Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,719, John Young, Navy R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Navy P.S.
Young, John Rebecca
No. 4719
CONTENTS

13971 A Massachusetts
John Young,
of Quincy in the state of Massachusetts who was a Surgeon in the regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the R. Island line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of July 1818 and sent to Judge John Davis Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 195.48 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 120.00 9 Mo. 24 31 $315.48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

167 Maine
Rebecca Young of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the time for widow of John Young de late a Surgeon in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $450 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Nov. 1836 and sent to Isaac P. Agood
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $2925.00 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4th May 37 275.00 $3200.00
act 4 July 1836
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 15 Page 24

2 22 2/20
Let to Penagt. J. J. P. Osgood
Nov 29. 1836
Letter to A. Ray 11. March 1845.
" " E. J. Hillyer 29 Feb 1846
W. K. Houghton 2 o Feb. 1848.
A. Ray 3 o Oct. 1850.
C. L. Tucker 3 o Nov. 1854.
Do Nov 9 1854
Do Jny 10 1855

Name
Rebecca Young dec d
widow of John Young
who died on the
of RD in the State of Army & Navy who was a officer in the Revolution commanded by Captain Burgoyne of the Revolution commanded by in the Revolution
line for Revolution from $150.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 180. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 11 th day of March, 1831. Sent July 6 th 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of April 1833. and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of C. C. Tucker Semi-annual allowance ending Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Book 76
Vol. 1
Clerk, Page 92

563
John Young, Surgeon 46 to 47 Varnum Map 15 Reg!
Admitted Further evidence of survival and the Judge's certificate of indigent circumstances wanting.
12 May New Evidence Marked A

United States Massachusetts District
John Young of Quincy Mass a a resident citizen of the United States maketh oath that he served in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment namely that he served as a surgeon in the Continental ship called the Gen l Mifflin of twenty guns commanded by Capt n Daniel W m Veal of Boston for upwards of the term of twelve months that he was honorably dismissed from the naval service but received no discharge in writing.
That the said term of twelve months commenced in June A.D. 1775.
in May A.D. 1780, that prior to the above service he had served as a surgeon for upwards of twelve months from June A.D. 1775 a part of the time in Col Ben h Church's regiment and a part thereof in Colo s  both of the Rhode Island Line Varnum's regiment under the command of Gen l Greene; that he was honorably dismissed from the service but received no discharge in writing; that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support
John not Young Witness to Mr Young's signing D o Townsend Mark
Mass. Dist. Bostn 12. May 1818 sworn to before me J. Davis's Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

I Jesse Putnam of Boston Mass ts make oath that, I am acquainted with the within named John Young and am personally knowing to the facts herein stated and that the same are correct and true, as to his residence in the garden near Boston. I know also that he belonged to the Genl Middle Church but do not know how long.
Putnam
Massachusetts District Court Boston 12. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c David's Dist. Judge North District

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 26 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Young subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W. D. Wash
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
del Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
June 26 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Young by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Dowell { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
Nathaniel Grooton 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 District Court, Middle District
Court this 27 th day of February
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five ,
Jacob Smith CLERK.

State of Maine.
In the county of I Jacob Smith Clerk of the District Court for the Middle Dis- trict for the County of Lincoln. now in Session at Wiscasset in said County. do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhi- bited to this Court, that Rebecca Young was a pensioner of the United States at the Rate of four hundred & fifty Dollars per annum as the widow of Sergeant John Young. that she was a resident of Phippsburg in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, and died on the twen- ty six th day of July A. D. 1837. and the following named children survived her Abner D. Young. John T. Young. Sophia Snipe. Sarah Valentine. Libinka Munn. Rebecca Kiggins. Nancy Rue. Pamela Crane and Theba Gilt.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the Seal of said Court at Wiscasset this 27 th day of Feb- ruary A. D. 1845
Jacob Smith, Clerk

State of Maine.
Limington County ss. on this 27 th day of February A D 1845 personally appeared before me, Nathl Grooton justice of the Peace in and for said County. Abner D. Young a resident of Phippsburg in the County and State afore- said; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state, that he is one of the surviving Children of Rebecca Young deceased. who was the widow of John Young who was a reputed Surgeon in the war of the Revolution and for whose services she was pensioned on the claim agency under act July 4. 1836, at the rate of Four Hundred & fifty Dollars per annum and died in the State of Maine, on the 26 th of July A.D. 1837. Now as one of the surviving children of said Rebecca, and in the names of the Children that also survive her as will appear by a certificate accom- panying this declaration, this declaration is made to assert a claim to an increased rate of pension of Fif- ty Dollars a month on account of the Revolutionary services of Surgeon John Young in right of the deceased widow under act of July 4. 1836. and payable to the chil- dren from the 4 th March 1837 to the 26 th of July 1837 when she died.
Abner D. Young
Witness: G. D. Nichols.
Sworn & Subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
Nathl Grooton justice of Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Benjamin St. Witherspoon is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Barnstable.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of October A. D. 1836, and in the sixty first Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bissell Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Edward Everett

