Display Patriot - P-112874 - William BEMAN/BEAMAN/BEEMAN
William BEMAN/BEAMAN/BEEMAN
SAR Patriot #:
P-112874
The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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Birth: 03 May 1756 Kent / Litchfield / CT Death: 21 Oct 1837 White Hall / Greene / IL
Qualifying Service Description:
1776, served as a Private in the company of Captain Ebenezer Crouch, commanded by Colonel Herman Swift, service of six months.
1777, served in the company of Captain Sackett, commanded by Colonel Noadiah Hooker.
1779, served in the companies of Captain Peter Mills, commanded by Colonel John Mead.
Additional References:
Revolutionary War Pension file S32111
Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois, Edwin S. Walker, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), Vol 7, No. 4 (Jan. 1915), pg 402-407
William Beeman was born on 2 May 1756 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of John and Elizabeth (Drinkwater) Beeman.
He married Sarah Campbell in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1782. She was born in 1760 and died in 1820. They had the following known children:
Vincent was born in 1779
William was born in 1783
Russel was born in 1786
Orman was born on 5 October 1788 and married Talitha White.
William served as a Private in the Continental Line for four different periods (six months, two months, two months, and six months) from 1776-1779. His pension records show him as a Private in Connecticut Troops under Colonel Herman Swift and Captain Ebenezer Crouch from 1 June 1776 for six months, Colonel Hooker and Captain Sackett about a year later for two months, Colonel Mead for two months, and then again for Colonel John Wood and Captains Peter Mills and Niels for six months in 1779.
He applied for his Revolutionary War pension on 14 December 1833, which was approved. He moved his family to Green County from his home in Litchfield, Connecticut, in about 1821 and remained in the area of Green County as a farmer until his death.
The Patriot died in 1837 in White Hall, Green County, Illinois. It is said he died while walking to Vandalia (the then-capital of Illinois) to check on his Revolutionary War pension.
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