deliver up Smith, 482. Beatty. See also Beaty. . Beatty (Beaty), James (Jeames), of Harpersfield, farmer, bails- man for John Parks, 273; re- quired to deliver up Parks, 602; renews bail for Parks, 613. Beaty, John, deputy commissar)' of prisoners, asking return of Beaty, John — continued. prisoners of war under direction of Albany board, 407. Beaver Dam (Bever Dam, Bever- dam), the, residents at, 96, 161, I9r> 255, 341, 425, 481, 485, 494. 519^ 520, 5^3' 611, 696, 698; tories at, engage to pre- vent robberies, 341; testimony regarding tories at, 656; sus- pected person permitted to re- side at, 743-744-, Bebee, John, justice of peace, orders removal of tory families from state, 541. Bebee, Thomas, recruit for British service sworn in at his house, 629, 630; examined and dis- charged, 630. Becker. See also Beecker, Bicker Becker, William, of Livingston Manor, yeoman, bailsman for Wendell Yager, 403. Becraft (Beacraft), Jonathan, member of guard paid for con- veying suspected robbers to Albany, 106 (note); money paid to, 809. Beecker. See also Becker, Bicker. Beecker, Frederick, bailsman for Hugh Frazer, 269. Beecker, Johannis, petitions for restoration of goods seized by militia, 270. Beeckman. See also Beekman Beeckman (Beekman), John H., lieutenant-colonel, his account for beef for state prisoners paid, 311, 811; requested to arrest 20 State of New York Beeckman, John H. — continued, deserters from Burgoyne's army, 376; makes request in behalf of Henry and David Van Schaack, 381; requested to guard river shore, 759. Beeckman (Beekman), John Ja- cobus, his account for hire of wagon paid, 392, 812. Beeckman (Beekman), John M., commissioner for conspiracies, Albany county board, one of memorialists to legislature, 29; temporarily treasurer of Albany board, 36-37; appointment as commissioner, 67, 79; his at- tendances at Albany board meetings, 73; signs oath, 80; arms taken from prisoners de- posited in custody of, 105; signs warrant appointing John Ryley, captain of rangers, 112; funds of Albany board deposited with, 125; money taken from robber deposited with, 134; examination of man suspected of robbery attested before, 141; ordered to pay Captain John Ryley money on account of rangers, 148; ordered to pay Colonel Elisha Porter for con- veying prisoner from Northamp- ton to Albany, 167; waits on General Stark in behalf of per- sons sent from Bennington to Albany 169; deposits money with Leonard Gansevoort, Jr., his successor as treasurer of Albany board, 195; report on cattle Beeckman, John M. — continued, taken by troops attested before, 230; to be present at examina- tion of prisoner charged with robbery, 246; money paid to, on salary account, 311, 320; gives favorable report of Marte Freligh, 451; to convey infor- mation to General Clinton, 596; his account as commissioner, 814; his commission, 829; ad- ministers oath of allegiance as justice, 832; his certification of names of persons refusing oath, 833-834; furnishes return of tories removed or held for exchange, 834-835. Beekman. See Beeckman. Beekman's precinct, Dutchess county, resident of, 153. Beeler, Cunrad, Hessian deserter from British army, takes oath of neutrality, 204. Beesink. See Peesink. Bell, George H., asks liberation of Peter Schuyler and Johan Jost Schuyler, 387. Bell, Hendrick, of Tryon county, asks release of Peter Schuyler and his son, 41 1. Bell, James, bailsman for Jenny Clement, 227; bailsman for Angus Mcintosh, 373, 374. Bell, Stephen, Albany jailer, re- ports jail overcrowded, 44, 128; recommends removal to fort of sick prisoner, 107; recommends removal to hospital of smallpox case, 1 14; reports another small- r. >i-: Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 21 Beli, Stephen — continued. pox case, 131; ordered to per- mit examination of prisoner, 200; recommends removal to hos- pital of wounded prisoner, 205; reports illness of prisoners, 223, 224, 227, 236, 237, 254; his account for articles for prisoners paid, 267, 811; his account for wood for prisoners paid, 309, 811; to provide prisoners with bread and beef on written or- ders, 375; to report names of prisoners, with cause of com- mittal and names of magistrates committing, 443; delivers dis- affected person to Albany board, 446; to furnish provisions to prisoner at charge of Albany board, 457; money paid to, on account, 599; reports meeting with Dr. Smith and others, 726; money paid to, 811, 813; balance of his account, 813; his voucher, 813. Bell (Bali), William, of Fort Edward, farmer, committed as dangerous person, 508; petition in his favor, 596; released on bail, 633; ordered to remove from frontier, 633. Bellinger, Peter, of Trj'on county, colonel, Albany board writes to, 263; goods seized by party from his regiment to be restored, 2/0. Bemus, Hannah, wife of Jotham Bemus, summoned to testify against Angus McDonald, 615; Bemus, Hannah — continued, committed for refusing to tes- tify, 624. Bemus, John, summoned to ap- pear before commissioners at Stillwater, 466. Bemus, Jotham, of Stillwater, farmer,