Doctor John Young late of Lewes in Sussex England, now of Willfleet & Rebecca Young of sd Willfleet were married by the Rev d Isaiah Lewis, September 3 d 1826.
Recorded by Hovekiah Doane Town Clerk. Copied from the 2 nd Book of Record kept for the Town of Willfleet October 10 th 1836. Josiah Whitman Town Clerk.
Barnstable, ss. October 10 th 1836.
Personally appeared before me Josiah Whitman Esq d Clerk for the Town of Willfleet and made oath, to the truth of the above Certificate
Before Me
Benj R Wetherell Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that that the above Certificate of Josiah Whitman may be relied upon as the truth.
Before me Benj R Wetherell ) justice of the Peace

United States of America
State of Maine
To the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States or other Person having charge of the granting and allow- ing pensions granted to officers & soldiers and other persons who were in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and their widows. Rebecca Young of Shipbuilding in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine widow of John Young, late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Petitioner, Humbly prays, that she may receive the Pension to which by the laws of the United States she is entitled as the widow of the afore- said John Young, who in his lifetime was a pensioner of said United States and whose name is now on the pen- sion lists thereof. Your petitioner as widow prays for the benefit of the 3 d Section of the act of the United States passed July 4 th 1836.
Rebecca Young
Witnesses Nellie Grover John C. Young

I Rebecca Young of Phippsburg in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine, on oath declare, that I am now the widow of John Young, late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Physician, that said John Young during his lifetime was in the service of the United States of America in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, and for such services by the laws of said United States, was entitled to and did receive previous to his decease a Pension from the Government of the United States, and that his name may be found on the pension list thereof. That at the time said John Young petitioned for and obtained his pension he was a resident at Quincy in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts that said John Young died at said Quincy on the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty.
That I was married to said John Young at Wellesley in Massachusetts by Rev. Josiah Lewis on or about the third day of September A.D. 1776 and was his lawful wife while he was in the service of the United States as aforesaid, and that I am

now the widow of said John Young, and have not been married to any other person since his decease, and that I am now seventy nine years of age, my said husband's rank was that of a Surgeon in the Army, as will appear by his certificate herewith annexed.
Rebecca Young
State of Maine. County of Lincoln ss. At a special Court of Probate held at Phippsburg in and for said County on the tenth day of October A. D. 1836. Personally appeared in Court the same being a Court of Record. Rebecca Young above named and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration & affidavit, and that she is the iden- tical person named as the widow of said John Young. I further certify that said Rebecca Young is known to be a person of truth & veracity and her statements under oath are to her knowledge as true. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court Nathan Proton Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln

file ms file 4719 Rev
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Young , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 75 12 yr. Serg Benj Church Varnum R. I.   May 1780 1 yr. Serg Daniel McNeill Ship (1775-76) Isaac Mifflin Navy.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, May 17, 1818 - all rat -
Residence at date of application, Quincy, Mass.
Age at date of application, of 75 yrs. Co. of Hovey, Eng.
Remarks: El. mar. at Wellfleet Mass Sept 3, 1776 Rebecca
He died Quincy Mass June 19, 1820
ms appln. Oct. 10, 1836 at 79 yrs. Phippsburg, Lincoln Co. Me. ch. d.
July 26, 1837 surr. ch. Abner D., John B., Sophia Dinsle, Sarah Valentine
Very respectfully,
Lucinda Munn { Rebecca H. Stiggins, Nancy Rice { Pamela Crane - Phebe Gill - { Nathaniel { wife Mrs. Crane
one dau. mar. John J. Valentine

1906 Oct. 10. History to Mrs. Lucy P. Higgins.
Raw  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4719
Rebecca Young Wid. of John Young Surgeon Rear Na
Act: July 11 th /36
Index:—Vol. M , Page 369
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No- 167
Rebecca Young John - Me - c 1836

