Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20149, Benjamin Young, R.I.
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R.I.                   Young, Benjamin            W. 20149
                                    Waity
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03-403
Rhode Island
___________________________________________________
Benjamin Young
of Washington County  in the State of Rhode Island
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Wilson of the Regiment  commanded
by Colonel Dyer in the Rhode Island
line for 2 years.

___________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars  ----- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
___________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         $160.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September  [1833]        40.00
                                                                _______
                                                               $200.00

                                         {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                           Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by DD Addison   Clerk,
Book   E     Volume 2a      Page 137
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                   Connecticut
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Waity Young
Widow of Benjamin Young deceased
who died on the 28 November 1833
of Washington County in the state of Rhode Island
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Wilson of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Dyer in the Rhode Island
line for 2 years
____________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 28th
November 1833
____________________________________________________
Certificate of pension issued the 10th day of August
                                          1838 and sent William R.         
Noyes, Newport, Rhode Island
____________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838             $360.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.             40.00
                                                                   ________
                                                                  $400.00
                                         {Revolutionary Claim.
                                          Act July 4, 1836.
                                          Section the 3rd

Recorded by D.D. Addison  Clerk,
Book A     Volume 2nd    Page 102
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.......letter to W.C. Stanton
    Dec. 21. 1844
Cis to Pete Aged 29. Jany 18215.
___________________________________
To Connecticut from 4th Sept
1844. to Feb. 1843. Notifica
=tion to W.C. Stanton,
Voluntown Conn
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Declaration.
      IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 1, 1832.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF  Washington} ss.
On this fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before Judges
or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Benjamin Young
a resident of Exeter_ in the County of Washington and State of Rhode -Island, aged
seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow-
ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
that is to say: He was in the fore part of
December 1776, marched in the company of Militia to which he then belonged in said Exeter, commanded by Captain George Willcox
to the northerly part of Boston Neck in North
Kingstown in said county of Washington 
to defend the inhabitants and their property 
in that quarter against the enemy,
where he served under Colonel Charles Dyer
three months. Soon after three months
service the aforesaid company to
which he belonged was separated into
two divisions and each division thereof
was bound to serve one half
of the whole time at intervals of
thirty days in this manner he served
guarding the shores against the incurs-
sions of the enemy till sometime after
the British evacuated Rhode Island
The said Young declares that this 
time he actually served under the
afore mentioned arrangement of his
company between December 1776 and the 
winter of 1780 in guarding the shores of North Kingstown against the
enemy including a term of thirty
days, which he served in the mean time
at Tiverton in Spencer's Expedition,
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was over eighteen months and
he also says, that his late father Benjamin Young belonged to said company of
militia when it was separated and so
served as aforementioned but not to
that division thereof to which he be-
longed, who was also bound to serve in
half of the afore said period And that in
the stead of his said father as his substitute for him performed also many 
of his terms of service during the afore
mentioned period, and although he the
said Benjamin can not now enumerate 
particularly the terms which he served for his said father as his
substitute as afore stated, yet he believes and declares the whole of them, put together
amount to at the least eight months;
and then declared that he served
his country against the enemy during 
the revolution - not less that twenty
seven months - and then said young
[illegible] that he faithfully served out all
the aforenamed terms of service; and he
further declares that he was born in
East Greenwich on the 25th day of June 1759- 
that he removed to said town of Exeter when about
three years of age where he has ever since resided,
but that he has no record of his age; that he
does not remember that he ever had any
written discharge from any of his said
services, but was verbally discharged by his commanding officers
                                                   that
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he has no documentary evidence of
any of said services. And that he 
is not acquainted with an clergymen
residing in his town or vicinity,
but refers to Robert
Reynolds, Junior Nathan Willcox Esquire
who are citizens of said county and
his neighbors, who testify to their
belief of his services as a soldier 
of the revolution; as well as to the
accompanying depositions-

He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension of annuity except the present, and declares that his
name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Benjamin Young
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open court                                                
witness Samuel Helme, Clerk

We Robert Reynolds residing in the town of Richmond in said county 
and Nathan Willcox residing in (the same) herby certify, that we are well acquainted
with Benjamin Young who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration; that we
believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he reputed and believed, in the neighborhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid.               Robert Reynolds
in open Court, Witness Samuel Helme, Clerk                           Nathan Willcox

