Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,383, Phinehas E Dean, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Dean, Phinehas E. or Phineas E.
S 30,383
CONTENTS

10540
Massachusetts
Phineas B Dean
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ship of the ————— command by ————— in the Mass line for 10 (May 15 Days)
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 32 Dollars 99 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to G Kendall Westminster Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1838 $69.98 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sept " 17.29 $87.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book 30. Vol. 2 Page 16.

Phinehas Ellis Dean, Son of Nathaniel & Abigail Dean was born at Dedham August 18 th 1762.
A true Copy of Record
Attest Richard Ellis T. Clerk

Pinchas E. Dean
15227
8

Application of Phinehas E. Dean to the U.S. War Department for a Pension under the Act of Congress, pass'd June 7 th 1832.
State of Massachusetts } County of Norfolk ss. On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable John M. Williams of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Phinehas E. Dean a resident of Dedham in said County, aged seventy years, who first being sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.-
Viz. I Phinehas E. Dean of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts declare, That according to a certified Record in my possession I was born in said town of Dedham on the eighteenth day of August 1762 and was seventy years of age, August 18 th 1832. And I never had any permanent residence or home, but within the town of Dedham, where I now reside, except, I once resided eighteen months at Francis town in the State of New Hampshire, from which I returned to said Dedham in the month of June 1788.-
In the month of April 1777 my father (Nathaniel Dean) was drafted from the Militia Company in the South Parish of said Dedham, as a Soldier to go into the service, it being very inconvenient for him to leave the family at that moment, I volunteered as a Substitute in his stead, then in the sixteenth year of my age. I left Dedham with Capt. Ephraim Tharp, a recruiting officer, and went to Cambridge near Boston and was there put under the command of a Sergeant whose name I do not recollect, and soon after was sent to Concord in the County Middlesex Mass t - at Concord I performed Soldier's duty for the term of Eight months, guarding the public stores at that place, when my term of service expired, I was honorably discharged and returned home to Dedham in the month of December following.-
In the month of March 1778, William Dean of my neighborhood was drafted as a Soldier, to go into the service, again I volunteered as a Substitute and was accepted in his stead, in the Company commanded by Capt. Abel Richards; and marched to the Barracks on the line between Roxbury and Boston at Lamb's Dam, where I performed soldier's duty for the term of fifteen days, was discharged and returned to Dedham.-
Some time after the last mentioned service at Lamb's Dam (the time I can not ascertain) I engaged as a Soldier Under Capt. Ebenezer Battle went to the Barracks at Watertown a few miles west of Boston, and at the Arsenal there and its vicinity, I performed soldier's duty for the term of two months, was then discharged and returned home to Dedham.- making in all, a service of ten months and fifteen days.-
I do not recollect of receiving written discharges from these terms of service, if did receive them, they have been lost and can not be produced.-
I am not able to find any men who served with me either at my term of service at Concord or Watertown, to testify in my behalf, and all the documentary evidence I can offer in support of my claim, is herewith

exhibit. And I further declare, that I have never received any Pension from the United States or any State, that this is the first application made by me for a Pension, and that I hereby relinquish every claim or annuity for revolutionary services except the present now applied for.
Dedham September 21-1832 Phinehas E. Dean
We Harrison G. Park a clergyman residing in Dedham & Enoch Talbot of said Dedham and both residing in the Parish and neighbourhood of said Phinehas E. Dean, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Phinehas E. Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age and he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion.
Harrison G. Park
Enoch Talbot
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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Harrison G. Park who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Dedham & that Enoch Talbot is a resident in the town of Dedham and a credible person & that their statements are entitled to credit.
J. M. Williams J.P.
I James Ware Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phinehas E. Dean for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day & year first above mentioned.
James Ware

