Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23553, Isaac Beals, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Beals, Isaac Lydia
N 23553
CONTENTS

11.438
Maine
Isaac Beals.
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a Fife - drummer in the Company - commanded by Captain Fille - of the Reg't - commanded by Col. Folsom - in the Majesty his Troops -
  8 Mo. 7 ds - Fife - 35.65   Matriss - 3.7 - 13.45   Drummer 4.18 - 16.82   $ 65.92 
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 65 Dollars 92 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April and sent to - 1833 R. L. Rose, Augusta, Me
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 131.84   Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " " 32.98   164.80 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book E - Vol. 1 - Page 3

Isaac Beals 24590
Massachusetts troops,
Fifer
Gill's Co: } 12 months Craft's regt. }
Drummer
Washburn's Co: } 5 " Mitchell's regt. }
  Fifer of Artillery  8 months, 7 days    Alatoo  3 " 7 "    Drummer  4 " 18 "     16 " 02 "  
Proof, see C. D. Bangs' certificate.
  Fifer of Inf.  8 mo. 7 d.  35.65-    Alatoo  3 " 7 "  12.45-    Drummer  4 " 18 "  16.82    Declaration  63.92    March 20 H. Sec.
Robt. L. Rose, Augusta, Me. from Isaac Beals

I George Lathrop of Leeds do upon oath testify & declare that I well know Isaac Beals of Litchfield an applicant for a pension, that I was a soldier in Capt. Daniel Lathrop's company, in Col. Crafts' regiment, in the year 1776 & that I well knew that said Beals enlisted into the service of the United States in Capt. Gills' company of Col. Crafts' regiment in May 1776, served out the full term of his enlistment which was twelve months I was then honorably discharged. That I well know said Beals to be a man of veracity & as such entitled to full credit. That said Beals enlisted & served as a fife. That I believe said Beals is now seventy two years of age.
State of Maine } ss } Subscribed & sworn to July 11. 1832, the deponent being a Kennebec } credible witness, before me, Nathan Weston Jun Asst S. J. Comr
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Isaac Beals for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this eleventh day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Isaac Beals a resident of Greene in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy two 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain John Gill and served in Col. Crafts regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Gill Capt Crafts Col. That he enlisted as a private into said Gill's Company & said Crafts regiment at Boston on the first of May 1776 for the term of one year, that he served about seven months of that time on the castle in Boston harbour & the residue of his term of enlistment in Boston & was then honorably discharged at Boston in May 1777. That he afterwards enlisted at Boston in the year 1778 or year 1779 in the company commanded by Capt. Abraham Washburn of Putnam's Col. Putnam's regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of five months, & served as a drummer at Boston with the troops employed in guarding the stores until discharged at the termination of his period of enlistment.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: That he was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts , in the month of January 1760 , & knows of no record of his age. That during the Revolutionary War he made it his home at that place & until he removed to Greene which was twenty seven years ago: that he has resided in Greene ever since that time; that he enlisted into the service & was not drafted or received as a substitute; that he never had a written discharge from the army: That while in Crafts regiment, Paul Revere was the Lieut Col. & Swan Major.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Beals
Nathan Weston Jun not S.J. Court
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun
July 11

1126.
Nydia Beals
Isaac Beals, dec?
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 20 th Aug st 1827. of Kentucky in the State of Missin who was a Infy in the Co commanded by Captain Gile of the Reg t commanded by Gile in the Dept y line for 16 mo s 1827.
Inscribed on the Roll of Missin at the rate of 65 - Dollars 92 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. 21 st Aug st 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March '38, and sent to Mrs. W. Morton Aug st 2 nd 1838.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r - $ 65. 92 Semi-annual allowance ending 32. 96 $ 98. 88
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 2
Date of death Aug st 20 th 1827

Application of 1849
Lydia Beals (widow of Isaac Beals, late a Pensioner on Maine Roll under Act of June 7, 1832, under Act July 7, 1838.
Married in 1788.
Died in 1837.
adm?
3 mo 7 ds Mahops
8 mo 7 ds Fifer Artilly
4 u 18 ds Dremt. Indy
$65.92 1/2
Died 20 aug 39.
pen. Com: 21. Aug 37
George W. Morton 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.
Wennebec , County, ss.
On this 31 st day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon: Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State , Lydia Beals a resident of Greene , in the County of Wennebec 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 Isaac Beals late of said Greene, deceased, who at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832. She refers to the evidence he furnished the War Department for proof of service. He was a pensioner on the Maine Roll.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Isaac Beals on the sixteenth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight ; that her husband, the aforesaid Isaac Beals died on the twentieth day of August  eighteen hundred thirty seven ; 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 maiden name was Lydia Peterson, & she was married at Hanson, Mass. by the Rev. Mr. Hitchcock,
her Lydia J Beals (Mark)
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me ( the applicant being from age and infirmity, unable to appear in open court )
Nathan Weston C.J. L.J.C.

State of Maine.
On the thirty first day of August, 1838, Lydia Beals, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied, that she was married to Isaac Beals, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the sixteenth day of March, 1788, that the said Isaac Beals died on the twentieth day of August, 1837, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec 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 Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice, in the matter of the application of Lydia Beals for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 18th day of September, A. D., 1838.
Thos Swan

I Cyrus Beals of Greene, Kennebec County, in oath state, that Isaac Beals a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, died at said Greene on the 20 th day of August 1837, & that the within named Lydia Beals has remained a widow ever since that period, Cyrus Beals
State of Maine,
Kennebec, ss: Sworn & subscribed this 31 st day of August 1838, the deponent being a credible witness, B for me, Nathan Weston C.J. S.P.C.

