Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23563, John Beeman, Mass.

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NUMBER
Mass.
Beeman John Hannah
W23563
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Reported.
161.
Maine
Hannah Beeman Maz widow of John Beeman who was a private in the Massachusetts line for 1. year.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of May 1843 and sent to
G. M. Morton Esq. Augusta Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 4 Vol. 1. Page 2.

15,739  District of Maine  John Beaman
of Hallowell in the state of District Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Potter of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
scribed on the Roll of D. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Novr 1819 and to S. J. Wilder Esq.  Hallowell D. of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  20.53    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar 1820  48.00    Mo 17      30        $68.53  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Declaration & Evidence
In case of John Berman
Private
76 to 77
Porter Map ts
Res t
Admitted

I John Beeman of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec, District of Maine, a native citizen of the United States, and from reduced circumstances being in need of the assistance of my country for support, do on oath testify and declare that in the month of February in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six, at Greenfield in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, I enlisted for the term of one year into a company commanded by Capt. Alexander of Northfield, of Col. Porter's Regiment of the Massachusetts line and that I served for said term of one year as a private, in the army of the United States on the continental establishment, against the common enemy. In the month of March of the same year we arrived at Ticonderoga. I continued with my regiment until our arrival at Trois Rivieres, where I remained with a part of our company under the command of Lieut. Gasswell in order to protect the public stores left there. On the retreat of the American Forces under Gen. Thomas after the attack on Quebec I rejoined my Regiment and returned to Ticonderoga where I remained until October or November following, as nearly as I can recollect. From Ticonderoga we marched through the state of New York to Morristown, in which place and its neighborhood we remained until March 1777. After leaving Ticonderoga we were not commanded by Col. Porter, nor do I recollect our Colonels' name — I think however that we were under the command of General Arnold. The year for which I enlisted having expired, I remained with the forces for a few weeks under pay and at the expiration of that term I returned home. I never to my recollection received any written discharge.
John Beeman
Thurber Is. on this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & nineteen the said John Beeman, after having been carefully examined by me touching the premises made oath to the truth of the above Declaration by him subscribed
Before me S. S. Wilde
J. S. J. Court

To the honorable the Secretary of the Department of the United States.
I the subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify to your Honor that John Beeman a citizen of the United States now resident at Hallowell in said Commonwealth on the eighteenth day, of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, & such other evidence as was in his power to produce, and to transmit the same & the proceedings to be had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed March 18 th 1818" which declaration & the other evidence produced by the said Applicant is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said Applicant & a full consideration of evidence in the case it appears to me that the said Applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid - & that from reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto affixed this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen.
J. S. Wilde
Jus. Sup. Jud. Court for S c Com th

copy from the Record of Marriages kept by the Rev d Samuel Eaton of Harpswell County of Cumberland State of Maine V iz John Beaman of Hallowell Hannah Jennings of Winthrop married March twentieth Seventeen Hundred eighty five I Hutsan Meryman certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures V iz Mar 20. 1785
Hutsan Meryman Clerk of the first Congregation at Parish in Harpswell
I Hutsan Meryman above named declare and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Parish aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Record of said Parish with the exception above named as certified by me
Hutsan Meryman Clerk as aforesaid
State of Maine
Cumberland ss Sworn this 10 th day of September 1838 before me Paul Randall
Paul Randall Esq is a Justice of the Peace of the Peace for the county of Cumberland. Nathan Weston
Memorandum I the undersigned Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County, hereby certify that Paul Randall Esq before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland. Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this 28 th day of Jan'y. 1839. L A Chandler

2010 v Hannah Beeman
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Widow of John Beeman who was a pensioner on Maine Roll under act of March 18, 1818.
bodily infirmity closed office withdrawn
85. 27.
admd 12 mo pri 40 $
No deduction
Geo. W. Norton. Augusta, Me.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Honorable Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. Hannah Beeman.
a resident of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy two 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John Beeman who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension was paid to the 4th day of March 1820 that he was dropped from the pension list by Act of May 1, 1820, & that he was a resident of Hallowell at the time he was pensioned, in which town he had lived for many years and when he died,
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Beeman on the twentieth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five; that her husband, the aforesaid John Beeman died on the first day of March 1827, at Hallowell aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. that her name before marriage was Hannah Jennings, & that she was married in the town of Gray in said State of Maine by the Rev Mr Egan of Waterville, Maine.
Hannah Beeman
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, (the applicant being, from age and infirmity, unable to appear in person)
Nathaniel Weston Esq. Judge.

