Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12169, Ruel Beebe, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Beebe, Ruel
S. 12169
Carded
CONTENTS

New York
Reed Beebe
of White Creek in the State of New York who was a private in the Conn. commanded by Captain Shaw of the Reg. commanded by Col. Wheeler in the star  Star line for 9 M.
★ Conn. Line
Records corrected July 1845
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 1831 and due to L. J. Howe Cambridge
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 60 Semest. allowance ending Sept. 15 $ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. Collins Clerk Book C Vol. B Page 17
Date of death not in 1831

State of New York Washington County
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, Do Certify that the annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas in the matter of the application of Ruel Beebe for a pension. And that Daniel Wells whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit was by me duly sworn in open Court and is a person of Credibility. And I further Certify that Benjamin Cracker Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit of the said Ruel Beebe, was on the 29 th day of November 1832 a Justice of the peace of the said County of Washington. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing. And I further Certify that Benjamin F. Skinner before whom the annexed original Declaration purports to have been sworn, & whose name is also subscribed to the annexed Certificate, was at the time the same purports to have been done, a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & believe his signature to the said Declaration & Certificate, to be his own proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 21 st day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. S. Leigh Clk

Paul Beebe
adm d 9 mo. fri 30 $

State of New York Washington County ss
On this 22 nd day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before the Honorable Benjamin F. Skinner a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York Ruel Beebe a resident of the town of White Creek in said County aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law by the said Judge deposeth and his oath makes the following dec- laration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the fore part of June in the year 1776 he enlisted to serve until the 25 th day of December following, in a Regiment of troops raised by the Legislature of the State of Connecticut pursuant to a requisition of Congress, upon that State to raise one Brigade to proceed to New York & join the Army under General Washington. That said Brigade was raised & commanded by General Madsworth. That he served in the Regiment of which John Chester was Colonel, — Mills Lieut. Colonel and Ripley Major, and in the Company of which John Isham was Capt. Eliphalet Champlaine 1 st Lieut. Asaph Trumbull 2 nd Lieut. and Elijah Ransom Ensign. That about a week after he enlisted

he mustered with his Company at Colchester in the State of Connecticut. and very soon after marched with said Company under said officers to East-Haddam & from thence proceeded by Sloop to New-York. when said Regiment was formed & joined the army under General Washington on or about the 5th day of July. That he was engaged at the Battle in Long Island & retreated with our army to New-York. and he was also engaged in the Battle at White Plains under said officers. That at & about the time he was engaged in said Battles he was employed in preparing Roads, building Forts. and in ordinary Camp duty. That they built a fortification from Harlem Heights along the East River to New-York. That he served under said officers. under said enlistment at New-York Long-Island. York Island. Harlem. Kingsbridge and White Plains. That soon after the said Battle at White Plains which he believes was in  about the last of September or first of October in that year he was taken sick and remained so until after the expiration of the term for which he enlisted. That soon after he was taken sick. the officers directed him to be carried to the nearest place in the State of Connecticut where he could be taken care of & some of the men started to carry him there accordingly but before they reached the State of Connecticut he was taken worse & they were compelled to leave him in the town of Bedford in the East part of this State. at the House of a man by the name of Thurman where he remained until about the last of January. when his friends came to carry him home. That he proceeded to New-Haven with them to New-Haven. but was unable to proceed further & was left until in February when

he was Carried Home. That he served under said officers, under said enlistment, at the places aforesaid as a private soldier, and was not about eight months including the time of his said sickness, - that he was not discharged, but under Starbuck & believes the said Brigade were discharged & returned home, at the expiration of the term of their enlistment. That he knew during said service Gen. Washington Gen. Lee, Gen. Putnam & Gen. Green. Gen. Sullivan and saw them often, and thinks he saw them all at New York and at White Plains. Generals Sullivan & Gen. Lord Sterling were taken prisoners at Long Island. That at the time he entered the service he resided at Hebron in the State of Connecticut, - that Daniel Wells & Elizur Austin enlisted with him & served in the same Company during the whole time both of whom now live in this County. He has no documentary evidence he was born in the town of Lyman in the State of Connecticut, on the 8th day of January 1752. That since the Revolutionary war he has resided in the same town where he now lives. Has no record of his age except as kept by himself in his Bible. And that Daniel Wells, Austin Wells, Gerrit Wendell & Luther J. Howe who reside in his neighborhood, & knew him can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. 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 any agency of any State. And the said Abel Beebe further declares that in August or September 1778 he served one month in a Company of Militia of the State of Connecticut.

