Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,287, Aaron Beeman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Beeman, Aaron
S 20287
Carded.
CONTENTS

Sup Cert. issued 20 th day Aug: 1833. Sent to H. Bradford, Portland, Me.
Date of death not on AB
No 11. 168.
Maine
Aaron Beeman
of Bridgton in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barnes of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Ward in the Conn. Troops time for 7 months 12 days Private $24.64
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 24 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of April 1833 and sent to James Ayre Newfield Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 49.28 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 12.32
$61.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book H Vol. 1. Page 3

Adm c ,
Private
Janos. 12 th ,
$ 24.64
Pension Bridgeport Lansdowne Eng Cumberland Co. Newfield Me

BRIEF in the case of Aaron Beman  of Brueton in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? op in Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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 1779 - 10 12 As a Private Gen. Col d Ward   in June 1780 6 - Col n Jones  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Melbury Neck, R.I.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary proof & traditional evidence  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.
Nathan Clapp Examining Clerk.

7030. Declaration of Aaron Beeman
Man

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Minot  Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this 14th day of August — aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Aaron Beaman a resident of Bridgton in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged sixty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he the said Beaman entered the service of the United States sometime in the 1779 the year after the great storm he thinks and served six weeks in the company commanded by Capt. Barnes of Malbury in the regiment commanded by Col. Ward he thinks and was stationed at Tiverton near Howlands Ferry. The British had possession of Rhode Island at that time
1 1/2 months 6 months
That he again enlisted in the continental service sometime in the month of June A.D. 1780 and served six months in the company commanded by Capt. Watson in the reg. commanded by Col. French. he thinks and was most of the time in New Jersey and was discharged at West Point on the 14th day of December A.D. 1780
That he was born in Malbury Mass. 1762. and has a record in a family Bible. That he was living when called into the service at Malbury aforesaid and that Phineas Ingalls and Robert Andrews can testify as to his character and that the proof of his service is hereunto annexed - to wit his original discharge - for the 6 mos but has no positive proof of his 6 weeks service his present place of residence is Bridgton aforesaid
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Aaron Beaman
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two ,
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

We Robert Andrews and Phineas Ingalls of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland State of Maine hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Bemans who has subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Robert Andrews Phineas Ingalls
Signed a sum to wit
Aug. 16. 1832 Attest Ware -
Judge of the District Court Dist. of Maine

October 25, 1933
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Mrs. William Cowell 2008 Rebecca Street Sioux City, Iowa
AARON BEEMAN S. 20237 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 16, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Aaron Beeman, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and two soldiers named Abraham Beeman, one of whom served from Harwich, and the other who answered the Cambridge alarm.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of an Abraham Beeman (under any spelling of the surname).
The record of Aaron Beeman follows, as found in claim for pension, S. 20237, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
Aaron Beeman was born in 1762 in Marlborough, Massachusetts; the names of soldier's parents are not shown.
While residing in said Marlborough, Massachusetts, he enlisted sometime in 1779, served six weeks as a private in Captain Barns' company, Colonel Ward's Massachusetts regiment, and was stationed at Tiverton, Rhode Island. He enlisted sometime in June, 1780, served as a private in Captain Watson's company, Colonel Wesson's 9 th Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged December 14, 1780.
Aaron Beeman was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while a resident of Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine.
next of kin use Col. J. Wesson
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

THE Bearer hereof Sawin Beman a Soldier in the 9 th Massachusetts Regiment, having served as a faithful good Soldier in the said Regiment, the Term of being the full Term for which he enlisted , is hereby discharged from the same.
Given under my Hand, at Westport this 11 th Day of December 1780
J Wilson Col

Supply of within 2 two others including of seventeenth inst F.H. Willson for B. Stearns A.C. Goff Dec 17 th 1878 Hartford Fund 9 Days Nations Daniel S. Kim   Fishkill Dec 14 Aaron Beeman S.7.20.287 Mass. 

1933 Oct. 25. Hist. to William Cornell — MILF.
Resolutions 20 287 INVALID.
File No. 20 287
Theron Beeman
Bi Rev 70
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 55 th
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application of Aaron Beeman for a Peninsular certifi- cate —
Returns may be made to H. Bradford Portland

County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty second day of May in A.D. 1833 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the said County personally appeared Aaron Beeman of Bridgton in said County who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Watson and in Col. Westons Regiment in the service of the United States as he thinks will appear from the discharge that was sent on with his application. That his name has been placed on the pension roll of the State of Maine but his certificate has never been received by him although he has made diligent search for the same in all the Post Offices in Bridgton and he believes the same is lost He therefore prays that another copy of his pension certificate may be sent to him granted him and sent to his agent at Portland
Aaron Beeman
Sworn to and subscribed before me the year and day aforesaid
Y Freeman Brewster Justice of Peace

I Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland on oath depose and say that I was employed as the agent and attorney of Aaron Burnam to make out his papers and apply to the war depart- ment for his said Burnam's pension. That I have seen his name on the Pension Agent's Book among those that were entitled to receive a pension. I am the state that said Burnam is the identical person who made application for a pension and that he sustains an irreproachable character. Said Burnam's certificate has not been re- ceived by me and I have reason to believe and do believe that said certificate is lost
Freeman Bradford
Sworn to and subscribed { this 22 d day of May A.D. 1933. }
Before me Francis C. J. Smith Jus. Peace
Maine District

Maine District
District Clerk's Office May 31, 1833
In testimony that Freeman Bradford and Francis O. J. Smith are Magistrates and that the signatures to the foregoing purporting to be theirs are genuine I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year last above written.
John Nufsey Clerk U. S. Courts

Rec. 12 June 1833.
FREE
Alpheus Calkins Revolutionary War Hon. Lewis of Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Portland, June 7, 1832
In enclosed are the application of John Bridgham & Aaron Bemann for New Pension certificates, which the applicants pray may be granted them for those that have been lost or destroyed. Enclosed also is the request of Azar Hinckley & Elijah Stetson, that their names may be sent on to the pension Agent for the State of Maine -
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War
I am most respectfully your Obed Servt Freeman Bradford
Portland

MRS. WILLIAM COWELL 2008 Rebecca Street Sioux City, Iowa
Oct. 16, 1933
The U. S. Pension Bureau, Wash, D.C.
My Dear Sir,
Will you, kindly, send me whatever data you have in regard to Aaron Beeman of Marlborough, Mass. who served in the Rev. war from Marlborough, Mass.
Also, of two Abraham Beemans - one served from Harwich - Another answered the Cambridge Alarm. I especially hope for the dates of birth and places of birth and possibly some data as to family. I believe they were cousins and hope the data you send will indicate something to me.
If I have asked too much please answer the Aaron Beeman & one Abraham Beeman - I have no further data it is what I seek - I'd greatly appreciate this Very truly Mrs. Cowell -
P.S. Also,