State of Maine
On the twenty eighth day of August, 1838, Hannah Beeman, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, and within stated. I am satisfied that she was married to John Beeman, late a pensioner of the United States, on the twentieth of March 1705, that the said John Beeman deceased on the first of March 1827 and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
When the within application was received, and declaration made, no suit was in session. It appeared to me that her sex and the infirmities incident to her advanced period of life, justified the within certificate. Her case was examined with great care.
Nathan Weston
STATE OF MAINE.
Memoranda ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing transcript contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Hannah Beeman for a pension.
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twenty first day of September A. D., 1838.
Thos Swan

I John Beeman of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec State of Maine of lawful age do testify and declare upon oath, that my late father John Beeman who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States died in said town of Hallowell the first day of March 1827, and that his widow my mother has remained unmarried ever since the decease of my late said father.
John Beeman
State of Maine County Kennebec ss August 28th 1838. Subscribed and sworn to certify the deponent a credible witness. Before me Nathan Weston Esq. S. J. C.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23563
Hannah Beeman
Wid. of
John Beeman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3 d 1843.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sec. Geo. Evans Sec. Geo. Evans, July 29:39
Maine - 3,327
Jannah Bauman, widow of John Bauman,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18 and who died on the 1 st March 1827 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a P.M. in the County commanded by Captain  of the Regt. commanded by Potter  in the  line for 12 m th
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June '39, and sent to and Geo. W. Morrison, Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March - $120.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00
$140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book  Vol. 15 Page 2.

June 28 Inst me.
Mr. Brown,
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Lower of Penning
Washington
D.C.

Gardiner, Maine, June 21. 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. &c
Sir, Will you have the goodness to give me early information as to the application of Mrs Hannah Beeman, widow of John Beeman for a pension. It was lodged by Mr Morton, last January or February - The husband, John Beeman was a pensioner under act of 1818 - suspended under act of 1820 - as appears by Mann's Role of Pensioners - Senate Documents - 1 Sess. 23 d Cong. 12 vol. p 32 - where the name is misprinted Beman - but it undoubtedly means this case. The marriage took place in '82 or '85 - & as there is no doubt of her right, I hope for an early decision.
Your ob't servant
Geo. Evans

148 Hannah Freeman
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Kennebec ss. } On this twenty seventh day of March A. D. 1843, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, Hannah Beeman a resident of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec 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 benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Beeman who was a private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said John Beeman at the rate of forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in Portland in the State of Maine She further declares that she is still the widow of the said John Beeman having remained unmarried ever since his death.
Witness to Hannah Beeman signature } by Geo W. Morton
Hannah X Beeman March
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Geo W. Morton
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of John Beeman deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Geo W. Morton
Justice of the Peace.

Benjamin Brann
State of Maine Wenatchee County ss,
I, Asaph B. Nichols
Clerk of the courts of Wenatchee County, certify that George W. Boston, is a magistrate for said County and that the written signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal of Office & subscribe my name, this thirteenth day of March
A. D. 1843
A. B. Nichols Clerk of the courts of Wenatchee County.

I Reuben Sheldon of Leyden in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts testify & say that John Beman formerly of Danfield in County but now of Hattousville in the District of Maine belonged to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. In Jany 1776, he belonged to the Company of Alexander of the Regiment of Col. Elisha Porter of the Massachusetts Line, He continued to serve in Company until Jany 1777, when he was regularly discharged at a place called Connecticut Farm in the State of New Jersey. This I know because I served in the same Company during the whole of the War. I have applied for a pension but have not yet received a Certificate. But I am in every way interested in the application of Beman. Done this 4 th day of Oct r A D 1829
Reuben Sheldon
State of Massachusetts
Franklin - Oct r 6 th 1829 - The above named Reuben Sheldon personally appeared & made Oath that the foregoing Deposition is true. And I hereby certify that the said Reuben Sheldon is a Creditable Witness.
John L. D. Linsley - Judge of the Court Court of Sessions

I Joseph Allen of Pennantstown in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that John Beman formerly of Deerfield in said County but now of Holliston in the District of Mass belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary War, in what was called the young army. In January 1776 he belonged to the Company of Col. Alexander of the Regiment of Col. Elisha Porter of the Massachusetts Line, & he continued to serve in said Company until January 1777. This fact I know because I served in the same company during the whole of said term. I have no personal certificate for the same previous but am in no way interested in the application of said Beman. Dated this 4th day of Feb. A.D. 1819 — Joseph Allen
State of Massachusetts Franklin — Feb. 4th 1819 — The above named Joseph Allen made both the above young Department by being subscribed is true. And I hereby certify that the said Allen is a credible Witness Samuel Root, Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss:
The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Samuel Sumner Wilde, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said Commonwealth; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this twenty third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
John DAVIS