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interroatries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and 
served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Robert Reynolds Junior and
Nathan Willcox who signed the preceeding certificate are residents in
Town of Richmond and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court also certify that from their knowledge
and Examination of Gardener Lillibridge and Silas Moores the preceeding Deponents
the Court consider their Testimony contained in the preceeding Depositions
entitled to credit

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General sessions of the peace 
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Young for a pension.
                                    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this eighteenth day of February AD 1833
Samuel Helme Clerk
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                         Application for Transfer
State of Connecticut}
Windham County}       for Voluntown
On this 8th day of January AD 1835 before me, the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace from the said county of Windham, personally
appeared Waity Young, who on her oath declared that she is 
the same person who is named in a pension certificate issued
from the War Office and signed by S. Cooper Acting Secretary of 
War and countersigned by J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
dated the 10th day of April 1838 and numbered 2256.

     That he name was placed on the pension roll of the
State of Rhode Island (for the payment of a pension of
Eighty Dollars per year an amount her husband Benjamin 
Youngs services as a private in the war of the Revolution)
from whence she has been recently removed; That she now resides
in the State of Connecticut in the County of Windham and 
town of Voluntown where she intends to remain and wishes
her pension to be there payable in future. The following
are her reasons for removing from the State of Rhose Island
to the State of Connecticut - She is infirmed and 
unable to tale care of herself and has been under the
necessity of  removing to the this place, to reside with some 
of her relatives who are so [illegible] as to make her
much more comfortable in the decline of life while
laboring under many infirmities of old age, than she
could possibly be if she continued to reside in RI. where
she formerly lived_
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and the expense in getting her money in Connecticut
will be much less than it would be to get it at
Rhode Island
in presence of                                       Her
Wm C Stanton                           Waity    X   Young
Daniel E Sweet                                     mark

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and 
year aforesaid - }
                   Wm. C Stanton Justice of Peace
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Identical person named in the pension certificate described
in [illegible] Transfer and is a pensioner of the United States as afore
stated
                                                   Mary D James

State of Connecticut, County of Windham at Voluntown Jan 8th 1835
personally appeared Mary D James the person who
has subscribed the foregoing Deposition & who is known to the subscriber
as a witness of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of same Before me
                                           William C Stanton Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Windham}
                 I Thomas gray Clerk of the County
Court in and for the County of Windham and
State aforesaid hereby certify that William
C. Stanton Seq of Voluntown in said County
is a Justice of the Peace in an for said County
duly commissioned and qualified                  
                   In testimony where of I have
                  hereunto set my hand and affixed the
                  seal of said County this 9th day of
                  January AD 1845
                               Thomas Gray Clerk
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State of Rhode Island Sc
             Washington County
On this 31st day of December AD 1836
Personally appeared before William B. Blevin
one of the Justices of the Court of
Common Pleas in [and for the county
aforesaid.
Waity Young of Exeter in the County
aforesaid, who, before her marriage, was
Waity Hill, now aged seventy eight years,
who being duly sworn according to law, doth
on her oath make the following declara-
tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the 
provision made by the act of Congress, passed
July 4th 1830, that she is the widow of
Benjamin Young, late of said Exeter now
deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution, in the service and defense of his
country. This declarant know that
the said Benjamin Young was much
in the military service against the 
enemy in the war of the Revolution and
that is as much as she did not follow
the camp and her memory is much decayed.
She cannot now particularly specify the
said Benjamin's said services. She however knows that the said Benjamin
Young applied for pension under the
act of Congress of, she thinks, year
1832, and drew a pension under that
act during his life, and this declar-
ant now requests the attention of the 
Department to the Benjamin's said
application for a pension and other proofs accompanying his application, in, she presumes
the Office of the Department, which
aforesaid proofs, together with the evidence
herewith transmitted, will, she trusts, be
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sufficient to entitle her to the amount
of pension by the said Benjamin.
This declarant further says  that the said
Benjamin when he entered the service
& performed his said services, resided in said
town of Exeter- That She has no docu
mentatary evidence in support of her claim.
She further declares that she was mar
ried to the said Benjamin Young on the
first day of May - ad 1779 at 
said Exeter by Elder Pendleton long since deceased; that she has no certification of her
said marriage, nor does she know that the 
aforesaid Elder ever made a certificate
there of. She has applied to the town Clerk
of said town for Exeter for a copy of 
record of said marriage, but he cannot as he says find any record
thereof, as will appear from his certificate accompanying this declaration
she has never known a parish 
clerk or Church record in said town of Exeter
nor can she learn that any such clerk
or Church record, or even parish ever
existed in said town of Exeter; nor
has she ever know or hear of any private
 record of said marriage, but for the 
proof of her said marriage, she refers to
the testimony that will accompany this 
declaration.

