Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,799, James Dean, Privateer (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Privateer (Mass.)
Dean, James
R. 2799
CONTENTS
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss.
Read to me
ON this 21 st day of September , A. D. 1832 personally appeared
before the Hon William D. Williamson a resident of Frankfort of said State, Jammy Dean and State of Maine, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 with Captain John and served in Col. Williams regiment of
the line or troops under the following named officers:
In 1775 I entered on board the Sloop Welffleet a U. States Transport, a Sailor - enlisted by Jeremiah Tracy (board of war as he was then called) to transport supplies for the army. I was sent to Virginia for a cargo of flour and other stores. We took at Gloucester a cargo of Pork, Bacon & Candles & proceeded up Chesapeake Bay to Elkton where we landed & delivered the cargo to Mr. Reed with the public receiving of Military Stores - We then proceeded down the bay bound to Samy River for a cargo of flour but being killed by the British - We then returned to Elkton & dismantled the vessel, was in this service four months - returned home in 1778 I was bound with a Mr. Dean vessel to the West Indies & on the passage was taken by a British man of war called the Earl & then was another vessel in company with her called the Tartar I believe - we were taken to Savannah, Georgia, I was then imprisoned & when discharged went to Charleston South Carolina & then went on board of a Galley
which was in the service of the United States - I then remained one month - I then enlisted on board of a Brig from Rhode Island - Capt Joseph Moran - Master - She was a United States Transport - I served as a Sailor - this Brig from Gloucester bound to Providence R.I. freighted with rice principally - for the troops then in the service as under (food) - We were taken off New York by a British man of war Brig of 14 guns & carried to Bermuda & held there as prisoners about three months - I was then discharged & went to Boston & from thence to Wellfleet - From the best of my recollection I was absent from the time I went on board the Brig, at Charleston S.C. to the time I reached Boston about eleven months
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William D. Williamson

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss.
Penobscot
ON this 21 st day of September , A. D. 1832 personally appeared
before the Hon William D. Williamson a resident of Frankfort of said State, James Dean and State of Maine, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 with Captain McIntosh and served in Col. McIntosh's regiment of
the line or troops under the following named officers:
In 1775 I enlisted on board the Sloop Welfleet a U. States Transport, a Sailor - enlisted by Jeremiah Tracy (board of war as he was then called) to transport supplies for the army. I was sent to Virginia for a cargo of flour and other stores. We took at Gloucester a cargo of Pork, Bacon & Candles & proceeded up Chesapeake Bay to Elkton where we landed & delivered the cargo to Mr. Riddick the public receiver of Military Stores - We then proceeded down the bay bound to Annapolis for a cargo of flour but being delayed by the British - We then returned to Elkton & dismantled the vessel, was in the Marine Service four months - returned home under Simon Pickering (called Adm'l & Gen'l) passed Welfleet - In 1778 I was bound in a Merchant vessel to the West Indies & on the passage was taken by a British man of war called the Earl & then was another vessel in company with her called the Tartar I believe - we were taken to Savannah, Georgia, I was then imprisoned & when discharged went to Charleston South Carolina & then went on board of a Galley
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
I was born in Welfleet Mass in the year 1757 - The record of my age is in Welfleet I presume - I removed from Welfleet to Hampden in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine about the 1800 & from Hampden I removed to Frankfort where I now reside in 1830 -
William Pierce has given his affidavit of my service on board the Welfleet - I refer also to Rev. Joshua Hall of Frankfort & John Wasson Esq of Dan Town who can testify to my character for truth & veracity and to the belief of my Revolutionary services -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
James Dean
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William D. Williamson Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William D. Williamson

State of Maine.
WE Joshua Hall Esqr a Clergyman, residing in the town of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and John Wiswell Esqr residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Joshua Hall Esqr John Wiswell
STATE OF MAINE.
Waldo ss. Sworn and subscribed this twentieth day of September A. D. 183 2
Before me,
Oliver Parker } Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 Joshua Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Frankfort and that John Wiswell who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town of Frankfort and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William D. Williamson Judge as within said
State of Maine.
Probate ss. I, Alexander Savage Register of Probate for the County of Penobscot hereby certify that the Hon M c D. Williamson before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Judge of Probate of said State ; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of James Dean for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 21 st day of September
A. D. 183 2
Alexander Savage

