Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17216, Beniah Young, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
Mass. N.H.
Young, Beniah
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 17216
CONTENTS
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Maine 21. 6 36
Beniah Young Enrolled in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the 1st Regt commanded by Colonel Dyer in the War. for 7 months and 27 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Oct 1833 and sent to Nathl Coffin M'casket Maine Arrears to the 14th of Feb 1833 $58.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar 34 11.67 $70.00
{ Revolutionary, Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Weston Clerk Book E Vol. 1st Page 69

I Ruth Harrington wife of Isaac Harrington of Odgecombe in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged sixty nine years on oath depose & say, that Bencaiah Young of Wiscasset in said County of Lincoln is my brother & is now a pauper & supported by said town of Wiscasset. In the war of the Revolution I lived with my said brother Bencaiah & know the time that he was out in the service. In the year 1777 (I think it was) he enlisted as a private soldier for four months to go on the Rhode Island expedition as it was then called - he went with his company, and was gone upwards of four months - I will recollect when he went away & when he returned. Afterwards he enlisted in what was then called the Bagaduce or Penobscot expedition & was gone three months - I will recollect the time he last left us for the Bagaduce expedition - we then lived in Old York in the District of Maine. he enlisted there - I understood they went by water to Penobscot river, and returned by land as well as they could.
Ruth her X mark Harrington
Lincoln 3d April 8th. 1833. State of Maine Personally appeared the aforesaid Ruth Harrington before me Rufus Small one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth made the oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her signed in my presence. The said Dependent is a disinterested person of good credit in whose testimony Confidence may be placed.
Rufus Small Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Vere Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this ninth day of April A. D. 1833
Nathl. Coffin CLERK.

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North Coffin Is Niscapet Maine

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, }
ON this fourteenth day of September personally appeared in open Court, before John Ruggles Cy. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting, General Young a resident of Muscongus in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty nine 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. as follows: viz
That he enlisted at Boston in the State of New Hampshire in Captain Benjamin Parsons company the year 1777 he thinks, it however was when the British had possession of Newport, he enlisted for four months, thinks he did not join any regiment, he marched from Boston to Providence thence to Warwick with State of Rhode Island. Thence across the ferry to Tiverton & Little Compton (sometimes called Second ) in Rhode Island. Thence back again to Warwick where he with his company were verbally discharged at the expiration of four months, spending the winter others of the company got home as well as they could. — That in the spring of the year 1779, he enlisted at the town of Old York in Maine for the Bayaduce expedition to Penobscot in Colonel Samuel Sawin's company — General Lovell commanded the expedition & General Waldo was second in command — went by water — the whole fleet was collected at Harpswell Harbour in Brookbay & from thence proceeded to Penobscot — after the defeat at Bayaduce his company was scattered, some got back through the wilderness & some by way of the shore — served three months on the expedition — cannot find any surviving witness of the above services because each of the above named companies were enlisted at a great distance from the town of Muscongus where he now lives.
On to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War Department, as follows he answers as follows. Viz That he was born in the town of Old York in the then District of Maine in the year 1753, that he has no record of his age but supposes it may be found in the York — lived in Easton New Hampshire , when called into service at Rhode Island lived at Old York aforesaid when called into the service at Penobscot  after the year 1775 That he moved from Old York to Muscongus where he now lives — That he enlisted voluntarily — That he has already stated the names of all the officers he can now recollect — That he was verbally discharged — Any of his neighbors can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his Revolutionary services, but he will particularly refer to Barnes, Hildreth and Samuel Denny
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Benjamin Young John Ruggles Judge of said Court

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Wiscasset in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the fourteenth day of September A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Boniah Young for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this Sixth day of October A. D. 1832 Nathl. Coffin CLERK.
no pay, no ensue in four months, thinks he did not join an regiment, they

WE, Barnabas Hodge, a Clergyman and Samuel True are well acquainted with Barnabas Hodge to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy nine 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.
residing in the town of Muscatel adjoining the  Wiscasset hereby certify, that we who has subscribed and sworn years of age; that he soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur
Barnabas Hodge Samuel True
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss....Sworn and subscribed this fourteenth day of September A. D. 1832
Before me, Jerome Bailey Justice of the Peace
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 Barnabas Hodge who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Wiscasset and that Samuel True who has also signed the same is a resident in the Muscatel and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit John Peagles J.C.C.P.
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss....I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jerome Bailey Justice of the Peace Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fourteenth day of September A. D. 1832 Nathl Coffin CLERK.

17 216 INVALID.
File No. 17 216
Bariah Young Pr. Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reuth Herinton, depow, in Benaich Youngs cases.

Samuel Hilton depon. in Benedict Young's case.

I Samuel Hilton of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged seventy years on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Benezick Young of said Wiscasset, & have been long acquainted with him. Soon after he came into this part of the country (which is as much as thirty years ago), I often heard him tell of his services in the re- -volutionary war, when he went to Rhode Island, & when he went to Penobscot on the Bangs expedition so called - he spoke of a number of soldiers & some Officers that he knew in the Rhode Island services which always convinced me he was there, and in the Penobscot expedition he described things that took place there which left no doubt on my mind as to his ser- -vices in that expedition, because I was there myself - he is re- -puted & believed in his neighbourhood to have been a revoluti- -onary soldier, & that belief is general, & I never heard of any doubts upon the subject - I think him to be sixty nine or seventy years of age -
Samuel Hilton
State of Maine - Lincoln ss Sept 10. 1832 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Hilton before me Ebenezer Bailey, one of the Justices of the Peace within for the County of Lincoln & after due ex- -amination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed E. Bailey Justice of the Peace -

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Rev. Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this Sixth day of October A. D. 1832.
Nathl Coffin
CLERK.