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Charles Peter Beaujean (aka Pierre Charles Beaujean on Guadeloupe) was born in Boston but after the revolution divided his adult life between New England and Guadeloupe. He had married Anna Kimberly in 1779 who bore him 3 children in New England . But he later married Lucy (aka Lucie in Guadeloupe) Snow in Boston MA 1784 and again in a Catholic ceremony in his father's hometown of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe in 1787. Lucy bore him 4 sons in Guadeloupe, two died in infancy. In the 1787 buria l record of his son Jean Baptiste, he is described as a Anna Kimberly and her son Michael Moses Beaujean later moved to Greene County, NY and finally Chatauqua County, New York. Charles(aka Bevjean, aka Baujean) Beaujean was involved with the patriots prior to 1776. This makes the family tradition that he was at the Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773, when aged only 18, credible. His original militia rank was "Matross". M atross (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate;one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns. He was a Sergeant at his Continental Army with a discharge in 1780. Also note that he was a resident of Boston in 1775, but had moved to Marlborough at discharge in 1780. At the time of discharge, his wife was pregnant, a good reason not to re-enl ist. Major revolutionary hostilities started with the battle of Lexington and Concord on 19 Apr 1775. Charles Beaujean seems to have formally served twice after fighting began. Once for one month, 8 days in the summer of 1775, in the Massachusetts mili ta. The request for a "bounty coat or its equivalent in money" dated 21 Nov 1775 would be for his share of captured redcoat goods from that summer service. The three years regular Continental Army service spanned 14 Feb 1777 to 14 Feb 1780. The re port of "desertion" on 7 Oct 1777 was probably a one day AWOL absence. There was no court martial. Ref: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Volume 2, page 12 Bevjean, Charles; Boston ; Matross Capt. Joseph Chadwick's co., Col. Gridley's (Artillery) regt.; Volume 1 page 818 Volume 1 page 876 Civil Death Record:Testimony of Moyse Beaujean, aged 34, given to civil administrator Charles Gillet on 5 Brumaire, 8th year of the French Republic (27 Oct 1799). His house was located on Champ d'Arbaud in the town of Basse-Terre, where the street still bears the same name. Anna was told he died of yellow fever. |
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