Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,575, William Bean, Mass. Privateer

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Mass. Privateer
Bean William Sarah
N 15,575
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15735 Massachusetts
William Bean of Essex in the State of Napa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Salmon of the Regt commanded by Col Glover in the Napa line for 10 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Napa at the rate of 34 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1833 and sent to James Mr. Marblehead Napa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 68.22 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept " 17.05 $85.27
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A.D. Goss Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 1
Let. to Hon. J. Talifero May 5 th 1840
see letter in Rec. cl. John Green - W. 25664 -
81 Ely

3426 Massachusetts
Sarah Bean
Widow of n William Bean who died on the 18 th September, 1837 of Essex Co. in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Selman of the regiment commanded by Col. Glover in the Massachusetts line for 10 months and 7 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 34 19 th Dollars September 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st 4 th day of March , 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Septem- ber, 1840, and sent to James Greg- ory, Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1840 $100.91
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 1841 $ 17.05
$117.96
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd . }
Recorded by n W m W m Edwards Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 49

Bean
9763

State of Massachusetts. County of Essex S.S. Marblehead.
35 84 on board On this 10 th day of August A D 1832. Personally appeared before me David Cummins esq t a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and a Court of Record, within and for said County of Essex: William Bean of said Marblehead, County and State aforesaid, aged nearly seventy nine years; 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 7 th 1832. That he was a Soldier in the revolutionary war, and about the twenty fourth day of April seventeen hundred and seventy five he enlisted in Capt John Selman's Company, Col. John Glover's Regiment of Infantry, and performed duty at Marblehead, until the twenty second day of June following, at which time the Regiment to which he belonged) marched to Cambridge and there joined the American Troops under the Command of Gen l Ward: That he did duty at said Cambridge until Gen l Washington took the Command, and afterward when Capt Selman was appointed by Washington to the Command of an Armed Schooner, in the service of the State, with another armed vessel to proceed on a secret expedition. He was selected to go on board of said Selmans vessel, and soon after sailed for the river St Lawrence, to intercept two British Vessels, bound from England to Canada, laden with munitions of war. Having cruised for a considerable time, and receiving no intelligence of the expected Vessels, they sailed for home; and on or about the first of December following arrived at Marblehead, and soon afterwards the crews of the said vessels, of which your declarant was one, returned to their respective quarters at Cambridge, and there continued, until the last day of December, seventeen hundred, seventy five when they were discharged.
Your Declarant further saith, that about the second day of August seventeen hundred and seventy eight, he again entered the service in a company of Volunteers commanded by, Col William R Lee of said Marblehead, and marched

in said Company for Providence, State of Rhode Island, and on arriving there the Company was further ordered to march to Tiverton, and we arrived there about the sixth day of August, and were quartered near to the Ferry between Tiverton and Rhode Island; and were appointed to the duty of transporting the American Troops, and Munitions of War, across the river to Rhode Island, on which the said Troops were then encamping for the purpose of cooperating with the French Fleet then near to Newport; in reducing the British Forces then in possession of said Newport. That he continued with his said Company from time to time, in the transportation of said Troops, until the expedition failed; the Americans retreated from the Island; and the siege was abandoned. Your declarant has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person who can testify, as to the length of time, he was engaged, in this last mentioned period of service.
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.
William BEAN
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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We Rev d John Bartlett a Clergyman resident in the Town of Marblehead and Benjamin Knight esq r . also residing in the Town of Marblehead, do hereby certify: that we are well acquainted with William Bean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be nearly seventy nine 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.
John Bartlett Benjamin Knight
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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And the said Judge, doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter; and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the within named, William Bean, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that John Bartlett —, who has signed the within Certificate, is a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Marblehead; and that Benjamin Knight esq.? who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Marblehead, and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
D. Cummings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, John Prince Junr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Essex, Do hereby certify, that the Hon. David Cummings esq.? is a Judge of said Courts; and that the within signature is his genuine signature. And that James Appleton of Marblehead, is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Essex; and that the signature annexed, is his true signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Salem this thirteenth day of August, Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
John Prince Clerk.

