Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5334, Nathaniel Dean, Mass.

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Nathaniel Dean of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Carpenter in the Mass line for 16 May 27 Ds
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 56 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to Barrett Taunton Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $84.49 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 28.16 $113.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 27 Page 46.

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File No. 5334
Nathaniel Dean
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. M , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I, Nathaniel Lincoln, of Taunton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty eight years, do testify and say that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Dean of said Taunton, whom I have this day seen and know to be the same man who served with me in the revolutionary army on the Island of Rhode Island three months, to wit, the months of August, September & October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, fortifying Butts's Hill - we were in the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Haskins & Joseph Wilber and Ensign John Bent in Col. Mitchell's regiment - said Dean served the aforesaid term of three months as a private soldier in said Company; we were posted at Butts's Hill to act as a reinforcement to the French Troops in Newport in case of an attack on that place by the British.
Nath l Lincoln
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. Aug. 29. 1832 - Nathaniel Lincoln made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed - Before me A. Russell Asst. of the Peace

I, Obed Dean, of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eightyone years do testify and say, that I know Nathaniel Dean of said Taunton, and that in the revolutionary war he served in the same Company with me in August and September of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, on what was called Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island; the Company was commanded by Capt. Josiah Crocker & Lt. Thomas Dean in Col. Carpenter's regiment; after the retreat of the army from the Island we crossed Slade's Ferry in Swansea in this State & marched to Providence and thence to Pawtucket & thence to Warwick neck, all which lay named places, are in R. Island State, where we served out the time for which we were drafted, to wit, in all six weeks.
Obed Dean
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Aug. 27. 1832. Obed Dean made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed — Before me A. Bannott Just. of the Peace

