Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,708, William Young, R. I.

SERVICE
R.I.
Young William Mary
NUMBER
W. 22.708
CONTENTS

Rhode Island - 739.
Mary Young, widow of William Young, de- ceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 16 th March 1833, of Bristol in the State of R. Island who was a P. in the C. commanded by Captain _____ of the R. commanded by _____ in the R. I. - line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Oct. '38, and sent to N. Bueland, Bristol, R. I.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept - $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burd Clerk Book A Vol. 2 - Page 32.

2389 Rhode Island
William Young of Bristol in the State of R I who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the R I commanded by Colonel in the R I time for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of R I at the rate of 180 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Oct 1832, and put John Howe Bristol R I
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $120 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Mar 33 40 00 $160 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book D Vol. 37 Page 141.

5247
M rs Young
Private
R.I.
2 years
M rs E
$80
Fraternity for dinner Admission complete in all Respect
Return
See letter 17 Oct 1832
admitted
Recd 17 Augt 1832
M rs E
M rs Horne Private R.I.

5247
BRIEF in the case of  Wm Young  in the State of  Rhode Island (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     In 1778   In March 1778 and in March 1 — — private Col. Archibald Cramy - Capt Allen   1779 - 15 or 16 March '80 1 — — do Capt Lawless - Capt Allen -   1781 Feby to end of term - — 5 — do Col. Stephen -   Col. Green  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishes on R. Island.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
McC Easton Examining Clerk.

William Young's Declaration for a Pension
P. 6
No 5247
DECLARATION

DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, } ss. COUNTY OF BRISTOL, }
On this Twenty eighth day of July  July 1852 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas  now sitting, William Greene in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode-Island, aged seventy  seventy a resident of Bristol
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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
First he enlisted in March A.D. 1778 for one year in a Company commanded by Thomas Allen which was attached to the Regiment commanded by Archibald Crary, and in the March following before his time expired he enlisted for another year under Captain Lawless who was however soon succeeded in the command of the Company by Gabriel Allen. That Col. John Topham commanded the Regiment this year which expired he thinks and he was dismissed on the fifteenth or sixteenth day of March A.D. 1780 having been constantly in the service for two years - That he was born & has always resided in Bristol (Rhode-Island) where his birth is recorded at the Town Clerk's Office - That he was in Sullivan's expedition so called on Rhode-Island and engaged in the skirmishes occasioned by it during the first year of his service and was employed the whole of the two years mentioned, under these enlistments, in Rhode-Island, where he knows General La Fayette and General Sullivan very well by sight. That in the July following the last mentioned date he enlisted again for six months in the army of the United States in a Company commanded by Capt. Brown attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Green and to which Lieutenant Col. Ward and Major Flag also belonged; and served five months under this enlistment when he was dismissed with the Regiment; that he was stationed or employed most of the time on Rhode-Island the French fleet being then at Newport, but was once in the time between the Narragansett Bay to Greenwich preparatory to moving westward which was prevented as he understood by the remonstrances of the French officers. That he never had a written discharge to his recollection. That his Honor Judge Knapp of this Court is his next door neighbor & he refers to him & any other respectable citizen of Bristol for his character & the general reputation as to his revolutionary services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and 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.
Attest Schaboe Davis Clerk  William Young
We, Henry Wight residing in the Town of Bristol and William Throop - residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Young - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Attest Schaboe Davis Clerk
Henry Wight Wm Throop
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 Henry Wight who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Slavey man resident in the Town of Bristol and that William Throop - who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Schaboe Davis Clerk
I Schaboe Davis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Young for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 24 day of July A.D. 1832
Attest Schaboe Davis Clerk

Questions propounded to William Young an applicant for a pension to whose Declaration these interrogatories are annexed.
1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? & 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 & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows":
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
County of Bristol ss -
On this first Monday of August, A.D. 1838, personally appeared, before the Court of Probate now in session, at Bristol in said County of Bristol, Mary Young, a resident of said Bristol, aged seventy nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed, July 7 th 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of William Young late of said Bristol, who was a private soldier, in Capt. Thomas Allen's company of Colonel Crary's Regiment of Rhode Island troops and afterwards a private in a company belonging to Col. Topham's Regiment of state troops and served in said Regiment and elsewhere during the Revolutionary war from his first enlistment in March 1776, as she very believes for more than two years as set forth by her said husband in his declaration for a pension, which was granted to him under the act of 7 th June 1832 - the certificate of which has been lost - She further declares that she was married to the said William Young, on the 27 th day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one; that her husband, the aforesaid William Young died, on the 16 th day of March A.D. 1833; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated
Sworn to and subscribed, on the 7 th day and year above written, before said Court of Probate
Attest, Wm. Throop Prob. Clerk.
Mary
her mark. Young
I Wm Throop Clerk of the Court of Probate for the aforesaid Town of Bristol, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the application of Mary Young, widow, for a pension

for the Military services of her late husband W m Young deceased, in the War of the Revolution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the day and year heretofore written
W m Throop Rob t Clark,