Libt W. H. Lloyd
Feb. 2 '48
Set to A Ray Feb 3. 52

Pen Off. April 21 1855
Rebecca Young died 26 July 1837, paid in full.
Hoar J. Skinner
Auditor

Pen Off. April 21 1855
Sir
Please inform me when Rebecca Young of Maine act '36 $ 400 a year, was last paid
Very Respectfully G. P. D. Oll
R. P. Atkinson Esq. their Auditor
On plett
Ch. P. Atk

O.H.H.
Pension commissioners - Washington D.C. -
Gentlemen: -
Will you do me the honor of sending to my address a copy of the service, and any other particulars appearing in application for pension, on account of services of Dr. John Young in the war of the Revolution? - He was at one time surgeon on the brig Gen. Mifflin. His daughter Mrs. Rebecca H. Higgings received the pension. I think he resided in Boston at time of service. Was one of the "Tea-party"; a friend of Warren & Samuel Adams.
Please reply at earliest convenience

Give me all the particulars you have please.
Very truly
Lucy Porter Higgins - Dunbury - Mass. -
Sept. 29. 1906.

I Thomas Black of Barnstable Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, make oath that I am acquainted with Doct. John Young now resident in Quincy, and am, personally knowing to the facts stated in his declaration bearing date 12 th May 1818 and that the same are correct and true, as to his service in the army near Boston. I know also that he belonged to the Genl Mifflin for the term of more than twelve months
Thomas Black
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Barnstable ss. 31. May A.D. 1819 Personally came before me the above named Thomas Black and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. and is a credible witness Before me John Davis Justice of the Peace & quorum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Barnstable ss:
I Abner Davis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Barnstable, do certify that John Davis, who hath signed the foregoing deposition of Thomas Black, as Justice of the Pleas & Quorum, is a sworn Justice of the Peace & Quorum for the County of Barnstable, and full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such; and that the above is the signature of said John Davis.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal, of our Circuit Court of Common Pleas, of our said County, and subscribed my name at Barnstable, the first day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
Abner Davis, } Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for Barnstable County.

No. 419 Rebecca Young March
Adm't v. Surgen in May 12m. 150 in Aug 12m. 300 $ 450
General Dr.

ROBERT P. DUNLAP,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE,
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING:
KNOW YE, That Nathaniel Groton, of Bath, in the County of Lincoln, is Judge of Probate, for our said County of Lincoln._____
Robert P. Dunlap
duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at AUGUSTA, this thirteenth day of October , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six ; and in the fifty-sixth  fifty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. R. Nichols
Secretary of State.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF 4. July 1836.
Rebecca Young, Widow of John-
She was a Pensioner in Maine. —
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIMS.
CHARLES C. TUCKER, Attorney, Present.
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Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That I Rebecca H. Higgins a daughter of Rebecca Young, dec. widow of John Young do hereby constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER , of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Rebecca Young, dec. widow of John for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of 4 July 1836 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this _____ day of _____ 1854.
In presence of Asaph W. Brann } ss. E. D. Summers }
Rebecca H. Higgins
STATE OF Mass. Plymouth COUNTY—ss.
On this 8th day of August 1854, before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Mrs Rebecca H. Higgins , and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Samuel Stetson Justice of Peace
STATE OF Mass. } ss. Plymouth COUNTY. }
On this 8th day of August 1854, before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Rebecca H. Higgins a resident of said County, and made oath according to the law that he is the identical Rebecca H. Higgins who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Rebecca H. Higgins
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Samuel Stetson J.P.
STATE OF Mass. } COUNTY OF Plymouth }
I M c H. Whitman Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court do hereby certify that Samuel Stetson Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 14 th day of Aug 1854.
M c H. Whitman

Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Aug. 29. 1854.
I certify that the within is a true copy of a power of atty. on file in this office.
C. H. Taylor
Actg 3rd. Auditor

