Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37581, Ebenezer Bean, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Bean, Ebenezer
S. 37581
CONTENTS

13,126 Maine. R
Ebenezer Dean of Simsbury in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the R. Island line, for the term of one Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819 and sent to Judah Dayer Esq. Haysburg Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $82.12 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48. 10 mo. 8 dys ars. $130.12
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Contiued
Verification sent to David Dyer Esq. Simsbury Maine 31 July 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford On this twenty seventh day of April 1818 before me the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate and first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in said Commonwealth, personally appears Eben Bean aged eighty years, a resident of Limerick in said Circuit, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain a provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to enable persons provided for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - that he the said Bean enlisted in the month of April 1776 for one year into the company commanded by Capt. James Bone, belonging to the ninth Regiment commanded by Col. Varnum, in Rhode Island  Massachusetts line. That he served out said year and was regular- ly discharged at Poughkeepsie in York State in the year 1777  of April 1777 , that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for subsistence - that Capt. John Bone commanded the company for about two months after he joined it -
and in addition - the Deposition of James Woodman a credible witness, taken before a magistrate duly qualified to take the same, states that he well knew the said Eben Bean & that he enlisted in the year 1776 into the company then commanded by Capt. John Bone for one year & that he served out faithfully twelve months as a soldier in the service of the United States - sworn to and declared before me, the day & year aforesaid
Jason Dana Judge
I Jason Dana Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction

That the said Ebenezer Bean did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months on the continental establishment, and that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support - and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Hon. Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Troy this twenty ninth day of Sept r 1818 -
JUDAH DANA Judge
R.3.12

Elmer Bean by his guardian Charles Bean
13126
607
with special Notifier
Sept. 1919-

STATE OF MAINE.
ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment to Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County Charles Bean guardian of Ebenezer Bean, a person non aged eighty two years, resident in Limerick in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Lane in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13,126 was granted. And I do 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Charles Bean, Guardian to said Ebenezer Bean
Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Benj. Greene Ch: Justice One of the Judges of the said Court. Atty Daniel Sewall's Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: M d Ebenezer
Nothing
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me  Ebenezer Bean who, by occupation is a labourer which I am is unable to pursue by reason of his being a person non compos mentis
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     None —  Charles Bean, Guardian  to Ebenezer Bean   
STATE OF MAINE.
I, W. B. Sewall  ss. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath  declaration and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 nothing dollars and cents . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W. B. Sewall { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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November 8, 1923.
Ebenezer Bean S. 37581
Katherine C. Wood, University Place, Nebr.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37581, it appears that Ebenezer Bean enlisted in April 1776 and served as a private one year in Captains John and Jabez Lane's Company in Colonel Varnum's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, while a resident of Limerick, Oxford County, Massachusetts (Maine), aged eighty years.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

sent to Me.
37581 INVALID. Rev
1894 Nov. 15 Mil. Hist. Chas. A. Bean, Portland 1923 Nov. 8 Hist. to Catherine S. Wood - aut
File No. 37,581 Ebenezer Bean P. Pro No
Act: 18 m March 18 m
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ebenezer Bean. Private Rhode Island Col. Varnum's Regt Mass Line 7 1776 - 1 year - Dec. 27 th Apr. 1818
See John Adams Admittia
Proof of service
Within this declaration with father's testimony I dare

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Offords.
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County do at Fryeburg in said County on this first day of October A.D. 1818. certify and make known that the Hon Judah Dana who signed the foregoing certificate &c is Judge of said Court of Probate and is first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth and that said instrument is under the seal of said Court of Probate -
Attest Simon G. Goodwin Reg of Probate

I John Lane of Buxton in the County of York aged eighty four  five years do testify & declare, that I commanded a company in the revolutionary Army in Colonel Varnums Regiment, Rhode Island Line, from the beginning of the year 1776 till September of the same year, when Major Lane my superior lieutenant took the command. I further testify that Ebenezer Bean at P. Buxton on the fifth day of March 1776 in appear by a roll made in my possession, as I was at that time and the recruiting service & that he afterwards marched on with me & other recruits & joined my company as he said. I further testify that he continued in
I James Woodman of Buxton aforesaid aged sixty six years do testify & declare that I enlisted in the American army on the continental establishment about the middle of February 1776 under Capt. John Lane in Col. Varnums Regiment Rhode Island Line for one year. Which term I served was discharged at the time our terms were out then first of January 1777. Ebenezer Bean with myself & others was unwell at Peaks hills & said Bean came home. I afterwards enlisted volunteered under Genl. Washington for one month & was discharged in February 1777. I further testify that said Bean enlisted under Col. Lane & marched on with the Col. & joined our company about the first of May 1776 & served in P. Company as I have stated till the year service was out on the 1 day of January 1777 — James Woodman
Yorks St. June 14 1819. Then personally appeared the above named James Wood- man & being a man of truth & veracity was duly sworn & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & testimony by him subscribed — Before me
Sam. P. B. Harker Jas. Pease

