Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14614, Benaiah Dean, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dean, Benaiah Temperance
W. 14614
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 758
Temperance Dean
widow of Benaiah Dean
Mass who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars & 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
5 th day of July 1843
and sent to A. Bassett
Taunton, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A,
Vol. 1. Page 40.

Refuted
Date of death not in A.B

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Benajah Dean, Was Married to Temperance his wife Oct. 11 on Friday At 1783— Clarissa Dean was Married Decem. 11 At 1804 Temperance Dean was Married April 22 At 1805 Ruhannah was Married 27 Feb At 1817—
Leander A Dean was Married to Mary his Wife Aug 22 At 1823—

I Clarisa Pope of Wareham in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that I am the daughter of Benajah Dean deceased and that the record hereto annexed was cut out of the family Bible which my father the said Benajah Dean kept in his family and the same is the original family record. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of my father, and that the record hereto annexed is the hand writing of my father, the said Benajah Dean.
Clarisa Pope
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss Plymouth County —————
December 21 st 1838
Then personally appeared Clarisa Pope above named (whom I certify to be a credible witness) and made oath that the above deposition by her subscribed is true.
Before me Seth Miller Jr, Justice Peace

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Clarissa Dean was Born on Monday 21 st Decr, A t 1784 Benaiah Dean Jun was Born on Friday 16 th A t 1786 — Chandler Dean was Born on Sunday 14 th Decr, A t 1788 — Temperance Dean was Born on Friday 22 nd A t 1791 — Puhama Dean was Born on Thursday 5 th Sept A t 1793 —
Leander B Dean was Born on Friday the 27 th July A t 1792 —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth... Town of Wareham
"Benaiah Dean of Raynham & Temperance Gibbs of Wareham was published October nineteenth, seventeen hundred & eighty two,"
I certify that the above extract is a true copy of the Record of Publications with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair, legible figures, as follows "Octr 19: 1782,"
Wm Bates Town Clerk of Wareham I William Bates above named do testify that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Wareham, County & Commonwealth aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Publications in said town, with the exception of the date as certified by me. I further testify that I have searched the records of said town and can find no record of their marriage
Wm Bates Town Clerk of Wareham.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County
December 21 st 1838 Then personally appeared William Bates above named (whom I certify to be a credible Witness) and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Seth Milber Jr. Justice Peace

I Abraham Gibbs of Wareham in the County of Plymouth do testify and say that I am Seventy three years of age, do testify and say that when I was young I was well acquainted with Temperance Gibbs. She then resided in the same neighbourhood. I was present at the wedding and was a witness to the marriage of the said Temperance Gibbs to Benaiah Dean, and this marriage was according to my recollection in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three. I was twenty six years old when I was married, and the said Temperance and Benaiah were married from six to ten years before I was married. Noah Fearing Esqr was the magistrate who married the said Temperance & Benaiah and it was said they were the first couple he ever married. The said Temperance has never been married since the decease of the said Benaiah Dean and continues to be his widow Abraham Gibbs
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County — ss March 4 th 1839 Then the said Abraham Gibbs, whom I certify to be a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Seth Miller Jr Justice Peace
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Seth Miller Jr. Esqr is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to the annexed papers purporting to be signed by him are his true & genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this seventh day of March 1839 Jacob H. Lord

I Seth Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 81 years do testify and say that in the Spring of 1775 I enlisted and served as a Soldier in Capt John Kings Company in Col. Walkers Regiment Eight Months at Roxbury in the vicinity of Boston in the Revolutionary War and that Beniah Dean then of Raynham served as a Soldier in the same company during Eight Months as aforesaid, the said Beniah Dean left Raynham a number of years since & I have heard that he is not now living, but I have heard that his widow is now in full life
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Seth Dean Bristol ss November 14. 1838 Then the above named Seth Dean personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him signed, (he being a credible disinterested witness)
Before me Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. I Anselm Basset Register of the Court of Probate in for said County, do hereby certify that Godfrey Nobrius whose signature is affixed to the within certifi- cate is a Justice of the Peace in for said County —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty first day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty eight — A Basset

3392      #905 Vesperan Dean And of Peninah Mass. Ad July 7 1838 Mans 1783 died 1832 Allen no 7.27 a pm $26.33 per am. On side last King Col. Mass. Militia Vol. 157. 60 +
J. H. Lord Plymouth Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Plymouth County ss - On this Twelfth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before Wilkes Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Plymouth, Temperance Dean of Wareham in the County of Plymouth, aged eighty three 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Benaiah Dean late of Fauntler in the County of Bristol, deceased, decedent, who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served as she verily believes, eight months at Providence vicinity under Capt. John King in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy- five -
She further says as she verily believes that the said Benaiah Dean afterwards served at one or two other times - Once at Spencers or Sullivans expedition to Rhode Island - But she cannot state under whom he served -
That the said Benaiah Dean at the time of his said services in the Revolution, he resided in Raynham in said County of Bristol