State of Massachusetts. County of Plymouth.
I Isaac Paine of Marshfield in said County Physician, on oath do depose and say that I am now seventy four years of age, that I settled in Marshfield in the year one thousand Eight hundred & three, & have lived there ever since, that I was intimately acquainted with Dr John Young, who lived about three miles from me, in Duxbury. I was acquainted with him eight or ten years, or until he removed from Duxbury. When he left I purchased his medical Books. During my interviews with Dr Young I have often heard of him speak of his services as surgeon on board of a large ship, or frigate I cannot state which; but from his statement I thought it to be quite a large vessel. I do not recollect her name or size, or where she cruised, or her officer names, but I do recollect that this service that Dr Young rendered, as surgeon, was during the Revolutionary war.
Isaac Paine
Dec 26 1854
Plymouth ss. Then personally appeared Isaac Paine who subscribed the foregoing affidavit, & made oath to the truth thereof, & that he is disinterested in the case, and I certify that he is a credible witness.
Samuel Stetson Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
I William H. Whitman Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Samuel Stetson Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition or Affidavit was made & sworn to, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified to administer oaths & take acknowledgments, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this Twenty ninth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & fifty four.
Wm H. Whitman Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss.
I Joseph S. Beal, Register of Probate within and for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, do hereby certify that the papers hereto annexed purporting to be a petition for the appointment of an Administrator of the Estate within this Commonwealth, a citation of the next of kin and all other persons interested in the Estate, a decree appointing an administrator of the Estate, a Bond of the Administrator on said Estate, and a Letter of Administration on the Estate of Rebecca Young late of Phipsbury in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, deceased, together with the approval of said bond by the Judge of Probate for said County of Plymouth, with the erasures and interlineations therein made all of which were made to conform to the originals on file or of record in the Probate Office of this County, are true copies of said originals and record, and also that Aaron Hobart by whom the other paper purports to have been signed is the Judge of Probate for said County of Plymouth and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Probate Court of said Plymouth County, this tenth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five!
1 interlining on this page before signature.
Joseph S. Beal

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PLYMOUTH SS.
By the Judge of Probate for said County:
TO
Samuel Stetson
of Duxbury Esquire,
in said County,
Greeting.
WHEREAS Rebecca Young late of Phipsbury, Lincoln County, State of Maine in said County, deceased, having died intestate, leaving goods and estate to be admin- istered upon: and administration thereof having been decreed to you: of such goods and estate of said deceased as are in this Commonwealth,
Trusting therefore in your care and fidelity, I do hereby commit unto you, the Adminis- tration of said estate.—You are to make and return into the Probate Court for said County, within three months, a true Inventory of all the real estate and all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, which have or shall come to your possession, or knowledge:—You are to administer according to law all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said deceased, and the proceeds of all her real estate, that may be sold for the payment of her debts: to render upon oath a true account of your Administra- tion within one year, and at any other time or times, when required by the Judge of Probate: and pay any balance remaining in your hands upon the settlement of your ac- counts, to such person or persons as the Judge of Probate shall direct: and also deliver this letter of Administration into the Probate Court, in case any will of said deceased shall be hereafter duly approved and allowed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this ninth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five .
Aaron Hobart
JUDGE OF PROBATE.

Letter of Administration.
Recorded Book
Page
By
Register.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth, ss.
TO the next of kin, and all other persons interested in the estate of Rebecca Young late of Phipsbury in the county of Plymouth, Lincoln & State of Maine , intestate, deceased.
Whereas application has been made to me to grant a letter of administration on the estate of said deceased, to Samuel Stetson of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth aforesaid ,
You are hereby cited to appear at a Court of Probate to be holden at Plymouth in said county of Plymouth , on the second Monday of April next, to shew cause, if any you have, against granting the same.
He the said Stetson is hereby directed to give public notice thereof three weeks successively in the newspaper called the Old Colony Memorial printed in Plymouth , in said county of Plymouth .
Given under my hand this thirteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty  fiftyfive ,
Aaron Hobart
JUDGE OF PROBATE.

ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND.
Recorded Book Per
page Reg'r.