I Nathan the Parish of Orrington, in the County of Penobscot State of Maine testify & say that I sailed from Wellfleet, Massachusetts — in the Sloop Wellfleet in a United States Force part — as Mate — and James Dean name of South Berwick, Maine, was a Sailor on board the vessel with me — We first sailed to Plumouka River — We then went up Chesapeake Bay to Elkton — We then proceeded, bound to Sam- son, but were blockaded by the British — We were absent from Wellfleet in the Service four months — Mr James Dean was with me during the whole of the Service — Nathaniel Dierel
Penobscot —
July 21 1822
I swear to this day before me —

James Dean name 1832 Reg d
A. H. Markland Present

State of Maine } ss. COUNTY of Penobscot }
Be it known, That on this twelfth day of March A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three , before the undersigned, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse S. Dean Freeman Dean Isaiah Dean Hannah B. Goodwin Susan S. Lane Nancy Curtis residents of Frankfort H. Hampden in the County and made oath according to law that they are the children & heirs of James Dean formerly of said Frankfort , now deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner Soldier, and who made application for a Pension under Act of 1832, but which has been rejected
at the rate of allowed Dollars per annum; that they have been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that they are directly interested as claimants in said Pension, and make this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as any Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Joshua Hill J. Peace.
Jesse S. Dean Freeman Dean Isaiah Dean Hannah B. Goodwin Susan S. Lane Nancy Curtis
I, Joshua Hill Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Jesse S. Dean Isaiah Dean & Susan S. Lane of Hampden and Freeman Dean Hannah B. Goodwin Nancy Curtis of Frankfort who executed the foregoing paper are respectable residents of this county, and I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. being children & heirs of James Dean deceased Joshua Hill J. Peace.
Penobscot Gs:  State of Maine.
I, Nathan Weston Junr. Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joshua Hill Esquire before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twelfth day of March A. D. 185 3 .
Nathan Weston Jr.
Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents, That We  Jesse Dean, Freeman Dean, Isaiah Dean, Hannah B Goodwin, Susan S Lane, Nancy Curtis
hereby constitute and appoint B. M. Bennett & A. H. Markland our true and lawful Agents and Attorneys, to prosecute the Claim of James Dean , for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and hereby authorize said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate we wish made payable to Isaiah Dean above named
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that he might or could do were personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS our hand and Seal this twelfth day of March A. D., 1853.
SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF }
Joshua Hill A. H. Markland
Jesse Dean Freeman Dean Isaiah Dean Hannah B Goodwin Susan S Lane Nancy Curtis
State of Maine } SS. COUNTY OF Penobscot }
On this twelfth day of March A. D. 1853
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Dean, Freeman Dean, Isaiah Dean, Hannah B Goodwin, Susan S Lane, Nancy Curtis and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Hill
J. Peace.

State of Maine COUNTY OF Benoisot. } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Clerk of the Court of Supreme Judicial Court held in and for said County, and which Evidence is hereto annexed
that James Dean, reputed to have been  was a Revolutionary Soldier  Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $  per annum and that died on the sixth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty, six. leaving surviving him six children, three sons and three daughters whose names are subscribed to this paper.
and that They are they
are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. James Dean.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three.
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk

No 38,468
James Dean
not appear magistrate
not appear
second motion
ad

BRIEF in the case of  Jamy Dean County of Penobscot in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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 1775 shipped on board the  Steamer shipped again — 4 — Sailor Gen. Jeremiah Tracy   about 11 — — Sailor Capt Jos. Moran  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wellfleet Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
The official character of justice is not certified nor are the papers connected to the Seal as required
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.  Jan 16 1833

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2799 Am
P. O. James Dean
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Service is given as "Privateer" in printed list Reg & Sus book & as I cannot prove it by Mass book I have used as above for caption.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James 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? No 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? —  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? No  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? — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? No  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? —  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2. 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.