http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/litchfield/history/1882/revoluti46gms
.txt
Captain Bostwick's Company had not returned home when another company
was ordered to New York; this is called "Captain Couch's Company, in
Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment;" most of the officers and men being of
New Milford. The book of accounts kept by Benjamin Bostwick, Jr., as
Clerk in this company, is still preserved, and is in the keeping of
Col. Wm. J. Starr. The company was in the service two months and
twenty-three days,—from Feb. 1, 1776.
Names of officers and privates.
Matthias Beeman
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1778 Rev War CT 7th Regt. [BLWT, 5441 iss. 4/15/1796 to Nathaniel
Ruggles]
Mathias Ct., Ct., N.Y., S37755.
Pension records show that he registered on 18 Apr 1818 in Litchfield
and in 1818 he was in Sharon, CT.
1790 Warren, Litchfield Co, CT census
1800 Warren, Litchfield Co, CT census
1810 Sharon, Litchfield Co, CT census
1820 Sharon, Litchfield Co, CT census1835 Census of Pensioners age 81
Litchfield Co, CT
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http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=y
oungwolf&id=I1635
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Note: I found a microfilm copy of a Beeman Genealogy that was
assembled in 1954 by Clarence E. Beeman from materials collected by
various Beemans, the earliest of which had been born in 1804. That
material was updated in 1982 by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman in The Descendants
of Thomas Beeman of Kent, Connecticut. Both stated that Ansel Beeman
was the son of Mathias Beeman. That is really the only proof I have of
our Beeman ancestry earlier than Ansel. Most of the information on
Thomas and John Beeman also came from those sources.
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Much of the information on the later Beemans came from property
transactions in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties in OH, census records
and tombstones in Canfield and Ellsworth. I researched the land
records using the microfilmed copies at the FamilyHistory Library in
Salt Lake City. I also researched Mathias' land transactions in Kent,
Warren and Sharon Connecticut and Thomas's deeds at Preston,
Voluntown, Stonington and Kent at the same place. Some of the
biographical information on Ansel Beeman came from a series of
articles written by Dr. Jackson Truesdale, a native of Canfield, OH.
He had known Ansel's family when he was growing up. Most of his
material was also backed up by the Wadsworth/Whittlesley manuscript
mentioned earlier. There are several other books on various of the
earlier Beemans, but none have succeeded in finding Thomas' origins
(or convincing me that what they found was true).
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Mathias Beeman was baptized in 1752 in Kent, Connecticut, one of the
children of John and Sarah. He probably spent most of his life in
Connecticut and was still living in 1835, when he was included in a
list of Connecticut pensioners. The last time he appeared on a census
was 1820. He seems to have been married more than once and had
children Lewis, Ansel, Lucy, Eli, Ellenor and Nathaniel. His last wife
was named Phebe and a land transaction in Sharon, Connecticut
indicates that her maiden name had been Benson. I haven't seen
anything to show whether she was the mother of any of Mathias'
children. She was quite a bit younger than her husband and none of the
children's names seem to relate to any of her suspected family, so she
could have been a second or even third wife. In the 1790 U.S. census,
Mathias was recorded as living in Warren, Connecticut with one male
under 16 years old. It appears from this that his wife mayhave died.
The only problem is that two of his sons seem to be vying for the one
spot of the male under 16. In the 1800 census, there is still only one
child listed in the 10-16 age category, along with two more under 10,
a female under ten and a female 26-45, presumably his wife.
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He was supposed to have had some problems with debts in 1773 and the
court in Kent attached property in E. Greenwich. However I did find
that in 1774 he had several judgments against him that were recorded
in the Kent deed books. Three times the sheriff was ordered to "take
the body of the said Mattathias and him to commit unto the keeper of
the gaol in Litchfield and him safely to keep untill he pay unto _" In
each case, the sheriff reported him to be "absconded and absent," and
parts of his property in Kent were seized to pay first Joseph Rockwell
and later David Phelps.
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Mathias purchased two tracts of land in Kent, one in 1772 and the
other in 1773. The first consisted of thirty acres for which he paid
20 pounds. The second was also for thirty acres, but he paid 60