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF PROBATE FOR THE COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.
HUMBLY SHEWS Nathaniel G. Rebecca N. Higgens his wife of Duxbury in said County, That Rebecca Young last an inhabitant of Phipsbury in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine has lately died intestate, leaving goods and estate, of which administration is necessary:—That your petitioner
are interested as heirs at law of said Rebecca Young, and request Samuel Stetson of said Duxbury to take such administration and he is ready to give bond with sufficient sureties for the faithful discharge thereof. Wherefore they pray that your Honor would appoint him administrator as aforesaid, agreeably to law in such cases made and provided.
DATED AT Duxbury THIS fifteenth DAY OF March 1855.
Nathaniel Higgens Rebecca N. Higgens
PLYMOUTH SS.—At a Court of Probate holden at Plymouth in and for said County, on the Second day of April 1855,
The foregoing petition being duly considered and notice thereof having been published in the Old Colony Memorial agreeably to the order of this Court,
It is thereupon decreed by the Court here, that administration of the goods and estate of said Rebecca Young deceased, be granted to said Samuel Stetson giving bond according to law for the faithful discharge of that trust.
Aaron Hobart JUDGE OF PROBATE.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we
Samuel Stetson, Isaac Dunham & George S. Higgens
all of Duxbury
in the County of Plymouth, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Aaron Hobart Esquire, Judge of Probate within and for the County of Plymouth, in the full and just sum of One thousand dollars, to be paid to the said Judge of Probate, or his successors in said office, to the payment whereof, we do bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents. Sealed with our seals.
Dated the ninth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden
Samuel Stetson appointed administrator on the estate of Rebecca Young late of Phipsbury in the County of Lincoln, Maine, deceased, do make and return into the Probate Court, within three months, a true inventory of all the real estate, and all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to his possession or knowledge; and administer according to law all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, and the proceeds of all her real estate that may be sold for the payment of her debts, which shall at any time come to his possession, or to the possession of any other person for him; and render upon oath, a true account of his administration within one year, and at any other time when required by the Judge of Probate; and pay any balance remaining in his hands upon the settlement of his accounts to such persons as the Judge of Probate shall direct; and deliver the letters of administration into the Probate Court in case any will of the deceased shall be hereafter duly proved and allowed; then the above written obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of
J. S. Beal
Samuel Stetson Seal.
Isaac Dunham Seal.
Geo. S. Higgens Seal.
PLYMOUTH SS. April 9. 1855. I have examined and do approve of the foregoing bond, and order that the same be filed in the Probate Office and recorded.
Aaron Hobart J. PROBATE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County.
It is hereby certified, that at a Court of Probate holden this day at Plymouth within and for said county, it has been satisfactorily proved before me, by George W. Higgin and Sarah Higgin residents of Duxbury in said county and credible witnesses, that Rebecca Young the widow of John Young reputed to have been a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed 4 July 1836, died at Phipsbury in the state of Maine on or about the sixth day of July One Thousand eight hundred and thirty seven (1837) leaving the following named chil- dren viz Abner D. Young - Rebecca Higgin - Sophia Snipe - Nancy Rice, Pamela Crone, Lucinda Mann, all of whom are now living and are the only surviving children of the said Rebecca Young. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this ninth day of April 1855. —
Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for said County —

Brief in the case of Rebecca Young dec d widow of John
County and State of Maine
act July 4 1836
Claim, (" original " or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claim has been heretofore allowed for the same service, but the pension should have been at the rate of $180 a year for service as a Surgeon of the Navy in a 20 Gun Vessel, instead of $150. See Journals of Congress July 16 1777 Vol 2 p 196, that the pay & subsistence of Surgeons in the Navy shall be equal to the pay & subsistence of the Lieutenants of the Vessels to which they shall belong. Lieutenants pay in such vessels was $30 a month,  (# for increase.) See Journals of Congress 15 Nov 1776 Vol 1 p 549, ($30 a month pay, gives $18 a month pension). The pension as Army Surgeon was correctly computed. An increase is therefore made $480, deducting $460. Death & incapacity established according to our Regulations.
Name and residence of Agent
C. C. McKim Esq Present
Thomas D'Platt Examining Clerk.

Rebecca Young dec d Widow of John Maine
Increased, July 4/1836
12 mos Navy Surgeon $180
12 " Army " 300
$480
per annum from March 1831 to 6 July 1837 when she died,
To  Deducting $450 a year
Pay to Samuel Stetson Adm r for Abner D Young 1 Rebecca Higgins 2 Sophia Snipe 3 Nancy Rice 4 Pamela Grone 5 Lucinda Munn 5 only children
Out to C. C. Pickering Present

Extracts from Journals of Congress. (In Mr. Gordon's Room, Pension Office.)
15. Nov. 1776. — Vol. 1. page 549.
Pay of the Navy fixed as follows: —
Of Ships of 20 guns & upwards. Of 10 to 20 guns. Captain . . . $ 60 per mo. $48.-per mo. Lieutenant . . . 30 " " 24. " " Surgeon . . . . . 25 " " 21 \frac{2}{3} " " &c. &c.
Increase for Surgeons.
Wednesday July 16. 1777. — Vol. 2. page 196.
"Resolved that the Pay and Subsistence of "Surgeons in the Navy be equal to the Pay and "Subsistence of the Lieutenants of the Vessels to which "they shall respectively belong."
C. C. Tucker's Agency Office, Washington City 26. Sept. 1854.