I William Shrop of Bristol in the County of Bristol & State of Rhode Island &c: on solemn oath depose & say, that from my youth I was acquainted with William Young and his wife Mary Young. The said William Young prior to his death which took place on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1833 obtained a pension under the act of the 7th of June 1832. I resided a number of years the next door from him, and I am well ac- quainted with his wife who is still living at the same place & remains his widow. I settled his estate as executor & forwarded a power of Attorney with his pension certificate, by a nephew who was going to Providence, to procure a small annuity due thereon which was not paid, as he lost his certificate on his way and which has never been found.
Wm. Shrop.
Bristol ss At Bristol this 21st of July A.D. 1838 Then personally came William Shrop above named and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me. And I Certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity Joseph Blake Just Peace

I Samuel C Richmond of Bristol in the county of Bristol & State of Rhode Island, on solemn oath depose & say, that I am Secretary of the Corporation of St Michael's Church in said Bristol and have the custody of the records of marriages solemnized by the Rectors of said Church. And I further testify that the following is a true copy of the record on the record of marriages kept by the Rev. John Usher who at the date of said Record was the Rector of said Church, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures.
"Seventeen hundred ninety one, January twenty seventh, Married by John Usher, William Young to Mary Thomas" —
I also testify that the following is a copy in exact conformity with the original record.
"1791, Jan'y 27th Married by John Usher William Young to Mary Thomas."
And I further testify that I was personally acquainted with the said William Young in his life time and to his wife the said Mary Young. The said William died in the Spring of 1838 and the said Mary Young is still living his widow.
D. C. Richmond Sec'y.
Bristol sc. At Bristol this 21 st day of July A.D. 1838. Then personally came Samuel C. Richmond above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above written deposition by him subscribed. Before me. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Deponent and that he is a person of truth & veracity. And I also certify that I have examined the said original record, that the same appears to be genuine and that it is correctly copied in the above deposition.
Jos. H. Blake Just. Peace

State of Rhode Island &c } County of Bristol . . . } Se.
Blake's Office Court of Common Pleas in the County and State aforesaid
I hereby certify that Joseph M. Blake, whose signature in his own proper hand writing is subscribed to the taking of the foregoing Depositions of W m Throop and Lemuel C. Richmond, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Bristol, legally commissioned under the seal of said State, and engaged there according to Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Eighth day of July A. D. August A. D. 1838.
W m Throop Clerk -

Young 1388
Mary Young mother of Wm R.I
Act of July 1838
Manned 1791
Adm. C 2 years pri
80
No deduction
N. Bullock Bristol R. 90
Mary Young wife of William Young

1923 May 1- Family data to Hon. C. Ellis Morris for Mrs. A. C. Sarcher. see att. and copy of reply in ch. N. 185 of John Stockbridge - mm. 185
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22708
Mary Young Widow of William Young Priv. Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1858
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Little Compton Sep r 6: 1879
Received of Rev Thomas Allin PM the sum of twenty Eight Pounds 18/6 in full of my Wages & Subst nce due up to the first Day of July 1879. William his Young mark
Sent 38 D ls to his mother

J. Williams
Little Compton Septbr. 1779
Recd of Capt Thomas Allin D.M the sum of twenty six Pounds Thirteen Shillings & 4d L.M in full of my and subsistence up to the first of July 1779
Warrant to 88 3/4
Frances + Williams mark

Bristol Nov. 14 th 1872
Hon. Lewis Capt Secy. of War Sir
I again enclose the Applications for pensions returned by Mr. Edwards on the 28 th inst. The interrogatories propounded in Court are answered as received by him. The Affidavits in support of the claims of Simon Kellock, Jonathan Alger, and Caleb Salisbury, are also answered in the way suggested by Mr. Edwards. The veracity of the magistrates who swore the Witnesses for Alger, and the circumstance that the affidavits of those Witnesses have been read & read in, & authenticated by the Court, as now certified, induced me, instead of going to those magistrates to get certificates of the credible & disinterested character of the Witnesses (which possibly ignorance of their right disabls them from giving), to take the deposition of Mr. Kellock, an Collector, who came from the same Town and knows their characters very well.
I might have made the declarations somewhat more full in regard to the interrogatories intended to be answered in them, but do not feel warranted in adding to them except in open Court. Neither of the Applications forwarded by me is of the class considered here to be doubtful; but if any thing further is required in relation to any of them, it shall be attended to. Very respectfully, John Hove