Essex ss. Marblehead April 22 d 1833. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for said County William Bean of said Marblehead: who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith — That by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service in Col W m R Lee Company of Volunteers at Rhode Island: but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private in said Company, two months, and for such service, together with the other times of service mentioned in his declaration, he claims a pension. William Bean
Essex ss. Marblehead 24, April 1833
The above instrument was subscribed and sworn to before me
James A. Freeman Just. Peace

No 5755

State of Massachusetts. County of Essex ... } ss. Salem.
On this eighteenth day of August, A. D. 1840, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Probate for the said County of Essex, Sarah Bean, a resident of Marblehead in said County of Essex, aged Eighty Five 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 4th. 1836, and the Joint Resolution of July 7, 1838: That she is the Widow of William Bean, who was a Private in the Company of Capt. John Selman of the 21 st Regiment of Massachusetts Foot, commanded by Colonel John Glover in the War of the Revolution: That her said late husband resided in said Marblehead at the time of his enlistment, & enlisted in said Corps, & in said town, in the eight months' service, as a Private & Volunteer, on or about the first day of May, A. D. 1775: That her said husband continued in said Corps doing his duty in & about said Marblehead until shortly after the Battle of Bunker Hill, when he marched with said Regiment to Cambridge, near Boston, & there continued doing his duty in it at the Siege of Boston until sometime in the month of October following, when he & about one hundred others were detached therefrom by order of General Washington, & sent on board two Schooners under the command of said Capt. Selman & Capt. Nicholson Broughton of the same Regiment, on an Expedition to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with the view of intercepting certain vessels of the enemy bound to Quebec with Munitions of War: That said Expedition returned home about the first of December following, when her said husband immediately rejoined his said Regiment at said Cambridge, & there continued doing his duty until sometime in the month of January or February following when he was Discharged - making nine months' service altogether, from the time of his enlistment: That the service over & above the eight months for which he enlisted was performed
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by her said late husband & part of said Regiment at the express request of General Washington, to prevent the danger anticipated from a discharge of all the troops at the close of 1775, before new recruits could be enlisted for another term.
She further Declares that her said late husband was in service for about two months under Will m Rice in 1779 which she is unable particularly to describe, & that he was pensioned at the rate of thirty-four dollars & eleven cents per annum for this the aforesaid service, under the law of June 7 th , 1832, — on the 22 d of July, 1833. And she begs to refer the Department to the evidence on its files which was forwarded by him for all the facts & particulars of his entire service.
She further Declares that her said husband was engaged in much maritime service after his said Army service, but that she has no present recollection of any other public service performed by him in said War than that which she has herein stated from the best of her recollection.
She further Declares that she was married to the said William Bean on the nineteenth day of October, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy-five: that her husband, the aforesaid William Bean sickened & died at his home on the eighteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty-seven, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witnessed by, one whole line & the words "this is" being interlined before signing. G. Gregory
Sarah her Bean mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written —
Before me, D. A. White } Judge of said Judge of Probate } Probate Court.
I, Ruth Roundey, of Marblehead in the County of Essex, do on my oath testify & declare that I was well acquainted with William Bean, the late husband of Sarah Bean, who is understood to have signed the Declaration hereon & I do well recollect that said William Bean was a Pensioner of the United States & died at his home in said Marblehead on the eighteenth day of September A. D. 1837. And I do further well know that said Sarah Bean is the widow of said William & has not married since his death. Ruth Roundey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. Marblehead, August 18 th , 1840.
Then the above named Ruth Roundey, who is well known to me personally as a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit, & subscribed the same —
Before me, James Gregory , J. of the Peace.

Extract from the Record of Marriages in the Town of Marblehead County of Essex, State of Massachusetts.
Seventeen hundred Seventy-five, October nineteenth
William Bean and Sarah Barker both of this Town.
I certify that the above is a true extract from the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the Record in fair legible letters & figures as follows, viz. - 1775, Octr 19
Rich d Homan
I, Richard Homan, above named, Depose, & say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Marblehead, County & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the Record of marriages in said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Rich d Homan Clerk of the Town of Marblehead
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Essex . . . . .
ss. Marblehead, August 17 th , 1840.
Then personally appeared the above named Richard Homan, who is well known to me as Clerk of the said town of Marblehead, & a credible witness, & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me, James Gregory, J. of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, Register of Probate for said county, hereby certify, that the Honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the foregoing declaration of Sarah Bean purports to have been taken, is the judge of Probate for said county, and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature; and that James Gregory Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Ruth Roundey and Richard Homan purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county, and his name, subscribed to the certificate on each thereon is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of August, A.D. 1840.
"Ruth Roundey and" and "on each" interlined before executing
Nath l Lord Jr.