Mr. Addison will please issue a certificate in this case immediately.
Nov 11.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Agent Washington District of Columbia

Boston Nov 5 1836
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Dear Sir
Some weeks since I sent an abstract to you, as pension agent the papers of Rebecca Young nee J. Phillipsburgh in the State of Maine, the widow of the late Doc John Young, who had in his lifetime a pension of $20 per month from the U States and among the papers was his certificate of the pension on which there was due 3\frac{1}{2} months to wit $70 for the time which elapsed after the last payment to him & the time of his death. Also the necessary evidence to show that Rebecca Young was married to said John while he was in the service of the U States & has since his death remained his widow. and as such I suppose her entitled to the pension under the act of July 4, 1836. As I have heard nothing from you, I am fearful the papers might have miscarried. If they have not, you

will oblige the old lady by attending to her claim. She is now quite aged & in a feeble state of health & really stands in need of the money to make her com- fortable while she lives, which cannot in all probability be a long time. On the receipt of this, if you will by return of mail acknowledge it, and state whether you have received the papers alluded to above, you will  and oblige your humble servant -
Isaac D. Orwood.
Office N o 5. Court St.

Boston Nov 23 1836
J. L. Edwands Esq
Dr Sir You sent the certificate of Rebecca Youngs widow of Doc Jno Young pension payable at Portland but the Bank at Portland has been re- quested to pay the amount & refused alleging they have no funds for that purpose on any orders to pay without which they could not pay in case they were in funds. Will you please to order the money to be paid and oblige your Isaac O'Gyood Atty for Rebecca Young. Dec 1836

James L. Edouard Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Admiral
Robert Henry Thurs

Boston Oct 21 1836
James L. Eelceards Esq. commisioner of Pensions under U. States -
Dear Sir
I send you the petition of Rebecca Young widow of Doc John Young to obtain the pension under the act of July 4 1835 or 6. You will perceive by the certificate annexed that there is 3\frac{1}{2} months due the widow under the certificate. The pension was paid to the husband up to March 4 1820 and he died, as his widow swears, June 19-1820. I believe I have got all the evidence necessary to entitle the applicant to the husband's pension under the late act granting the pension to the widows of old pensioners whose names are on the old pension list. You have the evidence of Mr Young himself to all the necessary facts - Then the evidence of the Town Clerk of Wallisflat when the marriage was celebrated. Then the evidence of J. J. Doolittle a respectable citizen of this place that all the facts stated by her are

true and sworn to before the District Judge of the United States Court. If you find all right and will transmit to me the certificate of the arrearage pension due her husband and also that due to the widow, you will much oblige me and make the widow's heart leap for joy - Yours respectfully -
Isaac D. Osgood Office No 5 Court Street -
P.S. If anything is wanting please inform me by return mail & I will obtain it, if it can be obtained - W.O.

Hope Edwards Gov. of Pines Washington City

Phipsburg Maine Feb 4 27. 1845
Sir. Mr Alexander Ray of Washington City is the duly constituted agent for the children of the late Rebecca Young to make a claim in favor of the said children for an annuity of the Pensions Rebecca Young received under act of 4th of July A.D. 1836. Mr Ray will at the time, he presents the declaration, also present documentary evidence in support of the claim he now makes in our names.
Witness Abner D. Young and in behalf of the other heirs Nathan Grooton to signature of Abner D. Young.
Rev. L. Edmands Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City

Washington D.C. Oct. 28. 1854.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
On the 26 th of September last I addressed a letter to you in reference to the Claim of Rebecca Young, widow of John, for an increase of pension received by her under the Act of July 4. 1836. and have received no reply thereto. I would respectfully call your attention there to said letter and ask you an early examination of the
I would also beg leave to refer you to page 75. of Capt. Triplett's compilation of the Pension Laws &c. where it is stated that under the resolution of the Continental Congress passed July 15. 1777. the pay of a Surgeon of the Navy was made equal to the pay of a Lieutenant of the same vessel. and it appears on page 73 of the same work that the pay of a Lieutenant of a 20 Gun vessel was $34 per month.
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Chas. C. Tucker. —

House of Representatives March 3 rd . 1845.
Sir
I enclose herewith an application in the case of Rebecca Young deceased, late of Maine. She was a pensioner under Act of July 1836. The heirs now assert a claim to an increase of her late pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month.
Your very obed t Serv t .
R. P. Dinsmore
N.B. You will please communicate with Mr Alexander Ray of Washington, in this case, during my absence.
James L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions

