Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10404, Tracy Beeman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Beeman, Tracy Polly.
W. 10404
BLH 26663-160-55_
CONTENTS

9127- Connecticut
Tracy Beeman of Kent - in the State of Conn who was a Pri - in the Com commanded by Captain Coggswell of the Reg commanded by Col. Canfield in the Conn use for State Troops - 7 mo -
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March 1833 - and sent to N. P. Perry Kent Conn -
Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep: 1.33. 11.66 $58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 3 -

5537
Connecticut
Polly Beeman widow of Tracy Beeman Con n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23. Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
13 th March 1850
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of October 1852 and sent to
H. Chittenden Esq. Marblehead Connt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 260 Vol. 1

15,044. Mar. 3. 1843. " 26. "
Polly Beeman, widow of Tracy Beeman, Private.
Capt.
Col.
End
Dis.
MP 2666 zip May 2
Military Service
Revolutionary War.
Conn Feb 48 5539
Boston W: 160 Ac. May 15/56 B. O. M.
Claimant: Derby New Haven Co., Ct.
S. M. Wright. Printed
S. H. F. M. Knight July 10/55
Feb 48-cno 5539
Vol B. 1-92.-

State of Connecticut. Litchfield County.
Probate Court. District of Kent at Kent.
On this 1 st day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel P. Perry Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid holding & constituting said Court now sitting. Tracey Beeman, residing in said Kent, aged Seventy 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 7 June 1832. He was born in Kent aforesaid. A D 1762 the 20 th of May. Has a record of his age in his old Bible at his house and has always lived in Kent and lives there now. That A D 1779 in August he used say about the first of August. he entered the service of the United States, and was then drafted in Kent out of the company of Captain Cogswell. Home of Newmilford was his Captain. General Canfield of Newmilford was Colonel went down from said Kent to Stratford, Fairfield County, by way of Newmilford & New Town. It was expected that Stratford would be burnt. In the winter following the thinks January, he marched with the company, to

Fairfield, there were but few houses standing & those only which had escaped the conflagration, the year before i.e. AD 1779. - He remembers the naked & dreary appearance it made as they entered the place. That he served faithfully for the term of six months & was discharged there at Fairfield. Their officers advised them when they were discharged to return home in small companies & not disturb the people. He had no written discharge. all were discharged by parole by the Commanding Officer. He suffered much from the severity of the winter.
He states that afterward, the year he cannot recollect he was in the service of the United States one month at Horse Neck, in Connecticut, was drafted from P. Kent & marched to Horse Neck again. It was in the month of May & June. Reuben Bortwick of New Milford was his Captain. John Whittelsey of Washington in P. Litchfield County was his Lieutenant & Colonel.
Samuel Banfield of New Milford Colonel.
He again entered the service of the United States by enlistment as a minute man, at Washington spread called New Preston Hill. Silas Tracy was captain, his duty was to be prepared & ready at a minutes warning, held himself in readiness for a year for & during which time he enlisted and served and came out once

every week that he never received any written discharge. That he has no documentary evidence a person whom he can procure to testify to his services except the testimony of Daniel Bopley herewith enclosed.
That Henderson Benedict, Bridget Beaudry Esq. John Barlow, Jesse Benedict are persons to whom he is well known in his neighborhood where he has resided ever since he was born and can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Isaac Brewster
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before said Court.
Attested by Frederick Schiller Clerk
Clerk of said Court.

Lucy Beman
admit
7 m o private
$23. 33
Nathl P. Perry
Kent
Co

State of Connecticut } Probate Court Litchfield County } District of Kent } ss. at Kent —
On this 3 day of January A D 1833. Person appeared before Nathaniel P. Perry Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid, in open Court now sitting. Tracey Beeman of said Kent and is the same identical Tracey Beeman who made an affidavit on oath on the 1 st day of August A D 1832, before the said Court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832, returned with objections numbered 3395, and is again transmitted herewith, to the War Department, and being now first duly sworn, according to Law in open Court says, that as to the first term of service ex- pressed in his said declaration, he knows of no survivors in that campaign, that he has made every reasonable effort to ascertain the fact, and as to his other terms, he knows of no survivors excepting the term of one month, and only Daniel Copley as to that term and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Tracey Beeman
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Frederick Spittelman Clerk of Court.