Wm Bean
No 9963
Parat 10 Mr 7 day
5 1/2 1/2 1/2
Apr 17 1833
P 341
35.53 .38
34.11
J P Since per E Moulton Map

BRIEF in the case of  William Bean of the County of Essex  in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? not stated  3. How old is he? 79 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. As a Gen.     In 1775 Apr 24 to the retreat from R.I. — 8 7 Private Col. Glou, Capt. Selman   '78 Aug. 2 d 3 Volunt. Col. Lee  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Marblehead  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Sarah Dean Wid of William
Mass.
Act July 4. 1836
Married 1775.
died 18 Sept. 1837
Allow 10 mo s 7 days.
$34.11 per ann.
Com d 19 th Sept. 1837
James Gregory Esq. Marblehead Mass

William Bean, Massachusetts W.H., act June 7. 1832 at $34:11 per Annum
Be pleased to say to what time he was paid.
Pension Office, S Sept 5. 1840. 3
Dec 18 th Sep 1837 paid to that period 244

May 1. 1840
Dr Bump
By McSpencer -
Sarah Bump leaf
J. L. Palmer - assr
Pension Office
Hon J. Talcott HON

Comm: room 1 st of May 1840 -
Dear Sir,
By a joint resolution of the Senate & H: of representatives of the 7 th of July 1838 (The very day on which an Act allowing Pensions to certain widows) see Acts of Congress 2 nd Session, 25 th Congress Page 201, The death of the Husband  subsequent to the passage of the Act of 4 th of July 1836, is no bar to the claim of his widow to a Pension under said Act, she being otherwise entitled to it. This being so, will the enclosed papers, connected with those referred to, on file in your Office, authorize you to allow the Pension claimed by Sarah Bean. If so return the papers & advise me -
Yours very truly
John Taliaferro
J. L. Edwards copy

Marblehead, Aug. 19th. 1840. Honored Sir:
I have the Honor herewith to forward to your Office the Declaration of Sarah Bean, widow of Will m Bean, who claims the benefit of the Act of July 4th 1836 - section 3 d and the Joint Resolution of July 7th. 1838 ?
It will be seen that her late husband was a pensioner under the law of June 7, 1832, and died Sept 18th. 1837, and that it is the same case which Congress was petitioned for 18 months ago, & which is referred to in a letter from your Honor to Hon John Taliaferro dated 5th of May last now in my possession.
Mrs Bean states the particulars of her late husband's services as near as she can recollect, but refers to the evidence upon which he was pensioned for all the proof of them . It is much hoped that her claim, after so much delay through my own ignorance of the passage of the Joint Resolution that relieves it from Disability, will now meet with a decision sufficiently prompt to enable her to receive

its benefits (if allowed or allowable) by the fourth proximo - as the destitution & indigence of the claimant would thus be relieved from the horrors of the coming winter.
I am, very respectfully Your Honor's obt. servt. James Gregory
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Map
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 155-7/5
Sarah Beam
Widow of William Beam
Pre War
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. a , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Richard Martin of said Marblehead in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and on or about the twenty fourth day of April Seventeen hundred seventy five I enlisted in a company commanded by John Selman of said Marblehead in Col. John Glover's Regiment of Infantry and I well remember that William Bean of said Marblehead enlisted in said Company at the same time, and continued in said Company while at Marblehead and went to Cambridge when our Regiment marched there and that the said Bean continued in our said Company at said Cambridge and was ordered on board the Vessel commanded by Capt Selman on the cruise of Secret Expedition to the River St Lawrence for the purpose of intercepting two British Vessels laden with Munitions of War bound from England to Canada and that said Bean performed Duty on board said Vessel commanded by Capt Selman during the whole time we were absent and until our return back to Marblehead, about the first part of December, and continued in the Regiment until discharged on or about the last of December Seventeen hundred seventy five
Richard Martin Essex ss. August 6. 1882. Then Richard Martin made oath to the truth of his affidavit, and I further certify that he is a credible Witness Before me James A. [unclear] Justice of the Peace

Prince of Bismarck
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

I, John Prince of Marblehead, on oath, depose testify and say that in 1778 about the first part of August I was at River Town, and there encamped with the company that marched from Marblehead, and that we were employed as boatmen in transporting over to Rhode Island Horses, Soldiers and munitions of war for the American army, at the siege of Newport. I further testify that at the same time and place I well knew William Bean of Marblehead, as one of said company, employed as aforesaid. — John Prince
Essex, August 1, 1832 Then John Prince esq. made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit, and I further certify that John Prince is a credible witness.
Before me Miss Appleton
Ms. Pacia