Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29006, Samuel Beal, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Beal, Samuel
NUMBER
S.29006
CONTENTS

15-89 Massachusetts
Samuel Deal
of Sandwich in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company - commanded by Captain Davenport of the Regt - commanded by Col. Whitney in the Battle of Bunker Hill time for 2 yrs
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Aug 1835 and sent to J. H. Dyer Plymouth
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 160
Pension allowance ending 4th of March 40
$ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. C. Stearns Clerk
Book E Vol. 2 Page 8
Dead. See letter Jan. 10. P. Capt. H. R. Baldrin -
73 Plymo

Samuel Beal
11553

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth — } B—
In the twenty second day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court within and for the County of Plymouth now sitting at Hanover in said County Samuel Beal of Winchendon in the County of Worcester in said State - aged seventy one years , and now resident in said Abington - 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. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following Officers and served as herein stated. —
In the Spring of 1776 - I enlisted under Capt. Tufts of Weymouth in Col. Whitney's Regiment and went to Nantasket near Hull and served there six Months - during my stay there a British Ship came in bound for Boston not knowing of the evacuation of Boston by the Fleet - which we took possession of - I served out my term of six Months and returned home. —
The next year in January I enlisted under Capt. Abner Washburn of Bridgewater - and went to North Kingston in Rhode Island and there served three Months - I was present at the affair at Point Judith - when the British from Newport in Barges burnt the American Privateer Columbus - and in the action received a slight wound from a musket ball - at North Kingston I stayed three months and then marched to Boston and remained there about two

Months - then to Cambridge where we remained a short time - then the Company was ordered to Enfield on Connecticut River - to guard the Hessian Troops who were Prisoners - I did service at this time nearly seven Months. -
Afterwards in January 1780 - I again enlisted under Col Burbank - and went to the Castle near Fort Independence, for a term of three years - Gov - John Hancock had the command. - The Governor - and Lieutenant - whose name I do not recollect, were at the Castle a considerable part of the time - and their Families occasionally - Col Burbank resided there the whole time - My duty while there was to keep guard and to take care of the Governor's Barge - here I remained and did duty three years - with me on this service were Caleb Lane and Bradley Shaw both of Abington and men alive - When my term of service expired I received a written discharge from Col Burbank - but from time and accidents it cannot now be found -
And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declare that my name is not on the Pension rolls of the Agency of any State. -
In witness to and subscribed the day and year above written. - I was born in Abington in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid - and resided there when I enlisted in all the the services above related - and after the said services resided there until the year 1795 - when I removed to Templeton and there after a residence of about nine years - to Winchendon, both in the County of Worcester - where I have ever since resided - until very lately I was born

October 10 - 1797 - and was seventy one years old in October last I have no record of my birth - it may be on the Town Records -
Samuel Beal
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
Attest Jacob H Lord Register aforesaid. —
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Sol- dier & served as he states.
By the Court Attest
Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Beal for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty second day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Jacob H Lord

115 33
Samuel Beal
Private L. years
14 06
May 16 1835
P 397
J. H. Lina E. Wymore Miss

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Beal  of Winchendon  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 7. in court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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.     Spring In 1776 6 Private Gen. Gage  Gen. Howe  Gen. Clinton  Col. Whitney   1777 (Winter) 9 " Gen. Washington   1780 3 " Gen. Burgoyne  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Abington Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  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.
Richard Cottle Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
See Ser. file 29066 Rev. War-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Beal , 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.     Apr. 76 6 mos. Trufant Whitney Mass.   Jany 77 nearly 7 " Abam Washburn "   Jany 82 3 yrs - { Stationed at the "Castle" near Ft. Independence Pembank "  
Battles engaged in, wounded at Pt. Judith R.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abington, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 22, 1832 - allowed.
Residence at date of application, Winchendon, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, B. Oct. 8, 1761 Abington, Plymouth Co., Mass.
Remarks:
no claim for widow.
For date of death + name of beneficiary
Very respectfully,

29006 Ray INVALID.
File No. 29,006
Samuel Beal
Bi Rev no
Act June 7-32
Index Vol. 2 Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feb 28-1900 Hilt to Walter B. Beal Seattle Wash
Oct. 18-1901 To above - no further information
1906 Oct. 11 - History to William M. Beal

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Oct. 11, 1906
Searched by I. S. O.
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant, Eunice
Soldier, Sam'l. Beal
Service, Mass.
Rev. War.
Remarks:
No widow's claim.