Commencing in August or September, at New London in that State. Samuel Gilbert was the Captain of said Company, and the Ensigns were as Beach, and Ephraim Taylor was Lieutenant The militia were ordered out at this time because the British Shipping were in sight of that place but they did not land, and at the expiration of one month he was discharged, with his Com- pany & returned home to his said place of residence And the said Reed Beebe also with that the nearest place in the said County of Washington at which any Court of Record is held, is 12 miles distant from his residence & that from bodily infirmary he is wholly unable to attend Courts for the purpose of making this declaration; that in consequence of the decrepitude of age he has not been 12 miles from home in 12 years
Subscribed and sworn this 22 nd day of August  April 1882
Reed Beebe
before me B. F. Skinner Judge of Wash. Co. Pleas State of New York
County of Washington ss I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the said County of Washington, Certify that Benjamin F Skinner before whom the foregoing declaration and the following affidavit were subscribed & sworn & whose name is subscribed to the following Certificate, was at the time specified & when said matters were made a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Washington, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge & believe his signature to said declaration, affidavit & Certificate to be genuine. In witness, whereof I have hereunto caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be affixed. This

28th day of August 1832.
J. S. Leigh C.R.
State of New York Washington County ss. Daniel Wells of the town of Litchfield in said County being duly sworn. in open Court Benjamin Skinner a Judge of  the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Washington, deposes & saith that he has been acquainted with Reuel Beebe named in & who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration ever since some time previous to the Revolution- ary war. That said Reuel Beebe in the part of June in the year 1776 enlisted as a private soldier to serve from that time untill the 25th day of June or of December following, in a Regiment of the troops of the State of Connecticut, raised by the Legislature of that State pursuant to a requisition of Congress to raise one Brigade, to march to New York & join the main army under Command of Gen Washington; that said Reuel Beebe served in the Company & Regiment commanded by the officers by him specified in the said declaration, that they mustered & sailed to New York & joined the army as is therein specified on the 4th or 5th day of July; That during the term of said enlistment said Reuel Beebe served at Long Island, York Island, New York Harlem, Kingsbridge & White Plains, and that he was at the Battle on Long Island & also engaged in the Battle at White Plains; and that a portion of the time he served under said enlistment, he was engaged in making roads, fortifications, & in performing ordinary Camp duty, and that about a short time with said Reuel Beebe soon after the Battle at White Plains was taken sick, & unable to perform duty, and in attempting to remove him to some near point within the bounds of the State of Con-

ment. They were compelled to leave him in the town of Bedford in this State, he being unable to be removed further, and that after the said Company in which said Beebe served was discharged at the expiration of the term of their enlistment. In this deponent saw the said Beebe confined at the place last above mentioned, he was then very sick. His life greatly endangered & this deponent then supposed that he would have died within a short time at furthest. And that he did not recover so as to be able to be removed home until about the last of January or first of February following. And this deponent further saith that he enlisted with said Reuel Beebe, at the same time in the same Company, Regiment & Brigade, and under the same officers; that he proceeded with him to New York, served with him at the Battle of Long Island, & White Plains, and served with him during the whole time, from their said enlistment, until the expiration of the term for which they enlisted, which was on the 25th day of December in the year 1776, when the said Company was discharged, but said Beebe re- -mained sick as aforesaid & was not able to & did not return home until the last of January or first of February, and this deponent further saith that he has no recollection of having seen said Beebe in active duty after the Battle at White Plains, & when he was taken sick soon after the Battle as he has stated in his declaration
Subscribed and sworn this 29th day of August 1832 in open court Daniel Wells before me Robert Brainerd Clerk of Middlesex Co. Mass J. S. Leigh CLK

I Benjamin F. Skinner a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington State of New York. Certify that on the 22 nd day of August 1832 the above named Ruel Beebe, known to me as the person named in & who signed the foregoing declaration, personally appeared before me at his residence in the town of White Creek in said County I subscribed & swore to the said declaration. And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant, Ruel Beebe was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and I do further certify that said Ruel Beebe, in consequence of bodily infirmity, is wholly unable to attend Court, to make oath to the said declaration.
B. F. Skinner Judge of Washington County Courts
We Austin Wells residing in the town of White Creek in said County of Washington and Luther J. Howe residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ruel Beebe who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn in Open Court this 28 th day of August 1832
Luther J. Howe Austin Wells
J. S. Leigh C.R.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary war soldier and served as he states, and the Court further Certifies, that it appears to them that Austin Wells who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the town of White Creek in said County of Washington and that Luther J. Howe who has also signed the same is a resident in the of the same place And that they both are Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington. Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Beebe for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clk.
The Matter of Abel Beebe -
Pension
5655.
J.S.L.