I Eleazer Beecher a clergyman residing in the Town of Newmilford, Litchfield County and State of Connecticut, fifty nine years of age hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with Tracey Beeman who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration & that I believe him to be seventy years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I concur in that opinion.
Eleazer Beecher
sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Frederick Chittenden Clerk of Court
And the said Court does hereby certify that Eleazer Beecher who subscribed & sworn to the above and preceding certificate is known to the Court as a Clergyman in good standing and it is the opinion of the Court that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Frederick Chittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in addition to those herewith returned, in the matter of the application of Tracey Beeman for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 3 day of January A.D. 1833. Frederick Chittenden Clerk of Court

I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick Glute -ender is Clerk of said Court and that the signature purporting to be his attested to these papers are his own genuine sig- -natures and full faith & credit is due to the same. I further certify that the foregoing seal is the seal of said Court. As witness my hand at Kent this 3 rd day of January AD 1833.
Nathaniel P. Perry Judge

15,044.
Jolly Beeman widow of
Isaac Beeman.
Act 3 d March 1855.
S. M. Knight. Present,

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven }
ss. Derby March 19 th 1855
On this Nineteenth day of March 1855,
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Polly Beeman aged Ninety years, a resident of the Town of Derby County of N. Haven in the State of Connecticut who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Polly Beeman to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 2nd February 1828 a pension of 23 \frac{33}{100} dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Tracy Beeman a Private of the Revolutionary war, and late of N. Haven County, State of Connecticut . She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 2nd February 1828 is numbered 5537 , bears date the Eighteenth day of October 1850, and is made payable at the Hartford. Conn Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Tracy Beeman .
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, D. C.
11
Polly X Beeman mark
Attest: John T. Pease Abaria Tain
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Polly Beeman to be the identical person she alleges herself to be—a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
12
John E. Atkin J. Peace.

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven }
ss. Derby March 19 th 1855
On this Nineteenth day of March 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 13  John H. Daine and 13  Maria Daine residents of 14  Haddington County of New Haven  Plainfield , in the State of Connecticut known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that 1  Polly Beeman who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3  2 nd Feb. 78 a pension of 4  23 3/4 dollars per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband 5  Isaac Beeman deceased, a 6  Private of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said 1  Polly Beeman has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for 15  the last twenty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: 15  that they used as near neighbors to the said Isaac Beeman for fifteen years before his death and since in the habit of visiting him frequently & heard him speak of his pension money and also have had night visits to the said Polly Beeman since his death & know that she is still a widow at the time of giving this testimony
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
16  John H. Daine Maria Daine
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
12  William E. Downs J. Peace
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven }
ss. March 21 st 1855
I Hereby Certify , That William E. Downs Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, for the County aforesaid, this 21 st day of March 1855.
Alfred H. Lury Clerk of the County Court for New Haven County
NOTES.
 1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.  3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents.  5. Insert the full name of her late husband. 6. State what rank he held.  7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate.  9. Give its date. 10. State where made payable. 11. Widow's signature in full. 12. Magistrate's signature.  13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 14. Give their Post Office address.  15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived.  16. Witnesses' signature. 

I Hollis M Read of Washington in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut aged forty years and upwards being duly sworn do depone testify & say that I have been for several years and now am the ordained minister of the Congregational Church in the Ecclesiastical Society of New Preston in the town of Washington. That I hold in my possession a successor to the former minister of said Parish, the Record of said Church, containing the entries of marriages, by my predecessor. It appears by said Record that Jeremiah Day (who was the father of Jeremiah Day late president of Yale College,) was ordained over said Church in the year 1770, when he died in the 70 th year of his age. This Record contains, in all human probability, all of the entries ever made by the older Mr. Day.
This Record contains the following record of which the following is a true copy.
"Marriages"     Date  Names  Residence   
   1784 Tracy Beeman Kent   Jan'y 8 Polly Cogswell New Preston  
I further depone testify and say that

have no doubt of that the above entry and Record was made at the time of the marriage by the S d Reverend Day the Pastor & minister of said Church as there are several hundred records of mar- riages so entered & recorded in form way in the regular years & months, & the day of the month in time & regular order, and the above copy of S d marriage Record of Mary Beeman & Polly Cypsell is so ent- -ered in regular order with dates preceding & of other marriages & dates following. The form has never been altered or in way interlined or disfigured, but is now as it was originally entered, all which shows conclusively the truth of the Record. The above Record of S d Marriage is on the 106 page of the aforesaid Record of S d Church being a volume bound in good leather, and contains some 340 pages.
Sworn & subscribed
Hollis Read
this 14 th day of October A.D. 1850
Before me, F. B. C.
Frederick Chittenden
Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Hollis M c Read who subscribed the foregoing deposition, that I have exam- -ined the Records of the church referred to & I certify that the copy of S d marriage is true as is also all the facts stated by Deponent.
Frederick Chittenden
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } to Probate Court District Litchfield County } of Kent, in said County.
On this 25 th day of September - A D 1850, Personally appeared Polly Beeman, of the Town of Kent in said County, aged eighty six years, Before me Rufus Fuller Jr Esq: The Sole Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said District holding said Court, and the said Polly Beeman, having been duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declarative in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed
That she is the widow of Tracy Beeman who was a Pensioner of the United States and a private in the Army of the Revolution, that the said Tracy Beeman in the year 1833, received from the Pension department of the United States a pension certificate dated the 28 th day of March A D 1833, for Twenty three dollars thirty three cents per annum during his natural life, & that the said Tracy Beeman continued to hold said Certificate & receive his pension until the year 1850. said Pension was granted in conformity with the Law of the United States, for the 7 th June 1832, commencing 4 th March 1831 The Certificate is signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, & Alexander Hunter signed