Newark Dec 11 th 1845-
Dear Sir
The heirs  Daughter of Doctor John Young who was Surgeon in the Revolutionary army and resided at Duxbury in the State of Massachusetts - is anxious to obtain information in relation to certain monies due her late father from the Government - she has been informed that such is the case by a person who called on her & stated that he would pay her the same but has exacted such an enormous fee for his services & being also a stranger she declined intimating him with her business - any information you could give her upon the subject would be thankfully received & would be aiding a poor & worthy widow - if you cannot give any information directly upon the matter will you be kind enough to suggest how and where the investigation should be made & very much oblige you
L. L. Edwards Esq.
All Supt
E. T. Hovey

I John J Valentine of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts merchant of the age of sixty one years, on oath declare. That I am well acquainted with Rebecca Young whose affidavit is hereto annexed, that I have known her for thirty four years last past. That I believe all the facts stated by her in said affidavit are true. That she is the same person married to Doctor John Young at Milford on the 3 rd of September 1776 by Rev Josiah Lewis. That said Doctor John Young her husband is the same person to whom the certificate for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 10 th 1810 signed by J. C. Calhoun on the 3 rd day of July A.D. 1814 was granted which certificate is hereto annexed. That the said Doctor John Young and said Rebecca Young are the parents of my present wife and that said Rebecca Young is now the widow of the said Doctor John Young. That she has

has never been married to any other person since his divorce, but is now his widow.
John J. Valentine
Massachusetts District October 21 st 1890
Then personally appeared John J. Valentine, to me known, and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me
John D. Davis U. States Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

New York January 21 st 1848
Sir
I write for information on behalf of the request of two of the heirs of the late Dr John Young late of Wall Street New York who was said to have been a Surgeon in the Revolutionary Army in the United States & in virtue of whose services some of his heirs are said to have obtained a considerable amount of money from the pension department - And two of the daughters Mrs Wilson Mrs Rice residing in this City have desired me to ascertain what amount has been collected & whether it was collected in the name of the late Widow Rebecca Young or in the name of the heirs of the said Doctor John Young as aforesaid - What amount per annum & from what period to what period was the pension computed and allowed - And whether there is any arrears of pension due the heirs of the said Young that was due him or his widow at the time of their decease - By favoring us with the required information you will oblige two very worthy females of this City & also your very humble Servt
James L Edwards Esq d W m H. Hoey Commissioner of Pensions

Washington Mar. 24. 1850.
W. L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions Sir
By reference to the case of Rebecca Young widow of John, under act 36. Maine agency. You will find in 1845 I made an application for an increase of her pension at the rate of $600 pr. annum. Her husband was a Surgeon and the allowance of her pension was made at the rate of $480. Upon application for an increase under the decision of Sec d Porter in 44 you rejected the increase claimed on the ground that the service was not satisfactorily established.
I enclose, herewith, a letter I rec d a few days ago, from the parties interested in the case. and therefore renew the application under the decision made by the Secretary of the Interior in the case of Henry Southard and others, that where the office has admitted and allowed for service the question as to the admission cannot again arise. unless it can be shown that fraud has been practiced. So that, under the practice of your office, under the Sec d decision, the claim of Rebecca Young dec d . is certainly entitled to an increase, at the rate of $600. I remain Your Ob d . Alex. Ray

Harlem New York May 3d, 1858
Mr May Dear Sir
I take the liberty of writing you in behalf of my wife and two widows all Daughters of Doct John Young, To Enquire concerning A Pension of which you have formerly acted as Agent, I have learned in some way that you have stated it required more Evidence than what has formerly been presented or Documentary Evidence so far as substantiate our Claims To Recover that part granted by the late Act To the Widow or Heirs of the said Doct Young
Mr Hopt A Lawyer of New York City these last two years has frequently applied to us Hains here in New York, to be appointed our agent And says He has looked over Books Records &c And finds Lands some Hundreds of Acres Set down to Doct John Young the Lands He says make Documentary Evidence sufficient in this case
Now Sir my Object in writing you is to find out the truth in the case, Lands and all, concerning the Heirs of sd Doct Young and if anything can be collected it appears to me you are the man to do it, — and if there proves to be lands and Money &c on it What I think you will do it Pleas write me soon as convenient Joseph Evans Harlem City New York