And she further declares that her husband
the said Benjamin Young died at said 
Exeter on, according to her submission the 28th November 1833,
and that she has remained a widow ever
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ever since that period as will 
appear by reference to the proofs hereto
annexed.  She further adds that she remembers
that the said Benjamin Young performed [illegible]
tour of military services in the militia in
the year 1779, after she was married to him.
                                                 her
                                       Waity   X   Young
                                                 mark

sworn to & subscribed on the day & year 
first above written before me - 
I also certify that the aforementioned
affiant, Waity Young, is know to me,
 that she id a person of veracity and 
in my opinion, her testimony & her pre-
ceding declaration are entitled to credit
and I further certify that I have ta-
ken the preceding declaration of the
said Waity as residence in said Exeter
because by season of old age as well as ill
health, her infirmity is such as not
to admit her of her going abroad to
attend a court of record.
                                William B. Blevin Justice
                             of the Court of Common Pleas
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V 1051   3  [illegible]

Waity Young
Rhode Island

Married 1 May 11779
died 28 November 1833
admitted
2 years $80



William. R. Noyes
     Newport
          Rhode Island
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Abiah Watson of Voluntown County of New London
and State of Connecticut on oath deposeth and says she
is seventy nine years of age, that she is and from her 
youth hath been intimately acquainted with Waity
Young of Exeter in the county of Washington and
State of Rhode Island who before her intermarriage
was Waity Hill, that the said Waity and Benjamin
Young late of said Exeter but now deceased who
was this deponents brother  were joined together in
marriage at said Exeter in the month of May
1779 by Elder Pendleton late of Richmond in the 
aforesaid County of Washington now deceased
at the solemnization of which aforesaid marriage
this deponent was present and saw the marriage
ceremony performed.  This deponent further saith
that the said Waity and Benjamin from the
foresaid time of the intermarriage lived together
as husband and wife in said County of Washington
until the time of said Benjamin decease
which was in the month of November or
December AD 1833.  This deponent also saith
the said Waity is now living in said Exeter and 
that from the time of said Benjamin decease
the said Waity has remained unmarried and 
is still his widow. And this deponent further
saith that during the whole period of the 
Revolutionary war she and said Benjamin
when he was not absent in the service, lived
either with their late father Benjamin Young
or near neighbors in said Exeter and she knows 
that her said brother was much of the time of
the Revolution absent from home in the service
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and she well remembers that he was several 
times absent in the service particularly in the 
summer and fall next following his said 
marriage                                    her
                                       Abiah    X   Watson
In the presence of                     mark
E R Potter
Noel Truban



State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Washington sc}
South Kingston}            October 29, 1836
This day before the subscriber a Justice of 
the Peace for said South Kingstown personally
appeared Abiah Watson and made solemn
oath in the due form of law to the truth of
the foregoing deposition and signed the same
in my presence and I further certify
that the character of the said Abiah Watson
is known to me to be respectable, that she 
is a credible witness and her testimony 
above given entitled to credit
                                E R Potter
                             Justice of the Peace
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Washington Sc.                  State of Rhode Island
                                           Clerks Office Court of 
                                           Common Pleas
      I Asa Potter, Clerk of said Court
certify that the name "William B. Blevin"
to the aforwritten certificate (regarding
Waity Young and her preceding declara-
tion for a pension) subscribed in
the proper hand writing of William B.
Blevin, Esquire who at the time of subscri-
bing the same on the thirty first day of 
December A.D. 1836 was a Justice of the 
aforesaid duly elected commissioned
and qualified according to law-
I also certify that the name "E.R. Potter, Jr.
to the aforewritten certification (regarding
Abiah Watson subscribed in the proper
hand writing of E R. Potts Esq- And I
further certify that the name "Preserve Hall"
to the aforewritten certificate (regarding Thomas
Phillips, Jr. town Clerk of the Town of Exeter
subscribed in the proper hand writing of
Preserve Hall Esquire- and that the said E.R. 
Potts at the time of the subscribing his name
to the aforesaid certificate (regarding
Abial Watson on the 29th day of October
A.D. 1836 and the said Preserve Hall
at the time of subscribing his name
to the aforesaid certificate (regarding
the said Thomas Phillips, Jr. on the 8th
day of December A.D. 1836 were Justices of the Peace in and for the County of
aforesaid duly elected, commissioned
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and qualified according to law ~
                     In testimony whereof I
                     have hereunto set my hand
                     and affixed the Seal of 
                     the aforesaid Court this 
                     seventh day of January
                      A. D. 187
                                    Asa Potter Clk.
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22796
Benjamin Young
Rhode Island