by J L Edward, Commission of Pension, which certificate here referred to is here attached & herewith sent
And she further declares that she was married to the said Tracy Beeman at the dwelling house then of Jeremiah Day, which was in the present society of New Boston in the town of Washington and County of Litchfield afore- on the Eighth day of January (A 1784) one thousand seven hundred and eighty four That her husband the aforesaid Tracy Beem- -on and herself were married by the Rev Jeremiah Day the Pastor of the Congregational Church of New Boston -
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Tracy Beeman died at Kent on the 13 th day of March A 1850 That she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but at the time above stated,
That the family Bible of hers contains the Record of her Marriage, which Bible the Rev. Tracy Beeman bought of Daniel Finch over thirty years ago, when the Marriage dates & Record was entered therein & it now is without any alter- ation, and is just as it was over thirty years ago. Mr Finch afterwards cut out one half the leaf containing some entries of his family. The Bible from which the attached Record was

and is taken, was nearly new when we first got it and this record was made from an old small Bible which is now lost or destroyed. There is no person who was present at the marriage who is now living to my knowledge, - I do not know whether there is any other record in existence or not. That her name was Polly Cogswell. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made an application for a Pension.
Harmon Basson Polly X Beeman J M Ingersoll mark.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and above written in open Court Before the said Judge holding said Court of Probate, Rufus Fuller Jr Judge
of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent State of Connecticut } to Probate office, District of Kent County of Litchfield } in said County
I Jared M. Ingersoll Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Kent aforesaid do certify that the said Court is a Court of Record That the said Rufus Fuller Jr Esq. was at the time of his signature above affixed and ever since has been, Sole Judge of said Probate Court and his signature is true & genuine, & that the said Polly Beeman subscribed & made oath to the above declaration in open Court
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this 25 th day of September - 1850
J M Ingersoll Clerk

M.S. Am
January 7, 1926
Mrs. Joseph Schmerl 57 Cassandra Court San Francisco, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 10404 , it appears that TRACY BEENAN was born May 20, 1762, in Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While living in said place he enlisted August 1, 1779, and served six months as private in Captain Hine's Connecticut Company. He afterward served one month, date not given, as private in Captain Reuben Bostwick's Company, Colonel Samuel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment. After that he enlisted for one year as minuteman under Captain Silas Tracey and was called out once every week during that time.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, while a resident of Kent, Connecticut. He died there March 13, 1850.
He married January 8, 1784, at New Preston, Connecticut, Polly Cogswell of said place. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 25, 1850, while a resident of Kent, Connecticut, aged eighty-six years.

In 1850 they had four sons and three daughters living, only names given were Jerusha of Pennsylvania, aged sixty-six years, and Harmon of Kent, Connecticut, aged forty-seven years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1976 Jan. 7 hist. to Mrs Jos. Schmeel (See letter in case of Daniel Beeman) W. 17295. (Rev) MCS
File No. 10404
Polly Beeman Wid.
Grace Beeman Pri. Revolution.
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index: —Vol. 80 , Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓ 26,663
S Rev Am

15.044.
Hon S. Phelps County Treasurer Present.

Quiet to F. Chittenden Middletown, Ct. Connecticut
Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres. W. D. Mr Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 3. by E. D. Bullock Clerk.

U.S. Served in Capt. Hines Comp y of foot & Col. Sam Canfield's Reg t resided in Kent more than 70 years.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Tracy Beeman of the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Seventy Three dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 28 day of
March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lee
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

David Whitehead James Harbman We John Barlow and James Harbman both residing in the Town of Kent Litchfield County and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Tracey Beeman who has subscri- bed and sworn to the above foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be seventy years of age. That he is reputed to be believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revo- lution. That we concur in that opinion from to and subscribed John Barlow We the undersigned } David Whitehead
And the said Court do hereby declare that the above named John Barlow and David Whitehead who signed the above certificate made solemn oath to the truth of the same the opinion of the court is And that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Tracey Beeman was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the

Court further certifies. That there is no stated Clergyman in the Town of Kent a neighbourhood where the said Tracy Beeman resides, and That the said John Barton and Daniel Whitehead who signed the preceding certif- icate are credible persons and their statement is entitled to full credit, and are residents of the said Town of Kent in the neighbourhood of the said Applicant. The Court further Certifies That Tracy Beeman signed the foregoing declaration having been first duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
I Frederick Whittenden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent, situated County and State of Vermont. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Tracy Beeman for a Pension the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. this 1 st day of August A.D. 1832
Frederick Whittenden Clerk of said Court.