Sam. Beak

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 16 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Samuel Beal is borne on the Castle rolls as recorded in Books, as having served there under the following Officers Viz:
   Books Warrants Captains Amo ts paid Dates ditta     Abstracts, I N o 39. W m Burbeck 12 0 0 Sept r 3 1783.   N o 1. L. 56 Thos Cushing 12 0 0 Nov 13 1782   ditto 64 W m Burbeck 19 12 0 Dec 18 1782   ditto 157 Thos Cushing 4 9 4 Nov 27 1783.   £ 48 1 4  
Total Amount paid Forty eight pounds one shilling & four pence.
Edward D Bangs Secy
End

11533 Samuel Beal
J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth Mass.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Beal  Winchendon Mass which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7. 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes  NO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Application should be made to E. D. Bangs Esq. Secy of the State of Miss for evidence of the claim- ants service of 3 years —

I Brackley Shaw of Abington in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts - aged seventy one years do testify and say that in January 1700 - I enlisted as a private Soldier and went to the Castle, now fort Independence (and performed duty there until Jan. 1702 - - Samuel Beal man of Winchendon in the County of Worcester - but then of Abington - enlisted about the same time and served with me there as a Soldier the whole of the time I was there - in Jan. 1702 - I went on Board of the Ship Reliance and performed a voyage and was absent about six Months and then returned to the Castle and did duty again until January 1703 - when I returned I found the said Beal still there as a Soldier and he continued there in that capacity so long as I remained - and have no doubt he was there during my absence and further saith not. -
Brackley Shaw
Plymouth ss - August 20. 1732 -
Personally appeared the above named Brackley Shaw and made Oaths to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before J. and Whitman Justices

Plymouth Co. June 4, 1833 -
And I further certify that the within Deponents Caleb Dyer and Brantley Shaw are Persons of credibility and their testimony entitled to full credit. —
Amos D. Dyer Junr. Deem.

I Caleb Lane of Abington in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts aged sixty nine years do testify and say that I was with Samuel Beal of Winchendon in the County of Worcester - Brattle Shaw and others - as a Soldier and served in that capacity with them from January 1700 to January 1703 the term of three years - during the whole of that time - I well recollect the said Beal being an acquaintance and Neighbor - both before we went on that service and after our return. — Caleb Lane
Plymouth S. August 20. 1832 -
Personally appeared the above named Caleb Lane and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before Jared Whitman Justice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth S. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Jared Whitman Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe his name subscribed to this & the annexed cer- tificates to be true & genuine signatures. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of Our Lord one thous and eight hundred & thirty two
Jacob H. Lord

Boston, Massachusetts, December 29 th 1836.
Sir
I transmit herewith the papers, and Documents relating to the claim of a balance of Pension due Mrs. Eunice Beal as the widow of Mr. Samuel Beal late of Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass s &c.
Should her claim be considered admissible, you will please return said documents to me after inspection and to the pension Office in this city such instructions as will enable me to claim said balance agreeably to the power of attorney to me executed for that purpose.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esqr Commis r of Pensions Washington

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Subject
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Subject: M/B
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise the writer if your records show the name of Eunice Beal, widow of Samuel Beal, of either Abington, Mass., Winchendon, Mass., or Boston, Mass. The information I am after is whether or not she received the pension of a Revolutionary soldier, and if so, would you kindly give me a certificate of service for this said Samuel Beal?
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
Thos. H. Beal
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