Captain James Bean

~• Owned, with his brother Joshua 63+ acres in Providence Twp. sold to them by Edward and Ann Lane (1788). Joshua died in his prime c. age 31

~• from a letter of William Heebner Bean of 1896

Thomas died in Worcester Twp., Montg. Co. in 1782. He had four children James, Joshua, Samuel and Mary wife of Wm. McLean.

SAR Graves includes James Bean; marker photo to be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/tsimages/st-james-perk/a-...

see also: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/stjamesperkiomen/revw.html

~• Was involved with the erection of the Perkiomen Bridge which stands to this day. It is one of the oldest remaining bridges of its era.

1776

Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County,, Volume XI, No. 1 (Fall 1957), p. 71.," At least part of the Worcester Militia (Captain Jacob Wentz, 1st Lieutenant Christian Weber, 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin White, and Ensign Shipe/Shope) was also part of the Flying Camp. This company, under command of Lieutenant Christian Weber, included Sergeant James Bean. In his pension application 6, James Bean says in the middle of July 1776 they marched from Wentz’s Tavern† in Worcester Township to Philadelphia where they were attached to Colonel [John] Bull’s Regiment. They remained in the barracks for three weeks and then marched through Trenton, Princeton, and Brunswick to Amboy. They did not participate in the Battle of Long Island but apparently assisted in throwing up entrenchments. They remained in the vicinity of New York and the North River until Fort Washington was taken. They were discharged the middle of December and James Bean returned home around Christmas.

† Note: James Bean's wife was Wentz.

1777

Subsequent to the losses in the New York Campaign, James Bean was commissioned in Gen. Daniel Hiester's PA Regiment and served as a Lieutenant in a company of men with fellow citizens from his parish of Saint James Perkiomen. This service is detailed in Henry S. Dotterer's "The Perkiomen Region. Past and Present" see page 124 aka Vol. 1 No. 8 April 1895.
This period of service was during the the defeats of the Continental Armies at Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, etc. & the subsequent requisitioning of supplies to support the Army. Hiester's regiment also was charged with confiscations of local Loyalist property and served to stem widespread pacifist sentiments that were bolstered by the defeats.

May 1778

Hiester charged with confiscations. It does not appear that Bean's Company took part in this. (op. cit.)

James' parents were Thomas & Sarah Bean. James was discharged the end of November 1779."

Looking back from the 20th century it must have been quite a poignant realization for Mary Rogers (Bean), who was an avid an accomplished Bean family genealogist and historian, that she lived in the Sumneytown house where Hiester†† family did during the Revolution.

Notes: ††James' commanding officer in 1777 was US Congressman Daniel Hiester Jr. ; Relationship: Mary Rogers (Bean) is Captain James Bean's first cousin four times removed.

• Married Elizabeth Wentz: December 9 , 1789 Harrisburg Records
• Elizabeth died August 25th 1826, age 55 yrs, 5 mos, 20 days (Born 1770)

James BEAN b: February 27, 1758 in PA? d: October 16, 1837 in Pennsylvania, Monday, age 79 yrs, 8 mos, 19 days .... +Elizabeth WENTZ b: April 11, 1771 in Philadelphia Co, Worcestor Township, PA m: December 09, 1789 in St James Episcopal Church, Perkiomen, Montgomery Co, PA d: August 25, 1826 in Pennsylvania, Friday at age 55 years, 5 mos, 10 days

There is a notation ( by Theodore Lane Bean)that Elizabeth (Wentz) was James' second wife. "Was his first wife of the surname "Custer" ? "

other noted include generation numbers: "2" and "3"

• 2 James BEAN b: February 27, 1758 in PA? d: October 16, 1837 in Pennsylvania, Monday, age 79 yrs, 8 mos, 19 days .... +Elizabeth WENTZ b: April 11, 1771 in Philadelphia Co, Worcestor Township, PA m: December 09, 1789 in St James Episcopal Church, Perkiomen, Montgomery Co, PA d: August 25, 1826 in Pennsylvania, Friday at age 55 years, 5 mos, 10 days .... 3 [48] James BEAN ....
• 3 [49] Joshua BEAN ....
• 3 [53] Sarah Ann BEAN b: December 10, 1792 in approx date d: April 08, 1872 in age 80 yrs, 4 mos, 29 days ....... +[54] George W. COULSTON m: July 11, 1813 ....... 4 [55] Hannah? COULSTON ....
• 3 [51] Samuel H BEAN b: August 15, 1795 in Saturday at 9 pm d: January 16, 1846 in Friday aged 50 years 5 months and 1 day buried at Evansburg ....... +[52] Rachel C SPUR m: June 28, 1821 d: January 16, 1846 in age 50 yrs, 5 mos, 1 day ....
• 3 [56] William W BEAN b: April 28, 1798 in approximate date d: June 11, 1830 in age 32 yrs, 1 mo, 13 days ....... +[57] Elloner SUZA m: May 03, 1824 ....
• 3 [50] Mary Jane BEAN b: March 12, 1811 in Monday ....
• 3 [1] Charles Yocum BEAN b: November 08, 1815 in Montgomery Co, Penn? d: December 02, 1901 in Lexington, Ky at 147 N. Limestone ....... +[2] Ann Jane HARPER b: July 20, 1823 in Lexington, Ky m: October 31, 1850 in Lexington, Ky d: February 13, 1885 in Lexington, Ky

James Bean

http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/stjamesperkiomen/revw.html

• At least part of the Worcester Militia (Captain Jacob Wentz, 1st Lieutenant Christian Weber, 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin White, and Ensign Shipe/Shope) was also part of the Flying Camp. This company, under command of Lieutenant Christian Weber, included Sergeant James Bean. In his pension application 6, James Bean says in the middle of July they marched from Wentz’s Tavern in Worcester Township to Philadelphia where they were attached to Colonel [John] Bull’s Regiment. They remained in the barracks for three weeks and then marched through Trenton, Princeton, and Brunswick to Amboy. They did not participate in the Battle of Long Island but apparently assisted in throwing up entrenchments. They remained in the vicinity of New York and the North River until Fort Washington was taken. They were discharged the middle of December and James Bean returned home around Christmas.
 ◦ 6 Pension Application of James Bean, #11747, Record Group 15, Records of the Veteran Administration, Series: M805 Roll: 67 File: S22641 @Heritage Quest Online from ProQuest, via Godfrey Library Subscription: ◦ The pension application of James Bean, provides much information about his service in the Philadelphia County Militia, and his family. In a deposition with supporting supplementary documents dated 23 May 1823, James Bean of Spring Garden, Penn Township, Philadelphia County, age seventy-five and upwards, provided the following information: ◦ He was born to Thomas Bean and Sarah his wife on Monday Morning between 4 and 5 O'Clock on the 27th day of February in the year of our Lord 1758. Elizabeth Wentz, his wife, daughter of Jacob Wentz and Barbarah his wife, was born on the 15th day of March between seven and 8 O'clock in the evening in the year of our Lord 1771, as shown on a page from a Family Bible, now in the possession of Joshua Bean. He was born in Worcester Twp. and resided there during the time of the Revolutionary War, and moved to Spring Town in 1826. The Military Records of his activities will be interspersed with other records in their time frame to illustrate the activities of that time frame.

property shown on map?

https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590207/ between the K and the I in the PERKIOMEN township. There is a "J.H. Bean" nearby, too. But this is a map of a later era: Created / Published Philadelphia : Smith & Wistar, [1849] < thus James and Joshua his brother would not be on it.