No 3395
Declaration of Nancy Beeman made in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Kent, County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut,
hereby certify that Frederick Chittenden is Clerk of said Court duly appointed and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is his genuine proper hand writing and seal of said Court and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his certificate with said seal annexed.
Nathaniel P. Perry Judge

Connecticut Roll, Act #7 June 1832
Tracy Beeman Pri, $23:33 per annum
To what time last paid? Sept. 4. 1849-
Treasurer's Office Coll
To the Auditor's Office

Washington.
March 24 th 1855.
Hon S. P. Waldo, Comm r of Pensions } Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Mrs Polly Beeman widow of Tracy Beeman deceased, for Bounty said under Act of March 3 rd 1855.
Very respectfully Your obt servt. John King

Tracy Beeman
10. 11. 12. 13.
N. P. Perry
Keat
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Page 88

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Tracy Deeman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?
no

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?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
None sufficient
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?
He does not distinctly state whether there are survivors of his first term or not
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

I have a copy of New Milford in Litchfield County State of Connecticut aged 78 years testify & say that I was in the Service of the United States over a month in the Spring of the year at Noxon Neck & in that vicinity (but what year I cannot recollect). - I will recollect that on marching up to the Guard house one morning when I ordered my piece it went off - and I saw a man now of Kent who is now present in Court at the Taking of this deposition has related to me that circumstance & says he stood next to me at the time, from which circum- stance & other facts which he has related which he could not have known if he had not been there - I have no doubt but he was in the Service during the said month and further deponent says not Daniel Copley
State of Connecticut
District of New Milford
Probate Officer July 30 1832
I William J Starr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of Daniel Copley who is a credible witness was subscribed and sworn to by him in open Court before Nathaniel Perry Esq Judge of the Court
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court the day and year above written William J Starr

I Nathaniel Perry Judge of said Court do hereby certify that William J. Starr is Clerk of said Court and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his proper hand writing with the seal of said Court annexed & that full faith & & credit is due, & ought to be given to his Certificate with said seal annexed - Nathaniel Perry.
State of Connecticut } Probate Office Litchfield County } District of New Milford ss. pro New Milford. Dec. 11 th A 1832
I Nathaniel P. Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District do certify that Daniel Copley within named & who signed the foregoing deposition & made oath to the same sustains a fair character for truth & is a credible witness. Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of the Probate for the District of New Milford

Sally Beeman, widow of Tracy
et
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1784
Hus d d ied 13 March 1850
Adm d 7 mos pre, $23.33 per annum. Craig 13 March 1850
J. Chittenden Markedale Connecticut

I Harmon Beeman of the town of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose testify and say that I am forty seven years of age, and am the youngest son of Tracy Beeman and Polly Beeman. I have three Brothers and three sisters. of s d Parents who are all older than myself, Ireska my oldest sister is in Pennsylvania, and is sixty six years of age, and is the legitimate daughter of the said Tracy & Polly, our mother Polly Beeman the widow of the s d Tracy Beeman, & who is an applicant for a Pension is now living at my house, she is Eighty six years of age as reckoned from the time I first remember her age. Tracy Beeman her husband a Pensioner who drew twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum died at at my house the 13 th day of March A D 1850, to my certain knowledge. The following is a true and exact copy of the Record on our family Bible now in my possession and which I testify I saw in s d Bible in the identical same words & figures as they now are & have never been altered in the least way. (to wit)
" January the 8 A D 1784
Tracy Beeman was
Mared to Polly
Goswell "
I further depose testify and say that I

saw the said entry of marriage in S o Bille in the same identical words & figures, as before stated over thirty years ago.
My Mother's name was Polly Cogswell before she was married as it has always been said from my remembrance.
Harmon Beeman
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me this 21 st day of September A 1850.
Frederick Chittenden
Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } ss at Kent
Be it known that on this 21 st day of September A 1850 Harmon Beeman who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence herein came before me and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same. — I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Harmon Beeman I have been for twenty five years his testimony is entitled to full credit. — I also certify that as Clerk of the Court of Probate I drew the original application for the above named Tracy Beeman for a pension, & know his widow Polly Beeman who is now living at the age of 86, retaining her mental faculties, remarkably well.
Frederick Chittenden
Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield: Litchfield County, }
I, Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Frederick Chittenden Esq. of said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgement of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 2 nd day of July A. D., 1850, and will expire on the 4th day of July, A. D., 1851, and that the signature to the accompanying instrument, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 23 rd day of September A. D. 1850.
Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk