Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 665, John Bear, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bear John Mary
R 665
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania.
Columbia County, ss. On this twenty fourth day of June Eighteen hundred & forty one. Personally appeared before me the Subscribed George Mack, Esq. one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (being a court of record) of Columbia County aforesaid, Mary Dean, a resident of Patterson Township, in said County of Columbia, aged seventy seven 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 seventh, Eighteen hundred & thirty eight, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she the said Mary, is the widow of her late husband John Dean, deceased who enlisted for the term of five months as a private in the United States Service, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, on the first of July, seventeen hun- dred & sixty six, in Greenwich Township, Sussex County (now Warren) in the State of New Jersey, and that the said John Dean, remained in the service aforesaid, as a private for, and during the term of five months, viz: from the first of July 1866, to the first of December, of the same year. This deponent saith, she does not re- member, the name of the Company, Regiment, or Division to which the said John Dean, deceased, belonged, when in the service as aforesaid. Nor does she remember, the name of any of his officers at that time, except Col. William Bonds. This deponent saith, that the aforesaid John Dean, deceased at the time he enlisted as aforesaid, was marched from the State of New Jersey, to the City of New York, and from there (New York) to Long Island, and that he, the said John Dean, was engaged in the battle of Long Island. Furthermore, this deponent saith, that her late husband, the aforesaid John Dean, deceased was afterwards, viz: on the tenth of June seventeen hundred & sixty seven, drafted in the Militia, and served as a private therein for the term of one month, viz: from the tenth of June, to the tenth of July, seventeen hundred & sixty seven. That, the said John Dean, deceased when drafted, as aforesaid, resided in Greenwich Township, Sussex County (now Warren) in the State of New Jersey. And, from there

the said John Bean, deceased, was married, by Sergeant William Kidd, to "Pumpkin-Plains," in the State of New Jersey. This deponent also saith, that the Col. William Bonds, within spoken of, belonged, to the Jersey Militia, to the best of her knowledge or belief. This deponent further saith, that she has no documentary evidence of any kind, to offer in support of her present claim or application. She, also declares, that she was legally married to her late husband, the aforesaid John Bean, deceased, in the County of Sussex (now Warren) in the State of New Jersey, on the first day of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-five. (Of which marriage she has no certificate or records whatever, nor can she, after diligent enquiry, find any records of her said marriage, in the State of New Jersey.) That her late husband, the aforesaid John Bean, died, on the fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. Since which time, to the present, she, hath remained a widow. And that she the said deponent was not married to the aforesaid John Bean, deceased, from the time of his leaving the services as aforesaid, but that her marriage with the said John Bean, did take place previously to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four. (At the time above stated.)
Given to & subscribed, on the day and year first above written - Before me Geo Mack
her Mary D. Bean. Marks. B.A. Biddle
I the undersigned George Mack, Esq. do hereby certify, that the above named Mary Bean, cannot form bodily in person attend the Court of Columbia County. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at the day and year aforesaid. Geo Mack
Columbia County ss. I Jacob Pytly, Esq. Prothonotary, of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record in and for Columbia County aforesaid. Do hereby certify, that the above named George Mack, Esq. is one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County aforesaid. And that the signatures above hereto attached to the list are the genuine signatures of the said George Mack, Esq. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Danville, this nineteenth day of July Eighteen hundred and forty-one. Jacob Pytly Prothon.

State of Pennsylvania
Collier's County, ss. } Personally appeared before me the Subscribed Rudolf Sechler Esq. One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of as aforesaid John Smith, a resident of said County. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say that he was personally & well acquainted with the within named John Bean, deceased at the time he the said John Bean, deceased enlisted in the United -States Service as a private soldier, which was on the first of July seventeen hundred & seventy six. That the said John Bean, enlisted in the Service as aforesaid for the term of five months, and belonged to the "Flying Camp". The said John Bean, deceased when he enlisted as aforesaid, resided in Greenwich Township, Sussex County & State of New Jersey. From New Jersey, the said John Bean, was marched (under whom & in what Company this deponent doth not recollect) to the City of New York and from New York, to Long Island, and that said John Bean, deceased was engaged in the battle of Long Island as he the said John Bean, deceased often told this deponent. The said John Bean, deceased remained in the Service as aforesaid for the term of five months viz: from the first of July, seventeen hundred & seventy six. to the first of December of the same year 1776. This deponent saw the aforesaid John Bean, deceased after he returned from his services as aforesaid. This was in the State of New Jersey some time in the latter end of December, 1776. He saw none of the officers under whom the said John Bean, deceased served as a soldier, I often heard said John Bean, deceased speak of Col. William Bonds, but whether the said John Bean served under the said Col. Bonds this deponent cannot say. This deponent also saith that he was acquainted with the aforesaid John Bean deceased in Sussex County & State of New Jersey at the time he the said John Bean, deceased was drafted in the Militia. The said John Bean, deceased was drafted at that time for four months as a private, this was about the tenth of June 1777. The said John Bean, deceased was marched at that time, by Sergeant William Fidds, to "Pompton Plains" in the State of New Jersey, where he the said John Bean, remained to the tenth of July of the same year 1777. This deponent also saith that John Bean, deceased here spoken of, was married lawfully to his present widow Mary in the County of Sussex & State of New Jersey, to the best of recollection about the first of March, A.D. seventeen hundred and eighty five.

This Deponent, for the reasons aforesaid, thinks that he is eighty five years old - that he was raised in the same County & State, that the aforesaid John Bean, die? & Mary his widow were raised in, viz: Sussex County (now Warren) State of New Jersey, that he recollects the aforesaid John Bean, die? & Mary his widow before their marriage, and that the aforesaid John Bean died, May, for the Eighteen hundred & twenty four, leaving his aforesaid wife Mary - who still remains his widow.
Sworn & subscribed to on this day nineteenth day of July - Eighteen hundred and forty one.
John Smith
Before me - Joseph Schuler J.P.
Columbia County, ss.
Isaac Guly, Esq.
Prothonotary, of the Court of Common Pleas (being a Court of record) in, and for the County of Columbia, aforesaid. Do hereby certify that the above named Russell H. Schuler Esq. is a Commissioned and acting Justice of the Peace, in, and for the County of Columbia aforesaid. And that the signature above, purporting to be his, is the genuine signature of him, the said Russell H. Schuler Esq. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Danville, this nineteenth day of July - Eighteen hundred & forty one.
Isaac Guly Prothon.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
R. 665
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Bear a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1776 5 mos. Pvt. ✓ William Bond N.J.   June 10, 1777 1 mo. Sgt William Tidd ✓  
The claim was not allowed on the ground of insufficient proof of alleged service as required by Act of July 7, 1838 under which the widow applied. Battles engaged in, Long Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Greenwich Twp. Sussex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, June 24, 1841
Residence at date of application, Catawissa Twp. Columbia Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, She was 77 years old.
Remarks: He married Feb. 1, 1785 in Sussex Co. N.J. Mary and died May 4, 1824. No other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1872 Philadelphia Pa. Sussex New Jersey No. 1000 Biddle
665
Dec 7 Feb 188

1913-May 20 Hist. to Mrs. R. H. Garhart P.L.M. 1913-Aug 8 Hist. to Mrs. L. Bear
Ex'r.
INVALID.
REFUSED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
665.
W. O. Mary Bear
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____ ✓
W. O. _____

Pen: Officer
491
July 27. 1841
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Bear, widow of John Bear, decd have been examined and filed with pending cases. It is alleged that her husband served in New Jersey in 1776 a term of five months and one month in 1777. The captain under to whom company he belonged in 1776 should be stated, and also to what regt and company he belonged in 1777. If he served under Col. Bonds it should be shown from the public records at Trenton N.J. what service was performed. Whether said records do or do not afford the necessary proof the certificate of the secretary of state of N.J. should be exhibited showing the facts. If there be a family records of the marriage or of the birth of the children it should be exhibited. The letter of A. W. Sey-

but is herewith returned.
27 July 1841
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Hon. B. A. Bidwell. H. R.

The [unclear] Company
John [unclear] [unclear]
Sunday, Ohio. June 25th, 1915.
[unclear]
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
What information, if any, can you give regarding a certain John Bear (or Bell) who enlisted from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War? His wife's name was Mary Starbuck. Very truly yours,
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The Travelers Insurance Company,
Sylvester E. Dunham, President.
Hartford, Connecticut.
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Agency at
Sandusky, Ohio.
June 29th. 1915.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;—
What information, if any, can you give regarding a certain John Bear (or Baird) who enlisted from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War? His wife's name was Mary Starbuck.
Very truly yours,
Geo. A. Beare.
This information is wanted for Ancestral history G. A. B.

U.S.M. Res. War. Section 771
E. E. Gerhart, M. D. Milan, Ohio
Per sec
May, 17, 1915-
G. M. Saltygober Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Yours of the 14 th received and in regard to John Bair a Revolutionary Soldier, may be I should have given other ways of spelling the name.
This was the way an old Auntie wrote in a letter, but the present generation spell it Bear or Beare.
His wife's name was Mary Starbuck and her line came from a son William I don't know of any other children.
This Auntie writes that he was in the Revolutionary War from beginning to end.
Regarding the Widow whose

R. E. Garhart, M. D. Milan, Ohio
husband's name I do not know I will have to drop that as the only additional information I can give is that she had a son-in-law by the name of Abner Johnson! and her name was Abigail Lee. see Miss. files.
Thanking you again I am most respectfully Mrs Nellie H. Garhart