Private
2 years admitted




W, P. Newell
Kingston  Rhode Island
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War Department
Pension Office
183
Sir:The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examine and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statements of your case in a tabular form. 
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to the done.  
These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the the margin with a brace, (thus: { ).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Benjamin Young/ Washington County, R. Island [Rhode Island].
Period When the service was rendered| Duration of the claimant's service Years/ Months/ Days| Rank of the Claimant| Names and Rank of the Company Officers under whom he served|Names and Ranks of the General and Field Officers\ Battles in which the Applicant was engaged| Country through which he marched.| Place of Abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period| Evidence by which the declaration is supported|
1776 line 1|~3 months~| |COL Wilson| CO Dyer|-|Boston Neck|73 y/Exeter, Rosland|Traditionary+ 3 living witnesses
Line 2| term time not stated| | | | |Country: North Kingston
Line 3 |~1 month~|  |  |Gen Chaucer| |Country: Trenton| | |

I am , respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are know at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; 
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?}
6.  To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?}
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general and whether the
the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be-
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for low the rule laid down for his guidance
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For_____year________months, and _______
days, I served as a ________.  For ____ months and _____ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f[ The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
> The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Page 23

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Madam:
June 12, 1925.
Mrs. Frederick W. Schaefer
1508 South Limestone Street
Springfield, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W-20149, it appears that
Benjamin Young was born in East Greenwich, State not given,
June 25, 1759.
While residing in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode
Island he enlisted and served from December 1776 to the
winter of 1780 at various times amounting in 11 to twenty
seven months, as a private in Captain George Willcox' Com-
pany, Colonel Charles Dyer's Rhode Island Regiment. A part
of this service was rendered as a substitute for his father
Benjamin Young who also belonged to said company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 4, 1832 while residing in Exeter, Rhode Island
and he died there November 28, 1833.
He married May 1, 1779 at Exeter, Rhode Island, Waity
Hall and she was allowed pension on her application executed
December 31, 1836 while a resident of said Exeter
aged 78 years.
Page 24

In 1845 the widow resided in Voluntown, Connecticut.
It is not stated whether they had children.
It does not appear that pension was claimed on account
of the services of Benjamin Young, the father of
this pensioner.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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WIDOW, &c.
--------------
File No.  20149
Waity Young
       wid. of
Benjamin Young
            Priv. Rev. War
--------------
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:- Vol.  M,  Page 340

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 26

Waity Young
Rhode Island
     ---------
Suspended
Letter 18 April 1837
William P. Newell
Page 27

Benjamin Young. Rhode Island Act 7 July 1832
         to what time paid
                  PensionOffice
                       August 6. 1838
Died November 20th 1833 and paid 
in [illegible] 1832. -
                         S. N. N.
Page 28

                                  Keith Hill
                                  Grafton, Mass.

Dept. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir-
             Will you please 
send me the Revolution-
ary War record of Benjamin
Young who enlisted from 
Exeter, Rhode Island.
I am trying to find 
out the name of his
father who served in 
the same company
but another division
and for whom he
Page 29

substituted several times
during the was.  I am 
hoping that I can find
his father's me some
how through his his - Benjamin's
war record.
Thanking you very much
for this I am very truly yours,
                   Maude E. Gleason
Mrs. Alson H. Gleason
           Keith Hill
           Grafton
            Massachusetts
May 14, 1927
Page 30

answer 
as to father
if name
not stated
no use to
spend
time
on record
Page 31

Voluntown CT
Dec 18   [free]
Dec 21 [illegible]
2256 Waity Young
R J [illegible]

Hon
          J. L. Edwards
              Comm. of Pensions
                       Washington   
                                   D. C.
Page 32

                                    Voluntown Dec 7th 1844
Dear Sir,
              Waity Young late of Rhode Island now
residing in Voluntown Windham COunty Conn and
widow of Benj Young decease, has put into my hand
her pension certificate date 10th of April 1838 for $80.
per annum payable at Providence R. I. @ No. 2256.
She expects to reside the remainder of her days in 
this town and requests that payment of her pension
be changed from Providence to Hartford Conn
and if it can be done to send to me a form
for application that she may hereafter receive
her money from the agent at Hartford Conn
                                     I am respectfully
                                     your [illegible] [servt]
to
Hon J. L. Edwards         Wm. C. Stanton             
    Comm of Pensions
     Washington D C
Page 33