And the said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Washington Certify that it appears to them that Justin Wells who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the town of White Creek in said County, and that Luther J. House who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and that they are both Credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit And that they the said Court are acquaint- =ed with Daniel Wells who has subscrib- =ed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that he is a person of Credibility
I Jesse I. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington Certify that the forego- =ing contains the original proceed- =ings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ruel Beebe for a pension. And that Benjamin Gracken before whom the following affidavit was sworn, who is on the 24th day of November 1832 a Justice of the peace of the town of White Creek in said County. - that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justin & believe his signature to said affidavit to be genuine - In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be hereunto affixed this day of 1832

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of White Creek County of Washington & State of New York Ruel Beebe who, being duly sworn, deposes 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 services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For Seven months & fifteen days I served as a private soldier and for which I claim a pension. And the said Ruel Beebe further deposes & saith that there is no Clergyman in his vicinity who can testify to the belief of the neighborhood respecting his services. The only Clergyman in the place having recently moved into the neighborhood and the old one moved away about one hundred miles
Sworn before me this 29 day of December 1832 Benjamin Coe, Justice of the Peace.

7088 Ruel Beeber
adm d
p 39
5 1/2 16
Sep 1 1832 Nov 1 1832
Luther J Howe Cambridge NY

BRIEF in the case of  Paul Beebe  in the State of - New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 80 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.     first of June In 1776 Enlisted serv'd 7 years — abt 8 — As a Gen. Wadsworth. Col John Chester Lt Col Miles Maj Glenny Cap John Isham Saint Gilbert   August 1778 disb'd — 1 —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island, White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't state  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness - Dan Wells testifies to the particulars stated in the Declaration.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A Remsey Examining Clerk.

January 23, 1932
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Ruel Bebee-S.12169
BA-J/AWF Am
Mrs. Milton Rawlings Dishman Washington
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Ruel Bebee, a Revolutionary War pensioner of Washington County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.12169, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Ruel Bebee.
He was born January 8, 1752 at Lyme, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Hebron, Connecticut, Ruel Bebee enlisted early in June, 1776 and served as a private in Captain John Isham's company in Colonel John Chester's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains, after which he was taken sick and carried to Bedford, New York, where he remained until in January following, and reached home about a month later. He served from in August or September, 1778 one month in the Connecticut militia in Captain Samuel Gilbert's company.
Ruel Bebee was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, then a resident of White Creek, Washington County, New York.
There are no data in this claim relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

May 12, '08. Hist. to Lanna L. Marm. F.W. 1923 Sept 29. Hist to Mrs C. E. Ingersoll ms. 1933-Jan 23. " " " Mallory Readings ms. See her letter in Gibson P. et al 5/10/33
Dear Mary
12,169 INVALID.
File No. 12,169  Rachel Beebe  Brn. Rev. Wm. 
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 12, '08. Hist. to Lanna L. Marm.
F.W.
1923 Sept. 29 - Hist. to mrs. C. E. Inague
1933 - Jan 23 - " " " Milton Rawlings
See her letter in Gibson P. 1835
Over  trans
12.169 INVALID.
File No. 12.169
Rose Beebe
Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 4 , Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev
Aug. 6, 1923
U. S. Pension Bureau
Will you please to send me the full pension records of the Revolutionary War - of Ruel Beebe, of Cambridge, Washington County New York. by Act of Aug. 6, 1833. of the N. York Militia.
Also of Thias Johnson of the Mass Line, pensioned in Washington Co. N. York. May 14, 1819. of the Rev. War.
Mrs C. E. Tingue Sunset Lodge - Cambridge - N. York State.

Rev look out for Harvard Avenue, Seattle, Washington, April 28, 1908.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Can you give me any record of Russel Beebe who served in the Revolutionary War? Or about - Andrews, wife Clarissa Rexford Andrews, who served in the War of 1812 and died from effects of the war in 1815. 2 If these names are not on the pension list, can you tell me where I might look them up?

Very truly yours,
(Miss) Laura L. Mann.

Rev. War Section.
September 29, 1923.
Mrs. C. E. Tingue, Sunset Lodge, Cambridge, N. Y.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12169, it appears that Ruel Beebe was born January 8, 1752, at Lyme, Connecticut, and while residing at Hebron, Connecticut enlisted June 1776 and served as a private eight months in Captain John Isham's company, Colonel John Chester's regiment of Connecticut troops. He was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. He also served, in the year 1778, one month in Captain Samuel Gilbert's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while a resident of White Creek, Washington County, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension

claim, S. 43709, it appears that Thias Johnson, while residing in that part of the state of New Hampshire, which was later Vermont, enlisted May or June 1778 and served as a private under Captains Benjamin Brown, Pierce and Abner Wade in Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts' regiment until discharged May 9, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, aged fifty five years.
In 1820, soldier resided in Eaton, Washington County, New York and had a wife, Hannah aged forty seven years and son, Stephen Van Rensselaer aged seven years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.