She further declares that she was married to the said Benaiah Dean on the eleventh day of October seventeen hundred and eighty three by Noah Fearing Esquire, long since deceased, and that her husband the aforesaid Benaiah Dean died on the the eighth day of February - eighteen hundred and thirty two: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four or at the time above stated —
Temperance Dean
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year first above written —
Before me Wilkes Wood J. Probate
I Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify that Temperance Dean the abovenamed applicant for a pension, cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court — Wilkes Wood J. Probate

Plymouth J. I Jacob H. Loud Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Miller Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventh day of March 1839
Jacob H. Loud

July 13, 1939
Mrs. George H. Bonsall 158 Presidents Lane Quincy, Massachusetts
Answer BA-J/AWF Benaiah Dean W. 14614
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benaiah Dean of Taunton and Raynham, Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.14614, based upon service of Benaiah Dean, during the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Benaiah Dean are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Benaiah Dean enlisted in the spring of 1775, served eight months as private in Captain John King's company, in Colonel Walker's Massachusetts regiment. It was stated that he served either in Spencer's or Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, no further details as to this service given.
Benaiah Dean married October 11, 1783, Temperance Gibbs. The marriage bans were published October 19, 1783, in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was then of Wareham, and he was of Raynham, Massachusetts. The date and place of birth of Temperance

Gibbs, and names of her parents were not stated.
The soldier, Benaiah Dean, died February 8, 1832, in Taunton, Massachusetts.
The widow, Temperance Dean, was allowed pension on her application executed January 30, 1839, at which time she was eighty-three years old, and living in Wareham, Massachusetts. She was living in 1843 in Taunton, Massachusetts.
The following data relative to the children of Benaiah Dean, and his wife, Temperance, are shown in the claim-
   Clarissa  born  December  29, 1784    Benaiah, Jr.  "  November  16, 1786    Chandler  "  December  14, 1788    Temperance  "  -----  23, 1791    Ruhama (Ruhamah)  "  September  5, 1793    Leander B.  "  July  27, 1798   
Clarissa married December 11, 1804; Temperance married April 22, 1805; Ruhama married February 27, 1811; Leander B. married "Mary" August 22, 1823.
The following data are also given in regard to their children-
Clarissa Pope was living in 1838, in Wareham, Massachusetts; in 1839, Temperance White was a resident of Easton, Massachusetts; in 1839, Ruhama Swift was living in Sandwich, Massachusetts; Chandler Dean in 1839 was a resident of Raynham, Massachusetts; in 1839, Benaiah Dean was living in South Carolina; Leander B. Dean was living in Taunton, Massachusetts, he stated that his father died at his house.
Seth Dean in 1838 aged eighty-one years and living in Raynham, Massachusetts, stated that he served in the Revolutionary War in same company and regiment

and at the same time as the soldier, Benaiah Dean; in 1839, Abraham Gibbs aged seventy-three years and a resident of Wareham, Massachusetts, stated that he was present at the marriage of Benaiah Dean, (Abraham) and Temperance Gibbs, and that he was married when he was twenty-six years old; Mary and May M. Dean were both of Bristol County, Massachusetts in 1843. It is not shown that these persons were related to the family of Benaiah Dean.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Temperance Dean, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
Temperance Dean, widow of Benaiah Dean Certificate #758 Issued July 5, 1843 Rate $86.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Penuch Dean a 18 th
Temperance M 83 s
① 75 7.27 M o King Raynham
① S th Dean
On roll p 60 th Vol. 15
May 3 rd 1775

Massachusetts - 3392.
Temperance Dean, widow of Benaijah Dean, deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 8 th of February, 1832 of Plymouth co. in the State of Mass. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain King of the Regt - commanded by _____ in the Mass. militia time for 7 mos. 27 dys.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 26 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July, 1839. and sent to H. H. Lord, Plymouth, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March, '39 = $ 78.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 13.16
$92 15
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. H. Elliott Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1 Page 83