                                     Arcade Bank
                                      Providence  July 1. 1845

Sir
                   In reply to your letter of 29th ultimo 
I have to inform you that Waity Young a pensioner
now on the Roll of this Agency under the Act of 
4 July 1836 ; at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, 
was last paid to 4 September 1844.
                                I am very respectfully
                                your Obedient  Servant
                                  Paris Hill  Present
                                    for F Greene
Page 34

Kingston R. I.                                [illegible] 
June 7 }
22756
 
                 J. L. Edwards Esquire
                       Commissioner of
                                    Pensions,
                                Washington,
                                            D. C.
Page 35

       Kingston, R I, June 6th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esquire,
                      Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
    On the statement and at the earnest
solicitation of the family and neighbours of Benjamin Young of Exeter,
whose application for a pension
was by me some months since forwarded to the Pension Office, I take
the liberty to represent  that the said
Young by the infirmities of old age
is confined to his house and destitute of
the necessities of life, and of respectfully
requesting the attention of the Department to his application. Any
communication of the department
touching the subject is requested to 
be made to me.  Very respectfully
your Obedient servant William P Newell
Page 36

S. Moore's Depo.
   Mrs. Young's Claim
Page 37

I Silas Moore of Richmond Rhode Island
a Revolutionary pensioner, Aged 78 years
being duly engaged according to law does
testify & say - I was well acquainted with
Benjamin Young late of Exeter
deceased. He was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution - and served with me 
in said Revolution. I was a witness for him
at the time he made application for his
pension. I further testify and say that 
I was knowing to said Young being on
duty in the Spring & Summer of 1779 after
he was Reputed to have been married to the 
present applicant for a pension. Whose
name previous to said marriage was
Waity Hill- said Benjamin was a good
soldier and faithful man & served as
a substitute for his father Benjamin
Young , Senr But as I am now an old
man an not willing or indeed able
to testify particularly as to dates of the 
service of said Benjamin. But am 
sure he did serve as above sated
after he did serve as above stated
after his intermarriage with said 
applicant & continued to serve to the 
end of the war as the law required
I will not be particular or positively say
but my impression is that said Young was on 
duty with me at Newport one month
in August or September in 1781.
   I would also say I lived within a few
miles of said applicant & Mrs Watson
and & believe their character for truth
is as good as any persons.  Silas Moore
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State of Rhode Island & [illegible]
               Washington } Sc
Richmond May 24th 1838. Then personally
appeared Silas Moore Esq and made solemn
oath to the truth of the annexed deposition
which was reduced to writing in his presence &
signed by him in my presence. And I
further certify that I am well acquainted
with said deponent and that his character
truth veracity is good.
                                        Oliver G Palmer
                                        Justice of the Peace
Page 39

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Sc Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
               May 9th AD 1838 I hereby certify that
               Matthew Chappell Esq in a Justice of the Peace
               for the County of Washington  aforesaid and that
               the aforegoing Signature attached to the Deposition
               of Ebenezer Smith purporting to be his is
               genuine. And I also certify that Oliver G.
               Palmer Esq us also one of the Justices of the
Peace for said County  of Washington and that the
foregoing signature purporting to be his uncle
attended to the Deposition of Lilian Moore is genuine
In testimony where of I have hereunto affixed my hand
and seal of office the day and year above written
                                            Matthew Waite Clk
Page 40

The deposition of Ebenezer Smith of South
Kingston Rhode Island: a Revolutionary
pensioner aged 80 years being duly engaged
do testify and say I was well acquainted
with Benjamin Young late of Exeter deceased who was a soldier in the War
of the Revolution and served both for 
himself and his father. I distinctly recall
that said Young was on duty at
Boston Neck in the year 1779
after he was reputed to have been
married and that he served Two months for himself and Two months as
a substitute for his father- One of which
terms commenced in May 1779 I think
towards the last of the months I know
he was on duty considerable part of the
month of June as I was then on duty
myself, I do not recollect to what company
he was attached, but know it was in
Colonel Dyers Regiment. I recollect right
I also saw him on duty again in the 
months of October of said year and previous
to the English leaving Newport, the other
service mentioned was from his statements and
others then on duty.
                                                            his
                                            Ebenezer   X   Smith
                                                            mark
Page 41