I John Lane of Buxton in the County of York aged Eighty four  five years do testify & declare, that I commanded a Company in the Revolutionary Army in Colonel Varnums Regiment, Rhode Island Line from the beginning of the year 1776 till September of the same year, when Major Lane my Superior Lieutenant took the command. I further testify that Ebenezer Bean at P. Buxton on the fifth day of March 1776 in company with a roll was in my possession, as I was at that time and the recruiting service & that he afterwards marched on with me & other recruits & joined my company at Long Island. I further testify that he continued in my company & Regiment as a good soldier so long as I remained in the service which was at Shrewsbury.
John Lane
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. June 14 1819 - Then personally appeared the above named John Lane & being a man of truth & veracity, was duly sworn & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & testimony by him subscribed Before Me. Saml. P. S. Harker Jus. Peace
I Phinehas Gove of Buxton in said County, Seventy Six years, do testify & declare that I enlisted in the American Army in the Continental establishment about the first of March 1776 in Capt. John Lane's Company of Col. Varnums Regiment Rhode Island Line for one year & was discharged about the first of February 1777. I further testify that Ebenezer Bean joined our company about the first of June 1776 at Long Island, he had enlisted sometime previous to that time under Capt. Lane at P. Buxton & marched on with other recruits & joined us with the Battalion at the time mentioned & said Bean was discharged at the expiration of my year's service on the first of January 1777 at Peekskill.
Phinehas Gove
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. June 14 1819 Then personally appeared the within named Phinehas Gove & being a man of truth & veracity, was duly sworn & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration & testimony by him subscribed before me Saml. P. S. Harker Jus. Peace

Probate certificate

State of Maine.
York ss. It is hereby certified, that Charles Bean has been duly appointed guardian of Ebenezer Bean of Limerick in said county, a person non compos, and late soldier in the revolutionary War.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, the twentieth day of July, A. D. 1820.
(Daniel Sewall, Reg d of the } Court of Probate for York county.)

OFFICE OF
I. S. BEAN. C. A. BEAN.
I. S. BEAN & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUIT AND COUNTRY PRODUCE
213 AND 215 COMMERCIAL STREET,
Telephone No. 531-2.
Portland, Me., Oct 26 1894
To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
I apply to you for some facts to establish my eligibility to the pensions of the Revolution, and also to be used in a family genealogy.
My great grandfather Ebenezer Bean served in the Revolution but family records say no more.
I find on printed Rolls of Maine pensions the following which I am convinced is the

same Ebenezer
Oct 31 1894 PENSION OFFICE Ebenezer Bean - York Co - -private in Massachusetts line - placed on rolls July 29 1819; pension to commence from April 21, 1817 Died 1824
Will you please furnish me with a statement of the military services of above Ebenezer: and of his residence while of pensioner. The Massachusetts state records have nothing concerning him.
If there is any charge I will remit at once
Yours respectfully Charles A Bean
213 Commercial St Portland Me

LIBRARY BOARD DELLA S. PARKINSON, PRES. G. H. GRAHAM, SECY. E. H. WELLS PHEBE MAY HOPPER MAMIE M. CLAFLIN
University Place Public Library
MISS KATHERINE C. WOOD, LIBRARIAN
University Place, Nebraska
September 28, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Ruth Bean (born about 1784) and her sister, Hannah Bean, were daughters of a Revolutionary War soldier. I do not know his name. They probably lived in Limerick town, York County, Maine.
Ruth Bean married Josiah Durgin in 1805. Hannah Bean married Rev. James Hurd in 1801.
Have you any records of a soldier named Bean that contain the names of his children Ruth and Hannah?
I will appreciate any information you may be able to furnish me.
very truly yours,
Katherine C. Wood
It has been suggested that Ebenezer Bean of Limerick may have been their father.