pounds. In 1779 he and his sister, Sarah Stanton, were deeded twelve
acres of land by the executors of his father's estate and in 1787 he
sold his half to his sister. In 1802 he mortgaged lands in Warren,
Connecticut to a Richard Elliot for $40 and two years later sold that
same property to Richard Elliott for $300. (Warren split off from Kent
in1786- this may have been the same property he purchased earlier.)
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In 1813, he and his wife Phebe, along with Hannah Benson, Ebenezer
Benson, Elijah Jucket, Anna Jucket, Ira Williams, Hannah Williams and
Mary Benson sold property in Sharon that had belonged either to James
or Benjamin Benson (I couldn't follow the explanation in the deed.)
This means that his wife at that time was probably Phebe Benson, since
the only time I have seen wives mentioned in a Connecticut deed is
when they were the ones who had inherited the property. The final land
transactions that I was able to find were in Sharon, in which he
bought from and mortgaged property to Caleb Reynolds in 1815 and sold
that same property to Chauncy Smith in 1818. That last sale was
witnessed by Ansel Sterling, Justice of the Peace.
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Mathias applied for a pension in April 1818 and provided a statement
regarding his service in the war. He had sold his rights to land and
the purchaser was required to send his discharge papers to the land
office. Therefore, he submitted an affidavit from the purchaser. On
July 5, 1820, he provided an additional statement saying that he was a
farmer with property consisting of 3 cows, 2 old horses, an old
plough, saddle and various household furnishings. His property totaled
$109.80 and he said he was $60 in debt. His wife's name in the pension
application was given as Phebe, age 48. He was granted a pension in
the annual amount of $96. As of 1835, he had received a total of
$1191.16.
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Second wife: Phebe Benson, b. about 1782, married: before 1813.
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Another son of Mathias, Eli, is also reported to have been born about
the same time (but census records indicate he was born in the 1790's).
Military: Note: Mathias was a Revolutionary War soldier in the
Connecticut Line. He enlisted about July 20, 1776 for a term of four
months and served at Crown Point and Ticonderoga. He enlisted again in
January 1777 for a period of one year in the company commanded by
Captain Swift and regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Burrill which
joined the Northern Army. He served his full term and was discharged
and immediately enlisted again. This time he was in a company
commanded by Captain Chapman in a regiment commanded by Captain Herman
Swift. He served until he was discharged on June 7, 1783. He was
honored with a Badge of Merit for six years of faithful service and
his discharge papers were signed by General Washington. He received
warrant #5441for 100 acres of land, which was issued to Nathaniel
Ruggles in 1796.
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CENSUS 1790 Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut page 258:
"Matthias Beamont
1 male over 15 years
1 male under 16 years"
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DEED Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, deed book 5, page 103:
Mathias Beeman of Warren to Richard Eliot of sd Kent [all blank]
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DEED 10 May 1804, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, deed book 5,
page 107: Mathias Beeman of Warren to Richard Eliot of sd Kent for
$300 ... 1 acre ... Jesse Benedict's land ... Tucker Brook ... Abel
Beeman's land ... 30 acres ... excepting 1&1/2 acres owned by Jesse
Benedict ... Wit: Asahel Byington, Matthew Eliott
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DEED 7 Oct 1802, Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, deed book 5,
page 108: Mathias Beeman of Warren to Richard J. Eliott of Kent for
$40 ... 20 acres ... Elnathan Mitchell's land ... condition is that sd
Beeman shall pay to Elliott $38 with Interest by the 1 Jun 1803...
Wit: Wm. Cogswell, Alanson Parmile? Recd: 3 May 1804
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/town_hist/new_milf_wa
r.htm
Orcutt, Samuel.
History of the towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut,
1803-1882
Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1882,
943 pgs. p. 217?? [cannot find reference on this page]

• Married: ABT 1772 in Kent, Litchfield Co, CT

1. Lewis BEEMAN b: ABT 1774
2. Ansel BEEMAN b: 28 FEB 1788 in Warren, Litchfield Co, CT
3. Lucy BEEMAN b: ABT 1778
4. Eli BEEMAN b: 1787 in Warren, Litchfield Co, CT
5. Ellenor BEEMAN b: ABT 1776

• Married: ABT 1792 in Warren, Litchfield Co, CT

1. Nathaniel BEEMAN b: ABT 1794 in Warren, Litchfield Co, CT