State of Rhode Island
             Washington} sc.
South Kingston  May 28th 1838  Then
personally appeared Ebenezer Smith
and made oath in [illegible] form of law to 
the truth of the annexed deposition
which was reduced to writing in his
presence & signed by him in my presence
I further certify that said Smith's char
acter for truth & veracity is good
                            Matthew Chappell, Just. Peace
Page 42

                            1508 South Limestone Street
                                             Springfield, Ohio
                                                    April 4, 1925

The Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
                 Would a pension record supply
the information for the following questions:
1. Place of residence when the application was
filed? 2. Name and place of residence of nearest
living relative? 3. Name of father and mother
of applicant? 4. Type and length of military
record of applicant?

  In the pension record of 1835 is found the 
name a great great grandfather of mine, 
Benjamin Young. He served in the Rhode 
Island Home Guard during the Revolution
I believe
Any information or source of information
for the above question will be greatly appre-
ciated.
            Yours truly,
                              Mildred Y. Schaefer
                         (Mrs. Fredrick W. Schaefer)
Page 43

                               1508 South Limestone St.
                                       Springfield, Ohio
                                                   May 2, 1925

Pension Bureau           Pension             Received
(Clerk of Records)           May                  May 12
Washington, D.C.        U.  19   S.       Old Records Divn.
                                      Office
Dear Sir:
            Would your records show whether
through some errors the following statements
belong to the record of one man or there were
really two Benjamin Youngs
According to a sworn statement on file at
Providence, State House, Benjamin Young
born June 25, 1759 at East Greenwich, R.I.
married Waity Hill in Exeter on May 1, 1779
received a pension for service in the State
Militia and is on the Pension Roll of 1835.
According to another family record he was
born in 1748 in Exeter, R.I. married Waity
Hill moved to Connecticut where he died
at Sharon, Conn in 1830 possibly 1829. He's
on the Pension Roll of 1818 for one year's
actual service in R.I. during the Revolu-
tionary War.
Any further information regarding these records
or possible sources would be appreciated.
                             Your truly,
                                             Mildred Y. Shaefer
Received A.G.O. May 11,1925 (Mrs. Frederick W. Schaefer)
Page 44

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.


                                                         September 27, 1927


[illegible]  H. Gleason
Keith Hill
Grafton, Mass

Madam:
                     I have to advise that the Revolu-
tionary War pension claim of Benjamin Young
(W. 20149), who enlisted from Exeter, Rhode
Island, it appears that the name of soldier's 
father was Benjamin Young.

                         Respectfully,

                                   Winfield Scott
                                   Commissioner.
Page 45

I Gardner Lillebridge of Exeter in the
county of Washington and State of Rhode 
Island aged seventy three years, on
oath depose and say that I know 
that at the time the British took
possession of the Island of Rhode 
Island, which I think was in the 
early part of December 1776, Benjamin Young then and now of Exeter
in said county belonged to the militia in that town and that he [illegible]
with other militia of said Exeter
was mustered to the Northerly part
of Boston Neck in North Kingstown in said county on the west
margin of Narragansett Bay
to guard against the enemy in
that quarter and that the company
to which the said Young then belonged
was divided so that one half of the
company served one half the time 
and the other half of the company 
served the other half of the time
for short periods of 30 days each in 
which aforesaid engagement 
which continued till after the enemy abandoned Rhode Island, then
said Young was embraced and  served
his half of the time for a period,
according to the recollection and belief of this
Page 46

deponent of about three years
this deponent also knows that
the said Young's father belonged
to the militia at the time aforemen-
tioned & was also included in said
arrangement of service & under-
stood at that time [illegible] that
the said Young performed also
considerable military services as a 
substituted for his father,
which the deponent thinks 
was the fact.            Gardner Lillibridge

taken & sworn to 
in open Court Sep 5, 1832
Wm. Helme Cler

I Silas Moore of Richmond
in the county of Washington and
State of Rhode Island aged 
seventy two years on oath
do depose & say that I
have examined the preceding
deposition of Gardner Lilli-
bridge & tho I do not know
of my own knowledge
all the facts it contains in as
Page 47

[illegible] to the said Young's serv-
vices during the revolution,
yet I know the fact that the
said Young has long been reputed
to have served much in the 
revolution and this deponent
believes the preceding deposition
to be earnest- This deponent
and the said Young during the revolution resided in different
towns-                   Silas Moore