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Nathaniel Dean P.S.R.
Yours sincerely Nathaniel Dean
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ) BRISTOL, ss. )
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Taunton in and for said County on the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Nathaniel Dean a resident of Taunton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Seventy - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration, The he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit; under Capt. Samuel Fales, names of other officers of the company & regiment forgotten; again under Capt. Josiah Crocker Lt. Thomas Dean Ensign Thomas Williams, Col. Carpenter, whose first name and the names of the other officers of the Regiment are forgotten; again under Capt. Jacob Haskins, Lt. Benjamin Richmond, Col. Hathaway whose first name and the names of the other officers of the company are forgotten; again under the same Capt. Haskins, Col. John Jacobs, other officers of the company and regiment forgotten; again under the same Capt. Haskins, Lt. Joseph Wilbur & John Burt, Col. Eliel Mitchell, Lt. Col. Lane, Major's name forgotten; and the particulars of his several services he will state in reply to the fifth interrogatory herein after contained;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Taunton
of Massachusetts
Nathaniel Dean the son of Solomon Dean and Mary his wife was born in Taunton March 12 1762
the Book kept for
As appears on Record in Town Book
Ans Alfred Williams Clerk
War, and where I lived awhile in town of Canaan in Kingfield in this where I have lived
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
I enlisted voluntarily three times and was twice drafted; always in the Militia or State Troops.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Under Capt. Fales I enlisted, & our Company was stationed at Slade's Ferry, for three months in the winter of the year seventeen  in Swampscott in the State  hundred and seventy but what year I cannot recollect, and performed guard duty there to repel any incursion of the enemy from R. Island; I served the whole term; under Capt. Crocker I was drafted in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy eight and marched to join Sullivan's Expedition to R. Island; we crossed to the Island and were engaged in the action at Quaker Hill, our regiment was posted on the right of our army and opposed to the Hessians; I recollect seeing then Col. Jackson's Continental regiment up which the late Lt. Gov. Cobb was Lt. Col. the battle was fought on Saturday and on the Sunday night following our army retreated across Howland's ferry, and our company was then occupied in guarding the coasts as before stated until the time for which it was drafted; to wit, six weeks expired; I served the whole term; Under Capt. Haskins late in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight I was again drafted and served two months at Tiverton in the State of R. Island guarding the coasts as before; in the fall of the next following year I enlisted; again under Capt. Haskins, for the term of  and served eight months; first our Company was stationed at said Slade's Ferry guarding the coasts as before, afterwards we crossed to the Island and marched to Newport, where we were stationed awhile in garrison, and at length dismissed after seven months, and fifteen days service; our Company was the only one of Col. Jacobs's regiment at Newport; Col. Greene's Black regiment was there with us; in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty I again enlisted under the same Capt. Haskins and we were stationed in Tiverton, posted along the shore opposite R. Island guarding the coasts from any descent of the enemy; I served at this time three months, I know of no person living who can testify to my services under Capt. Fales or Haskins except one man Abel Dean who is upwards of ninety and too infirm to call on, & Dan Pratt who resides somewhere in the State of Maine too far for me to obtain his testimony; for proof of my other services above mentioned I rely on the annexed affidavits.
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At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Taunton in and for said County on the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- by Adj. two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES , Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Nathaniel Dean a resident of Taunton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit, under Capt. Samuel Fales, names of other officers of the company & regiment forgotten; again under Capt. Josiah Crocker Lt. Thomas Dean Ensign Thomas Williams, Col. Carpenter, whose first name and the names of the other officers of the regiment are forgotten; again under Capt. Jacob Haskins, Lt. Benjamin Richmond, Col. Hathaway whose first name and the names of the other officers of the Company are forgotten; again under the same Capt. Haskins, Col. John Jacobs, other officers of the Company and regiment forgotten; again under the same Capt. Haskins Lt. Joseph Wilbur & John Burt, Col. Abiel Mitchell, Lt. Col. Lake, Major's name forgotten; and the particulars of his several services he will state in reply to the fifth interrogatory herein after contained;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and Sixty two .
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? The record of my birth is on the Book kept for recording births in said Town, a certified copy of which is annexed.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
I lived in Taunton when I entered the service; after the war I lived awhile in Norton & then in Sutton both in this Commonwealth; then I removed to the Town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut where I lived near forty years; then I removed to Springfield in this Commonwealth and lived there ten months; then I came back to said Taunton where I have lived a short time.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
I enlisted voluntarily three times and was twice drafted; always in the Militia or State Troops.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Under Capt. Fales I enlisted, & our Company was stationed at Slade's Ferry in Swansea in the State for three months in the winter of the year seventeen hundred and seventy but what year I cannot recollect, and performed guard duty there to repel any incursion of the enemy from R. Island; I served the whole term; under Capt. Crocker I was drafted in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy eight and marched to join Sullivan's Expedition to R. Island; we crossed to the Island and were engaged in the action at Quaker Hill, our regiment was posted on the right of our army and opposed to the Hessians; I recollect seeing then Col. Jackson's Continental regiment of which the late Lt. Gov. Cobb was Lt. Col. the battle was fought on Saturday and on the Sunday night following our army retreated across Howland's ferry, and our Company was then occupied in guarding the coasts as before stated until the time for which it was drafted; to wit, six weeks expired; I served the whole term; Under Capt. Haskins late in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight I was again drafted and served two months at Tiverton in the State of R. Island guarding the coasts as before; in the fall of the next following year I enlisted, again under Capt. Haskins, for the term of eight months; first our Company was stationed at said Slade's Ferry guarding the coasts as before, afterwards we crossed to the Island and marched to Newport, where we were stationed awhile in garrison, and at length dismissed after seven months and fifteen days service; our Company was the only one of Col. Jacobs's regiment at Newport; Col. Greene's black regiment was there with us; in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty I again enlisted under the same Capt. Haskins and we were stationed in Tiverton posted along the shore opposite R. Island guarding the coasts from any descent of the enemy; I served at this time three months, I know of no person living who can testify to my services under Capt. Fales & Haskins except one man Abel Dean who is upwards of ninety and too infirm to call on, & Dan Pratt who resides somewhere in the State of Maine too far for me to obtain his testimony; for proof of my other services above mentioned I rely on the annexed affidavits.
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6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
I was a soldier, and never had a written discharge.
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
There is no clergyman in the immediate vicinity of the place where I now reside & I name Charles Dean and Joseph Wilbur both of said Taunton.
And the said Nathaniel Dean doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of  Nathaniel Dean
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
WE Charles Dean residing in Taunton and Joseph Wilbur residing in the same Taunton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we 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, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Charles Dean Joseph Wilbur H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Charles Dean who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Taunton in said County of Bristol, and that Joseph Wilbur who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their in statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate. Register of Probate
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Dean of Taunton in said County, for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

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Nathaniel Dean
Taunton
Bristol Co
Mass
Print 16 Mo 27 days
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$56.33.
A Barrete
Taunton
Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Dean  Saint of Bristol Co  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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.     In 17 3 P- Gen. Capt Fols   78 42 " " I Crocker Col Carpenter   " 2 - - " Haskins Col Hathaway   79 7 - 15 - " " " I Jacobs   80 3 - " " " " A Pitchell   15 7 57 = 16 Mar 92  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saunder  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses. Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J H B Blair Examining Clerk.