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152/180
Washington D.C. Nov. 4. 1854.
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Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir
Your letter of yesterday's date in reference to the claim of Rebecca Young, widow of John, of Maine for an increase of pension, is received. — It is stated therein that you find no evidence that John Young served twelve months as a Surgeon or that the Mifflin carried Twenty guns.
I would respectfully call your attention to the letter from your Office to Alex. Ray Esq. dated Oct 3. 1850. in which it is expressly stated that John Young served one year in the Navy, on the Gen. Mifflin, a 20 gun ship.
On examination it will be found that the widow's pension was allowed for one year service as Surgeon in the Army, and one year service as Surgeon in the Navy. What is now claimed, is that the pension for the latter service was not as much as she was entitled for it.
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Chas. L. Tucker. —

Washington City, 26. Sept. 1854.
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
A Power of Attorney in my favor from one of the Daughters of Rebecca Young , of Maine , Widow of John, is on your files, and I have examined the papers and correspondence with a view of obtaining an Increase of her Pension, which her children desire.
It appears that she was admitted to Pension under the Act of 4. July 1836, for her Husband's service as follows; viz:
As Surgeon in Navy — one year $150. — " do. " Army — one year 300. — Total per year . . . . $450. —
I have the honor to enclose herewith an Extract from a Book in your Office, called "Journal of Congress", Vol. 2, page 196, shewing that on 16. July 1777, three years before the service of D r Young, it was ordered that the Pay of a Surgeon of a 20 Gun Ship should be $30. per month; and to claim an Increase accordingly, from 4 th March 1831 to 26. July 1837, when she died.
Please inform me whether there must be a new Certificate of Court before you issue the new Pension Certificate, and whether you can make it payable at Boston, instead of Portland.
Very Resp ly . Yr. Ob t Serv t
Chas. Lucker. — Attorney.

Washington D.C. April 16. 1855.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir.
Enclosed please find evidence in support of the claim for increase of pension due Rebecca Young dec. widow of John Young, a pensioner under the Act of July 4. 1836.
In accordance with the suggestions in your letter of Jan. 10. th last, an Administrator has been appointed. A certificate of proof of heirship is also sent. I beg leave to suggest, that if further evidence of the date of the death is required, it can be had from the 3 d Auditor's office, - by the evidence upon which the last payment of the pension was made.
Very respectfully Your Ob t Servt.
Chas. L. Tucker. -

Navy Department Nov 2 11 th 1854.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 10 th inst you are informed that the Department is unable to answer your inquiry touching the "General Mifflin" a vessel of war during the Revolution.
By referring to "Emmons' U. S. Navy from 1775 to 1783" you will find on p. 140. mention made of three vessels named the "General Mifflin"
Very respectfully
Yr. Obt. S er .
J. C. Dobbin
Chas E.ucher Esq Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. Jan 4. 1854.
Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir,
In your letter of Nov 9 th in reference to the claim of Rebecca Young, dec. widow of John Young, of Mass. you request me to furnish evidence that the Gen. Mifflin was a 20. gun ship. Young stated in his declaration he made in 1818, that he served as a Surgeon on the Continental Ship called the Gen. Mifflin , of 20 guns, commanded by Capt Daniel M c Neill , of Boston. By referring to "Emmons History of the U.S. Navy", (a copy of which is in the Navy Dept.) page 140, there will be found a reference to the ship Gen. Mifflin , a ship of 20 guns and 200 men, of Mass. and commanded by Capt. M c Neil , this was evidently the vessel on which Dr Young served..
I enclose an affidavit respecting the service, which you will please file with the claim.
Yours truly, Chas. B. Tucker.
Enc./

Emmons Hist of the U.S Navy. — Page 140.
Gen Mifflin Ship 20 guns. 200 men. Maf. Capt M'Neill Entered Brest and saluted the French Admiral who offended the British Ambassador (Lord Anson) by returning the salute. See Clarks Naval History vol 1. p 61
Gen Mifflin. Ship 20 guns 200 men. Capt W Day &c. Maf.
Made several captures near the English coast. one a ship with a cargo of wine. and on her passage from France captured a privateer of 10 guns and 80 men. Lost 13 in killed & wounded; the enemy their captain and 22. killed and wounded. —
Gen Mifflin — Brig 12 guns 90 men Capt J Hamilton Pa. —
Emmons Hist of the Navy. Published by Gideon Welles. Washington D.C. 1883.

1883 1883 Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Sept next, in Boston Mass , at the U.S. Branch Bank
Bank

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
John Young late a Surgeon in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty dollars per month, to com- mence on the Twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Third day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.