Sworn to in Open Court 
September 4. 1832
 Witness Samuel Helme Clerk
Page 48

Washington Sc.   State of Rhode Island vc.
                     Town Clerk's Office Exeter.
                      December 8th AD 1836
I Certify that after Diligent Search & examin-
ation, I Cannot find that marriage of Benjamin
Young to Waity Hill, now Watey Young recorded
or on file and I further Certify that I believe
many marriages taken place in said Town
of Exeter & have tharin taken place many
years passed which are neither recorded or
Lodged for Record.
                     Witness Thomas Phillips Town Clk

Washington Sc State of Rhode Island Vc.
            Town of Exeter December 8th. AD 1836.
Personally appeared the above named Thomas
Phillips former Town Clerk of said Town of Exeter,
and verified on oath, (by me administered
to him) the preceding certificate by him made
and Subscribed: I further certify, that the 
said Phillips is well known to me, that he
is a man of respectability and veracity and
that his testimony and certificate are
entitled to credit.
                     Witness Preserved Hall Justice Peace
Page 49

Depo of
Lillibridge Barber Esq
In
Waity Young's
claim
Page 50

I Lillibridge Barber of Norwich County
of New London State of Connecticut
Aged Eighty three years being duly
[illegible] according to law on solemn oath
do testify & say I was born and lived
in the town of Exeter, County of Washington
& State of Rhode Island until I was
near seventy years old- I was well
acquainted with Benjamin Young late
of sd Exeter Deceased and with Waity
Young the present applicant for a pension
whose name previous to her marriage 
to said Benjamin was Waity Hill
said Benjamin courted & married
said Waity at the house which I
then lived- If my memory serves
they were married by Elder Pendel
ton in the month of May AD Seven
teen Hundred Seventy five- I know
that said Benjamin lived a house
& garden of me & went to housekeeping
in the Spring of said year to wit 1779.
I do not distinctly recollect that I was
in the room at the time of sd marriage
but am sure that said Benjamin & Waity
were legally married as above stated &
said Benjamin was an ablebodied
& patriotic man & although I never
was on duty with him, I am nevertheless
well satisfied that he not only performed
the duty required of him by law, but 
did duty as a substitute for his father and
others guarding the shores sc. But at
this late period, I cannot distinctly
Page 51

State any particular tour of duty 
said Benjamin performed but can with 
safety say he was absent considerable 
and have no doubt he was on duty in 
the service of his country

I would also testify and say 
that said Waity Young lived with me 
 & my connections several years 
& that her character is good &
She is entitled to full faith & credit. 
                              Lillibridge Barber

State of Rhode Island Sc
              Washington
Exeter  July 14th AD 1838 Then personally
appeared Lillibridge Barber and made solemn
oath to the truth of the above deposition
which was wrote in his presence & signed
by him in my presence I further
certify that said Barber is well 
known to me & that hos character
for truth & veracity is good.
          Oliver G. Palmer, Justice Peace

I also certify that the word "was" enter
[Illegible] in third line from the top also the word "lived"
in the seventh line was [Illegible]
before signing - Oliver G Palmer J Peace
Page 52

Washington Sc.  State of Rhode Island and
                    Providence Plantations
                    Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
                    County of Washington  July 17th AD 1838
I Matthew Waite Clerk of the Court Common
Pleas for the County of Washington certify that Oliver
G Palmer is a magistrate for the County of Washington
and that the foregoing signature purporting to be
his and attested to the Deposition of Lillibridge Barber
is Genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my name and Seal of office this Sixteenth
Day of July in the Year 1838
                             Matthew Waite Clk
Page 53

Jan 25, 1845
App. of Waity Youny
to be transferred

Hon J.L. Edwards
          Comm Pensions
                  Washington D C.
Page 54

Voluntown Jan 22 1845

Dear Sir
              Herein is enclosed the application of 
Waity Young wife of Benj Young Dsd for a transfer
of the payment of her pension
                                        I am respectfully
Hon JL Edwards                   your obt srvt
         Comm Pensions                  Wm. C. Stanton
         Washington  DC
Page 55

RI 1051
[illegible]    July 24
Waity Young

James L. Edwards. Esq
    Commissioner of Pensions
                           Washington
                                         D.C.
Page 56

