Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,384, Jesse Dean, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dean Jesse
S. 30,384
CONTENTS

15875 Massachusetts
Isaac Grant
He served in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sargent of the Regt commanded by Col. Ballard in the Revolutionary War time for 8 months Private 3 H. Ensign 3
Mark
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts the rate of - 66 Dollars - 67 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1855 and sent S. Dana Groton Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1855 $33.34 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 33.33 $166.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Atkinson Clerk Book C Vol. 9a Page 17

80 Middlesex

Declaration of the Dean
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, likely from the letter to the Hon. J. P. Kennedy.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this seventeenth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid
Joseph Dean of Burlington in said County aged 78 years.
Who being duly 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 That in the month of April AD 1775 he engaged in the service for eight months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Wood of Groton, his lieut. were Childs & Day . and in the Regiment which was first commanded by Col. Jacob Green and afterwards by Col. Lockman to which he joined his Company at the Camp in Cambridge on the first of May AD 1775 and continued with them until he expired out his term of eight months. 2 In the year AD 1776 he was appointed an Ensign of the Company of Capt. Nathan Sargent in a Regiment commanded by Aaron Willard Esq. to raise by the State of Massachusetts to reinforce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga , his Commission was dated the 8 th of August AD 1776, he joined his Company and Regiment proceeded with them to Ticonderoga performing all the duties incumbent upon him as an Ensign until he expired the period of service for which he engaged and his Company was discharged and returned to their homes. —
This

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. H. Ray Prob J. E. Dean
8.
We Samuel Sewall a Clergyman residing in the town of Burlington in the county of Middlesex and Samuel S. D. Dean hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel S. D. Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and 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 in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Simonas Wood Judge  Samuel Sewall Samuel S. D. Dean
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Samuel Sewall who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Burlington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. A. Ray Prob Clerk of the Court of
I
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel S. D. Dean for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the Twentieth day of August A. D. 1892 On the application of Saps Dean claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer,
In Woburn Ms on the 17 Feb'y A.D. 1754
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it? Answer,
I have a record of my age did you ever receive a Commission, & if so what has become of it? Ans: I did receive a Commission as as stated in my declaration and it was signed by the Major part of the Council of Massachusetts, and I have retained to this time. —
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
I was living at Woburnston Ms, soon after the War I removed into that part of Woburn same made into Burlington
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer,
All my services were voluntary and of my own accord
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer,
I saw Washington at Cambridge, Gen Lee and Col. John Brooks —
6. State the names of 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? Answer,
Rev. Samuel Pruell. Col. John Wade and Marshall Tristram L. Colburn, James Reed, David Skillon and others I had Selectmen of Burlington. Saps Dean 8 did you ever receive any written discharge from service? Ans: I never rec. any such discharge. None of it. Shown to Saps Dean

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Dana Lydon Mass

BRIEF in the case of  County of Middlesex
Jesse Dean  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Superior Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 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. As a Gen.     Enlisted In 17 75- — 8 private Capt Wood, Col. Grouch   " 1776 — 4 Ensign Capt Sargeant, Col. Willard  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilmington Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary and living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. L. G. R. Examining Clerk.
40 26.64 240 24 65.64

see Dean Burlington (Ensign)
Colonies of the } A. W. Chapman Esq. } The Major Part of
Y. O. P. being of sound mind
By Virtue of the Powers of Congress in your loyal are therefore carefully and in leading, ordering, and ex- and to keep them in good
as you shall from time to time
Jesse Dean Burlington
DEAN, JESSE (MASS.) 5-30384

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of
the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
to Dea
n Gentleman
Greeting.
YOU being appointed Whereof Aaron to Reinforce the
Ensign of the Company in Watertown. Sergeant is Capt Richard Esdaile Colonel raised by this State Continental Army at Ticonderoga
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.— You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Ensign and you as yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from Your Superior Officers.
G I V E N under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the sixteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Avery Dpt. Secy
Jer. Powell Caleb Cushing Winthrop Richd. Dabney Thomas John Whetcomb Jacob Fisher White Benj Austin Eben Thayer Jr Jos. Lushington S. Hotten Henry Gardner Stephen D. Sewall

Jesse Dean

Jo Sue Dean

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832.
* 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
Jesse Bean is borne on a Muster roll of Capt. Timothy Walker's company in Col. Green's regiment of Militia which marched on the alarm 19 th of April 1775 for the space of 7½ days —
Again, Jesse Bean is borne on a Muster roll of the company under the command of Capt. John Wood in Col. Leammi Baldwin's regiment to the 1 st of August 1775 for the space of 21 days from the 2 nd of May 1775 —
I further certify that there are no other other rolls of Capt. John  Timothy Walker's company, in service in the year A.D. 1775 — on file in this office — and that there is no roll of Capt. Nathan Seargent's company, in service at the Patriot on file in this office. Edward D Bangs Secy

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jesse Dean further proof or explanation.
which require
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? Yes 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? no
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? documentary living witness
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? answered
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Affidavit of James Bennett in the case of Sophie Dean —

I James Bennett of Billerica in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office, will appear:
And I do further testify and declare that I know and do well remember Joseph Dean of Burlington in said County
who served as a Soldier in that war,
that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt. John Wood  Jeremiah Wheeler in Colo.
Bradenburg Green Waldums Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
In the spring AD 1775 I enlisted in the Company of Capt. John Wood to serve for eight months this Company was in Col. Waldums Reg t after Col. Green left it, and I well remember the said Capt Dean and knew that he was in service as early as the first of May 1775 and continued until the last day of December — On the day of Bunker Hill Battle we were stationed at Charleston neck to prevent the men from retreating and I have a perfect and clear recollection of the said Dean in service during the whole period aforesaid —
James Bennett
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit January 28 th
AD. 1833.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth James Bennett who is well known to me as a credible and disinterested witness deserving full faith and
who subscribed to
above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sam l Dana

Isaac Dean
- 22767
G. Dana
Groton Ms.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern :
Know Ye , That Ambrose Morell Esq r and Silvanus Wood Esq r are both Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex;
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof , I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fifth day of February A. D. 1833, and in the Fifty Seventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Levi Lincoln

This may certify that Stephen Robbins of Lexington in the County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts came before me and testified that he was in the State service at Ticonderoga in the year 1776. in Col. Aaron Willards Regt, in Capt. Nathan Sargents Comp y . and that Jesse Dean was Ensign of said Comp y . and then at that time. And I further certify that said Robbins is a credible witness. — Lexington Feby. 2 d . 1883. Ambrose Morell Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I. Isaac Tinker Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex hereby certify that the foregoing paper hereto annexed bearing the signature of J. D. D. H. Prob. contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Dean for a pension. — I also certify that Samuel Dana whose own broken signature is written to the certificate on the deposition of James Bennett hereto annexed, is a justice of the Peace within the said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Isaac Tinker Reg
I also certify that Andrew Merrill whose broken signature is written
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss. I, the undersigned, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original proceedings on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Boston this 12th day of February, A.D. 1833.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts