496.0
13 days Capt. Lincoln
$40. 60 / 100
reel 36 page 119
Capt. Lincoln from
May 5 th to 1 Jan 1776
4.27
not on reel, Capt. Ditha
Ann Stowers, Orphan
int'd on reel Vol 23 page 12.
vol 18 page 106 Capt. for Dec 18 1775 to
Apr 1 1776 3 1/2 mo
ms paper
J. H. Lound

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. In this first day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight before me Hiles Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, personally appeared Lydia Beal a resident of Hingham in said County, Widow, aged seventy six 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 & pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of David Beal late of Boston in Suffolk County, deceased, who served as a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution as follows -
That in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five he was a soldier & served eight months in Capt. James Lincoln's company in Hingham, in said County of Plymouth as a private; - and that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six he served two months in Capt. Stowe's company on Dorchester Heights near Boston aforesaid - and also in the years seventeen hundred & seventy six and seventeen hundred & seventy seven served in the company of Capt. Job Cushing in Col. Lovell's regiment as corporal, three months, in the States of New York & New Jersey - That David Beal her said husband at the time of said service was a resident in said Hingham & from thence removed to Hingham aforesaid, where he resided several years, & there we were married, from thence he removed to Boston & there died
She further declares that she was married to the said David Beal her said husband, on the seventh day of May in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one; That he died on the, twenty second day of December, in the year eighteen hundred & twenty nine, - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but

That the marriage took place previous to the first of January, in the year seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated.
Lydia Meal
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
Wilkes Wood J. Prob.
Plymouth Yp. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of September 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I Zephaniah Willis of Kingston in the County of Plymouth, Massachu- -setts, Clerk, depose & say, that I am Eighty two years of age, and was settled in the ministry in said Kingston in October in the year forty five hundred & eighty, and that in the ministry of said Town & on the fourth day of May in the year forty five hundred & eighty One, joined in marriage David Beal then of said Town & Lydia Prince of said Kingston, said David Beal was a native of Hingham in Plym o County & came to reside in Kingston a few months before he was married by me - He continued to reside with his family in said Kingston until he

removed to Boston about twenty eight years ago, where he died in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty nine & was brought to this town & buried in the Family Tomb. Lydia Beale the Daughter of said David Beale is well known to me, and since the decease of her husband has resided in Boston and Roxbury, a part of the time at each place with her children.
The record of her marriage in the Parish Records is now before me as made by me at the time.
"Manned by Alpha rich "Bells pastor, 1781 May the 7th

"David Reae and Lydia Prince." and further your respondent saith not.                      Joseph Willis
Glynn to fr. September 3 rd 1838 Then Joseph Willis, who is well known to me as a person of good credit, made oath to the truth of the foregoing af- fidavit before me.
Thomas P. Reae, Master of the Reae

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
am
File No. 14,294
Lydia Beal
Widow of
David Beal
Conf. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4480.
Massachusetts
Reported
Lydia Beal widow of David Beal who was a Private & Corporal in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jan y 1844 and sent to
Pensioner Kingston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 60

Massachusetts - 998
Lydia Beal widow of David Beal, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 22 d of Dec r . 1829, of Plymouth in the State of Mass ts - who was a Pri. & Corp in the company commanded by Captain Lincoln of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lovell - in the Mass ts line for 8 mos. 10 days pri. 3. " 15 " corp
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 40 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of No- vember, 1838 - and sent to J. H. Lord, Plymouth, Mass ts .
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 - $101:50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39 - 20:30
$121:80
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded, by S. A. Elliot Clerk Book at Vol. 1 Page 71.
decl n act March 3 1843, rec d . to J. H. Beal Kingston Mass, Nov. 30. 1843.

L. Beal
Adm.
admitted
Y. S. Bulfinch Boston

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this third day of May 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Lydia Beal a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
David Beal who was a private and corporal in the Revolutionary war  commanded by  he enlisted from Hingham; and that she and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of forty dollars and sixty cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year above written, }
Before me, Lydia Beal
In presence of
G. T. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner as she declares above.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
G. T. Bulfinch Justice of the Peace 3 May 1848
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of 18
CLERK.

Kingston, Plym o Co. Mass s 19.
July 27. 1843.
Sir,
I enclose you the declaration of Mrs. Lydia Beal & would thank you to direct her certificate or any other communication in relation thereto, to the care of
Your Obed. Servt.
Joseph J. Beal.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission of Pleas at Washington, D.C.

2698
Lydia Beal
$ 40:60 per an
Perphorei at Kingston Mass

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
On this twenty fourth day of July, 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within & In the County of Plymouth, Lydia Beal a resident of Hingston in said County of Plymouth aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of David Beal who was a private in the Army of the Revolution & that the name or number of the regiment is not recollected by her, but believed to be stated in her former declaration on file in the department in Washington, & that she received the sum of Forty Dollars per year as a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 & that she is still a widow.
Lydia Beal
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above mentioned Before,
Joseph S. Beal Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Clerk's Office July 26 1843
Herbert H. Pierce Clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify, that Joseph S. Beal herein is before whom the foregoing declaration was known to be part of the here for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that the signature to the first of said declarations is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the day & year aforesaid
Herbert H. Pierce
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth p. Dec r 5, 1843.
I Joseph S. Beal, the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing declaration of Lydia Beal was sworn & subscribed, do hereby certify, that the said Lydia Beal now is & for upwards of twenty years last past has been well known to me & to my certain knowledge she is the same Lydia Beal who received funds for a pension under the Act, of July 7 th 1838, the certificate of which I delivered to her, & she paid me a compensation therefor for my services in procuring said pension. Joseph S. Beal Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss Clerk's Office Dec 9 1843
S. John D. Sleeper
Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Joseph S. Sleeper herein is a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that his signature before written is genuine Notwithstanding whereof there has been set forth & signed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court as the day & year aforesaid
S. John D. Sleeper Clerk
2
In the Peace

12
Thomas D. Beal Esq., Kingston Mass.

I Joseph Wilder of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty three years do hereby depose and say, that I served eight months in Capt James Lincoln's company in the Revolutionary War in Hingham, in the year 1775 - I was a private - then a corporal then a sergeant in said Company. At the completion of this service I again enlisted and served as a private in Capt Stowe's Company on Fort Chester Heights in the year 1776, two months David Beal of Hingham was a private in both said Companies during said service. He removed from Hingham many years ago either to Kingston or Boston in one of which places he died several years ago.
The words two months were inserted before signing -
Solomon Lincoln J.P.
Joseph Wilder Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. August 22. 1838. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County of Plymouth, the above named Joseph Wilder and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I certify that said Wilder is a person of good reputation for truth -
Solomon Lincoln Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ys. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willey Wood Thomas P. Beal & Solomon Lincoln Esquires are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signa- tures to the annex affidavits purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of September 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I Jared Lane of Hingham in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty six years do depose and say that I served three months in the army of the Revolution in Capt Job Cushing's company in Col Lowell's Regiment in 1776 and 1777. The service was in New York chiefly, although for the last month we were at Morristown when we were discharged in the spring of 1777. David Beal who removed from this town several years ago was corporal of the said company and served three months with me at the time above stated.
Jared Lane
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth county ss August 25 th 1838 Then personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said county of Plymouth the above named Jared Lane and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I certify that said Jared Lane is a person of good reputation for truth — Solomon Lincoln Justice of the Peace