Newport    July 21st 1838
Sir
     Enclosed I forward the deposition of Lillibridge Barber, Esquire relative to the
marriage of Benjamin and Waity Young
and to the service of said Benjamin in the war of the Revolution.  Mr. Barber was many years a Representative in the State Legislature 
from the town of Exeter in this state, and was
one of our most respectable landholders
             I have the honor to be
            your obedient servant
                   William R Noyes

J. L. Edwards Esquire
            Commissioner of Pensions
             Washington
Page 57

Benjamin Young
22790
Page 58

Robert Reynolds of Richmond in
the County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island aged Seventy three
years on oath deposes and says that
he knew Benjamin Young of Exeter in
said county of Washington to have as
a common soldier in the militia
against the enemy in the Revolution
on Boston Neck on the west side of 
Narragansett Bay the said Young
and this deponent quartered together
at the aforementioned period of service
he well recollects at the David Greene
house a month or more But at
what particular time
this deponent is not now able to 
recollect. This deponent and the
said Young during the revolution  to different but adjoining 
towns and did not after serve
together: But during the war and 
ever since that time this deponent
has often heard it talked by the
people in the neighborhood of
him and the said Young that the said
Young was much in the service
against the enemy during the
Page 59

Revolution and this deponent
further says that he has examined
the said Youngs declaration for a pension, in
which he states he served [illegible] two
tears and from his knowledge
of the said Young and his propensity to be
in the Army and the general rep
utation, long since, of his having served
as a soldier much of the Revolution
this deponent has confidence in 
the said Youngs declaration and
thinks he must have served as
long as he declares. This deponent
knows of some of said Youngs services
as a substitute & has always under
stood that he often served as a 
substitute for others.
                                    Robert Reynolds

The State of Rhode Island & Providence
                                              Plantations
Washington sc at South Kingstown this 16th day
of February AD 1833 personally appeared
the above named Robert Reynolds who
before me gave & subscribed the preceding de
position and was by me duly sworn thereto
according to Law. I further certify that 
the said Robert Reynolds id personally
known to me and that he is a credible 
witness              Matthew Waite Just Peace
Page 60

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Sc} Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
                         & General Session of the Peace for said
                         County of Washington  Feb 13, 1833
                          I certify that Matthew Waite Esq whose signature
in his own proper hand Writing is affixed to his attestation of
the the preceding Deposition of Robert Reynolds was at the
time of his aforesaid attestation and now is a Justice of the
Peace for the Town of South Kingstown in said County of
Washington duly Commissioned under the Seal of said State
& otherwise qualified as such In testimony whereof I
have hereto set my hand & seal of said Court the day & year
aforesaid
                                               Sam. Helme Clk
Page 61

E. Smith's Dep
Mrs Young case
Page 62

                                                    Newport  June 13 1838
Sir,
         Your letter under date of April 18 1837 addre
-ssed to the late Wm P. Newell Esq relative to the claim
of Mrs. Waity Youong widow of Benjamin Young was
forwarded to me a few days since requesting my atten
-tion to he claim to a pension. And in compliance with
her wishes I am now [illegible] to offer the Depositions of Silas
Moore Esq of Richmond & Ebr Smith of S Kingston as to 
service after his intermarriage with the applicant.
Silas Moore, Esq. a wealthy & independent [illegible] and
for 20 years a Justice of the Peace in the height of Polit
-ical strife & now in the ere of his days, universally 
respected, testifies & says: That he was well acquainted
with Benjamin Young, served with him after he was repu
-ted to have been married to wit, in the spring or summer
of '79. That said Young served as a substitute for his
father and his impression is that he served on month
in August or September in '81 at Newport. Mr Moore alsa
testifies to the character of the declarant & Mrs A 
Watson who testified regarding the marriage. 
Mr. Smith testifies that he served with said Young 
at Boston Neck in the year '79 'after he was reputed
to have been married", 2 months for himself & 2 mos
as a substitute for his father. One of said tours
of duty commenced in May '79 and that Col Dyers
Reg't whish I hope will prove satisfactory to the Depar
-tment & entitle Mrs Young to a certificate.
Page 63

Permit me to [illegible] the present opportunity to observe
that I have not received an acknowledgement of the
receipt of my last communications relative to the foll
-owing claims, Mrs Sarah Clarke, widow of [illegible]
Mrs Prudence Taylor, widow of lieut Nathan & Mrs Mary Freeborn widow of Henry.
                              I am Resp y your Obd &
                                         humble Servt
J L Edwards Esq                Wm R. Noyes
      Coms. of Pensions
       Washington
                    DC