Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37754, Henry Bevans, Continental Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Conn.
Berans, Henry
S 37754
CONTENTS

✓ 6125- Connecticut
Henry Bevan, of Danbury, in the State of Connecticut, who was a private in Col. S. B. Webb's Regt. in the Connecticut Line for more than two years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Jan y 1818. and sent to Sam l W. Johnson, Esq r . Stratford, Fairfield Co. Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 5 \frac{6}{30} \frac{1}{30} 42. 60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819. 48. 00
$: 90. 60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Danbury - Fairfield Co.
no 6125-1818 Dano Barry Fairfield Conn. October 4 th 1820

correct Henry Benner
private To the close of War D. S. B. Webb's Connecticut Regt.
Date of declaration 24 Mar .18
Admitted -

District of Connecticut — Fairfield County —
I Henry Bevens now resident in Danbury in said County, declare on oath, and say that I was born in Guilford in said State, and have always been an inhabitant of said State, that sometime in the year 1779 I entered the regular Army of the United States as a private Soldier, in Col Samuel B. Webbs Reg t of Infantry in the Connecticut line, in Capt Joseph Walker company — as a substitute for my brother Timothy Bevens, who enlisted during the War — that I was returned as of that company & Reg t and served therein being returned by the name of Henry Bevens, until discharged after the end of the War, some time I believe in the year 1783 — which discharge was from under the hand of the commander in Chief Gen l Washington — and by me was kept many years, and was by accident burnt up about fifteen years since. Southbury dwelling house —
I further declare and say that I served faithfully from the year 1779 during the war, and was regularly and honorably discharged — and that being now about sixty years of age and in very circumstances wholly reduced, am unable to gain a comfortable support —
And I do hereby make application for the relief granted to surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, pursuant to an Act of the Congress of the United States —
Subscribed by me in Stratford this 21 st day of March 1818 —
in presence of
Daniel D r Forest Curtis J. Wells
Henry Bevens

State of Connecticut ss. Fairfield County Stratford March 24 th 1810 Personally came and appeared before me Samuel H. Johnson Judge of the County Court in & for the County of Fairfield the within named Henry Beards to me well known and made solemn Oath to the truth of the within and foregoing declaration Sam H. Johnson
John N. Smith State of Connecticut ss. Stratford in Fairfield County I Samuel H. Johnson Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Beards who has made the foregoing Declaration did serve in the revolutionary War against the common enemy, as stated in the preceding Declaration; in the given circumstances & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. In Witness whereof I have subscribed the same and affixed the seal of said Court this 24 th day of March 1810
Sam H. Johnson

I Nehemiah Gorham of Stratford in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Henry Bevens of said Stratford now resident in Danbury in said County and know him to have been long an inhabitant of Connecticut and I know also that he was in the Continental Army, during the revolutionary War several years - as a private soldier in Capt Joseph Wadsworth company in Col Samuel B Webb's Reg t of Infantry in the Connecticut line - at which time I was a Lieutenant in Capt Chapman's company, and Col Swift's Reg t of Infantry in the Connecticut line - with respect to the time and manner of the discharge of said Bevens I cannot say particularly - but I never knew any thing but that he was regularly and honorably discharged -
Stratford March 21 st 1818 Neh l Gorham
State of Connecticut ss. Stratford in Fairfield County.
On the 21 st day of March 1818 Personally appeared before me Samuel W Johnson Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield the above named Nehemiah Gorham to me well known who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition & subscribed the same in my presence.
Sam l W Johnson

John Nails of Stratford in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, late a private soldier in the Continental Army in the revolutionary War of the Connecticut line, depose and say — That I was well acquainted with Henry Bevan of said Stratford now resident in Danbury in Connecticut, during said War. I knew that he served several years as a private soldier in Capt. Walbridge's Company in Col. Sam l D. Webb's Reg t of Infantry and that said Bevan was discharged at the end of the War, at the same time that I received my own discharge, and we left the Army together, which was in the year 1783 — Witness, Robert Fairchild John Nails
John Osborn
State of Connecticut to Stratford in Fairfield County
On the 24 th day of March 1818 personally came before me Samuel W Johnson Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield the above named John Nails who being duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing Deposition subscribed the same in my presence.
Sam l W Johnson

Henry Bevan
6.125
Ex 2 10
March 1819
con-

At a Special County Court, held in and for the County of Mansfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18 th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Henry Bevans a resident in the town of Danbury in the County of Mansfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made his oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.
  the half of 3 Shoats $ 7.50   Iron Kettle 1.00 1 Do. pot 1.00 Lea Kettle 50¢ 2.50   Table 50¢ 1 Chest 1.00 6 old Chairs 1.50 3.00   Tin Pail 50¢ Wooden pail 25¢ Chest of Drawers 75¢ 1.50   Meat Barrel 50¢ 6 Table Spoons 50¢ 6 Knives & forks 25¢ 1.25   1 old Axe & 2 Hoes 25¢ 25   pr Andirons 50¢ Shovel & tongs 50¢ 1.00   2 old Luls 25¢ 50     $17.50 $ 17.50 
Henry Bevans

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 18 th day of July 182 0 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Henry Bevars aged Sixty one years, resident in the Town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
as a private in the Regiment of the connecticut line commanded by Col. Sam l B Noble, and in captain Joseph Walkers Company from the winter or Spring of the year 1778 until the close of the war in 1783 constantly, when I was regularly discharged. I enlisted the P ty Army in the room of my Brother Timothy, who enlisted in P ty company & Regiment in the winter or Spring of the year 1777 .
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 24 th day of March 18 18 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 6,125 And I do further solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herein annexed; and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a
Shoemaker but am unable to work at my trade by reason of loss of sight -
and that I have - a - family residing with me consisting of a wife named Sarah Sixty two years old who has been sick for two years past 9 years old & with two Grand children, one named Hiram Bevars, the other named Billy 3 years old, whom I am obliged to support
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Bevars
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventeen dollars Dollars and fifty Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Alfred Dain Burr (Clerk)

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18 th 1820
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Seventeen Dollars fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 18 th day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18-1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MET/sel Rev. and 1812
January 30, 1929
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood 10 Forest Avenue Ansonia, Connecticut
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37754, it appears that Henry Bevans was born in Guilford, Connecticut, date not stated.
He enlisted in 1778 or 1779, served as a substitute for his brother, Timothy, in Captain Joseph Walker's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Regiment and was discharged at the close of the war in 1783. His service was rendered as a private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 24, 1818, while a resident of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, aged about sixty years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, Sarah, then aged sixty-two years and to two grandchildren, Hiram Bevans, aged nine years and Billy, aged three years. The names of their parents are not given and there are no further data concerning the soldier's family.

The above noted is the only soldier named Henry Bevans that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

37 757 Pay INVALID.
File No. 37 757
Henry Berand His Her law
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 35-
[ Arraignment of 1870. ]
1929- Jan 30, Hist to Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, M.E.E.

Ansonia Ct 10 Forest Ave
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:-
Would you send the Rev. record of Henry Bevan of Danbury Ct. His wife's name was Tryphena.
I think she was on the Pension list of 1818
and oblige Mrs Elizabeth Wood.
I thank you/