To the War Department Washington City -
I Phinehas E. Dean of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and state of Massachusetts being seventy years of age, hereby state in Addition and in Explanation of my Application for a Pension to the War Department dated September 21 st 1832 -
In answer to the Interrogatory N o VI in the accompanying Brief, - I have given the names in my said Application of all the Officers under whom I served so far as it is possible for me to name them from recollection, and as I can find no one living who served with me during my term of eight months service at Concord, in the year 1777, it is out of my power to make any further statement in support of that service.
In fur ther answer to the Article in the Brief XVII - I stated in my said Application that I do not recollect of ever receiving other written discharges from these terms of service, & if so, they are lost & cannot be produced. Also by the same Article it appears, that the evidence of my identity given in the affidavits of my neighbors, viz - Dea Jesse Gay, Rev Horatio J. Park and Dea. Enoch Talbot is not so satisfactory to the Department as I expected - I therefore state the names of sundry other persons in my neighborhood to whom I am known and who I believe can testify to my character for veracity, and their their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution if necessary viz - Jacob Guild - John Dean - Ebenezer Dean, Lewis Morse, and Capt. David Andrews all of said Dedham -
Dedham Feb y 18 th 1833 - Phinehas E Dean
Norfolk S.S. Feb y 18 th 1833 - Then the above Statement made and Subscribed by Phinehas E. Dean was sworn to by him the said Phinehas -
Before me W m H. Gibbs } Judge of the Inferior

Phineas E. Dean
15227
Prate 10 Mos 15 days
6.8 14 06
Jany 26 1833
$32.99.
P-224.
Ha J. G. Kendall
Hf Leominster Mass

BRIEF in the case of Phineas E. Dean County of Norfolk in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     April In 1777 Bulbs 8 Gen. Capt Eliphalet Thompson   March 1778 " 15 Capt Abel Richards.   time not mentioned 2 Capt Ebenezer Battle.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dedham  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & Witness  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. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
January 22 nd 1833

30 383
Reg INVALID.
File No 30 383
General E Dean
Re Rec'd
Act June 1 st 82
Index — Vol. 2 Page 162
Department of 1870.

15227
Thomas E Dean Died here
Mr. J. G. Kendall AR

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Phineas C. Dean which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? _____ IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witness XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No  supplied Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5, 6, 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth 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 service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb y 21- 1833.
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 Pinchas Dean's name is borne on the Roll under Apts. Abel Richards, in Col. W m Linton's Regiment from March 23 d 1778 to April 8 th 1778, where he is allowed fifteen days service at Roxbury & Boston Mass.
Ex
Edward D. Bangs

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK ss.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that
William Ellis
Esquire,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that his signature to the annexed affidavits  respectively is genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this twenty fifth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jairus Ware
3

To whom it may concern
I Jesse Gay of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being eighty five years of Age, hereby Certify, That I have been acquainted with Phinehas E. Dean (now living in this neighborhood in said Dedham) - from the time of his youth till the present day. I have seen no record of his age, but should think him to be a man of seventy years of age or upwards, and I further certify, that said Phinehas E. Dean, as far as I have ever known or heard, has always sustained a good reputation for veracity and truth. Jesse Gay
Dedham September 19 th 1832.
To accompany Phinehas E. Dean's application for a Pension
Norfolk S.S. Sept r 19 th 1832. Then the above named Jesse Gay, who is known to me as a credible witness, personally appeared and subscribed the foregoing certificate and made oath that the matter therein set forth is true.
Before me W m G. Gulliver Justice of the Peace

(To accompany Phinehas E. Dean's Application for a Pension)
I Joel Guild of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being now in the sixty eighth year of my age hereby testify and say, that I have been acquainted with Phinehas E. Dean of the South Parish of said Dedham from my youth to the present time, and who I understand is about making application for a Pension for services rendered by him as a soldier in the revolutionary war - and I further say that some time in the fall of the year 1777, said Phinehas E. Dean came home for the service to his father's house, at Dedham in the neighborhood where I then lived, and after remaining there a few days, I well recollect, that I took a horn and conveyed him the Phinehas to Concord in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts and left him at a building near the Continental Stores at said Concord where he was stationed as a soldier, but how long he remained in that service I am not able to say -
Dedham September 4 th 1832 -
Joel Guild
Norfolk SS Sept r 4 - 1832 - Then the above named Joel Guild personally appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true -
Norfolk SS. Feb y 10 - 1833 I further certify that Joel Guild W. Ellis Justice of the Peace who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me W. Ellis Sept r 4 - 1832. is known to me as a credible witness -