I am satisfied of the official character of the justice, within named.
Nathan Weston

"Isaac Beals and Lydia Stetson y s 3 both of Pembroke were Married March the Sixteenth Seventeen hundred eighty eight. By the Rev d J. A. Hitchcock."
I hereby 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, as follows: "March 16 th 1788."
Seth Whitman Clerk of the Town of Pembroke
Seth Whitman above named depose and say that I hold the the Office of Clerk of the Town of Pembroke in the County of Plym- outh and State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Seth Whitman Clerk of the Town of Pembroke
Plymouth ss. Sworn to this fourth day of Septem- ber A.D. 1838 Before me Anthony Collamore Justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Anthony Collamore Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this fifth day of September 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

April 2, 1934
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The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Isaac Beals-W.23553 BA-J/AWF Cur
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Beals.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.23553, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Isaac Beals.
Isaac Beals was born in January, 1760 at Pembroke, Massachusetts; names of his parents not given.
While residing at said Pembroke, Isaac Beals enlisted at Boston, May 1, 1776, served one year as fifer in Captain John Gill's company, Colonel Craft's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted July 27, 1778, served as drummer until December 14, 1778 in Captain Abraham Washburn's company, Colonel Gerrish's Massachusetts regiment.
Isaac Beals was allowed pension on his  her application executed, July 11, 1832, then a resident of Greene, Kennebec County, Maine, where he had lived twenty-seven years. He died August 20, 1837.
The soldier, Isaac Beals, married March 16, 1788, Lydia Stetson. They were both then of Pembroke, Massachusetts, and were married in Hanson, Massachusetts.
The widow, Lydia Beals, was allowed pension on

her application executed, August 31, 1838, then a resident of Greene, Maine and aged seventy-two years. The date and place of her birth are not shown, nor are the names of her parents stated.
Cyrus Beals was residing in 1838 in Greene, Maine, no relationship to the family stated.
The application for headstone for Isaac Beals and copy from "Mass. soldier's and sailor' in Rev. War; Vol. I, page 855" relative to Isaac Beals, are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25353
Lydia Beals Wid of Isaac Beals
Wife & Drummer Mass Line
Act July 1 th 38
Index: Vol. A , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 2 '98
Mrs Leonard
Haverhill
1934 April 2 - list to mem. Br. all slips returned C.W.G.

Isaac Beals M c act 7 June 65. 27 th when cast fid? J. M. L.
Disc 20 th Aug 1837 paid to that period JH

Mar. 9/98
To Commissioner of Pensions -
You have made some mistake in sending this due- to me, it belongs to some one else -
Please, please make the change Send mine to Mrs. L. B. Wadleigh Havhill Mass - 22 Summit Street

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Isaac Beals by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 17 th day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Beals for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 23, 1832.
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 Isaac Beals is borne on "a pay roll of the 6 th company, wages in the State of the Massachusetts Bay Artillery, commanded by John Gill in Col. Crafts' regiment, from the 1 st day of August time of their engagement to the 1 st August 1776, as having been paid as a Fifer from May 26 th , 1776, for sixty seven days service, allowing four days extra.
And that the name of Isaac Beals is borne on a pay roll of the same company, "from the 1 st day of August to the 1 st day of November 1776," as having been paid as a Fifer for three months service.
And that there is no roll of said company from said first day of November 1776, to the first day of February 1777, to be found in this Office.
And that the name of Isaac Beals is borne on "an abstract of the 1 st company in the Massachusetts State Train of Artillery commanded by Capt. John Hill in Col. Thomas Crafts' regiment from February 1 st to May 8 th 1777," as having been paid as a Matross for three months & seven days service.
And that the name of Isaac Beals is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Abraham Washburn's company in Col. Ferriss's regiment as having been paid for service from July 27 th to Dec r 14 th 1778, Four months & eighteen days. And said roll does not show in what capacity any said Beals (or any other person named therein) served.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Augusta, Me. Sept 19th 1838.
Sir.
I transmit with this the applications of the following named persons to be pensioned under Act of Congress of July 7. 1838. viz —
Lydia Beal, Rachel Coombs, Susannah Fords, Mary Hutchinson, Mary Longfellow, Jane Whitten, Judith Osborne, Jane Easton and Abigail Webber. You are respectfully requested to send me the certificates for the above cases, should their claims be satisfactorily proved.
I am respectfully your Obed. Servt. Gerrit Morton
J. L. Edmonds Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
MAR 27 1934 1933
Memorandum for            The Surgeon General, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
2 Enc 01 & 9 Enc

Request for Rev. War record of Isaac Beals - neart. soldier died Aug. 20 - 1837 wreath me -
apply for head stone & copy record from Mass Soldiers & Sailors - returned April 2 - 34
awf

This Bureau can furnish the military records of such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Some of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are now in the possession of the Department and are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 2, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Isaac Beals, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on July 11, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Greene, Maine, and his pension was allowed for sixteen months and two days' actual service as a fifer and private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Gill and Col. Craft. He enlisted at Boston, Mass. His widow, Lydia, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. L. C. Wadleigh,
Haverhill, Mass.

L. W. B. W. 23553.
This Bureau can furnish the military records of Revolutionary soldiers who were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 2, 1898.
This was furnished in case of Isaac Beals not found
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Isaac Beals, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on July 11, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Greene, Maine, and his pension was allowed for sixteen months and two days' actual service as a fifer and private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Gill and Col. Craft. He enlisted at Boston, Mass. His widow, Lydia, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
A. C. McLaughlin
Commissioner. I
Mrs. L. C. Wadleigh,
Haverhill, Mass.