I Leander B. Dean of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged thirty nine  forty years, do testify and say that Benaiah Dean late of said Taunton, deceased, was my father - That Temperance Dean who now resides in Wareham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth aforesaid is my Mother - That I have two brothers viz. Benaiah Dean who resides in South Carolina and Chandler Dean who resides in Raynham in said County of Bristol, and three sisters viz. Clarissa Noyes, who resides in Wareham aforesaid, Temperance White, who resides in Easton in said County of Bristol and Ruhana Swift who resides in Sandwich in the County of Barnstable in the Commonwealth aforesaid - That my father the said Benaiah Dean died at my house in Taunton aforesaid early in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, leaving my mother a widow; and that my mother the aforesaid Temperance Dean has remained a widow ever since the decease of my father the aforesaid Benaiah Dean - Leander B. Dean
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. January 14. 1839 - Leander B. Dean, a credible witness, made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed - Before me J. Barrett Just. of the Peace "thirty nine" was erased & "forty" interlined before the oath was administered - J. Barrett -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts To all to whom these presents shall come, I Asahel Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Asahel Barrett is a Justice of the Peace in for said County, and that the signature to the foregoing affidavit certificate purporting to be his, is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of January Eighteen hundred & thirty nine — A Barrett

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the third of March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. on this twenty first day of April 1843. personally appeared before me Godfrey Robinson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Temperance Dean a resident of Taunton in the county of Bristol aforesaid aged Eighty Seven - years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, That she is the widow of Beniah Dean who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution as she verily believes, and served as she stated in her application for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838, to which she refers for the particulars of his said service. That under the last mentioned act, the annual amount of her pension was, Twenty six Dollars and thirty three cents (this is according to the best of her recollections) She further declares she is still
the widow Signed in presence of
Temperance Dean
Mary Dean
Mary M. Dean
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me Godfrey Robinson Justice of the Peace
This may Certify that Temperance Dean who has subscribed to the above declaration is personally known to me
Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Brinsley H. Danforth Register of the Court of Probate in for said County, do hereby certify that Godfrey Putnam, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, was, at the date thereof still is a Justice of the Peace in for said County -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty second day of April eighteen hundred and forty three - A. Gassett James Russell

January 22, 1932
Mrs. Willard Dalrymple 52 Crescent Avenue Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Benaiah Dean, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 14614, based upon the military service of Benaiah Dean during the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted, while residing in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1775 and served eight months as private in Captain John King's company in Colonel Walker's Massachusetts regiment. It is stated that he was in either Spencer's or Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island, no further details given as to said service.
He died, February 8, 1832 in Taunton, Massachusetts. His age is not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He married, October 11, 1783, Temperance Gibbs. The marriage bans were published, October 19, 1782 in Wareham, Massachusetts. At this time Benaiah Dean was of Raynham, Massachusetts and Temperance Gibbs of said Wareham.
The widow, Temperance, was allowed pension on her application executed, January 30, 1839, at which time she was living in Wareham, Massachusetts, and was aged eighty-three years.
In 1843, she was living in Taunton, Massachusetts.

The following is a list of the children of Benaiah Dean and his wife Temperance-
Clarissa born December 29, 1784, married Dec. 11, 1804 Benaiah " November 16, 1786 Chandler " December 14, 1788 Temperance " ----- 22, 1791, married April 22, 1804 5 Ruhama or Ruhana " September 5, 1793, married Feb. 27, 1811 Leander B. " July 27, 1798, married Aug. 22, 1823 Mary, maiden name not given.
In 1838 Clarissa signed Clarissa Pope, she was then living in Wareham, Massachusetts. In 1839 Temperance was referred to as Temperance White and was living in Easton, Massachusetts, and in 1839 Ruhana was referred to as Ruhana Swift and was living Sandwich, Massachusetts. In 1839 Benaiah Dean was living in South Carolina and Chandler Dean was living Raynham, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

158 President's Lane Quincy, Mass. May 24, 1939.
Pension Dept. Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Have you a record in your files of any pension paid to BENJAMIN DEAN OF RAYNHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, or his widow TEMPERANCE DEAN ? He was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as a private in 1775 and 1776. He was born in 1754 and died in 1831 or 1832, and is buried in Taunton, Mass.
Would you please send me a summary of his papers.
Sincerely yours
Grace P. Bonsall
(Mrs. Geo. H. Bonsall)

1931
MRS. WILLARD DALRYMPLE 52 CRESCENT AVENUE NEWTON CENTRE, MASS.
Dec. 7
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Benicia
Please send to me data concerning Temperance Wear - who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War on June 1st 1840.
I wish to know the name of her husband and his war record.

I will gladly pay any fee necessary - for information as to her maiden name and the names of her father and mother - and the birthplaces of all of them. Also the dates of the deaths of Temper- ance Dean and her husband.
Gratefully Yours, Julia H. Wakymple (Mrs. M.)

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 14614
Temperance Dean Widow of Beniah Dean Priv Rev War
Act: Mar 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. A , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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