Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,628, James Yeaton, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Yeaton, James or Yetten. Lucy
NUMBER
W. 26.628.
CONTENTS

11109.
Joseph, James, Lucy and George Yeaton, only children.
Maine.
Rep'd
Lucy Yeaton, dec'd Widow of James Yeaton who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 20 th Jany. 1824 of Aukland Co. in the State of Maine who was a d'r in the Company commanded by Captain Wentworth of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gernish in the Mass. line for 7 months 1 day.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions, Me at the rate of 23 Dollars 12 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. She died Octo. 28. 1841.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Octo. 1846 and sent to, H. Bradford, Portland, Maine
Total amount, $ 117.20 [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Henry Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 23.
Payable to Children.

V.
23684
Lucy Yeaton's
Application for a pension
act. July 7. 1838.
Marr'd 1794
Husband died 1824
Age 15. & 65. not on
Widow died 28 Oct 1841
Joseph Dope
Portland
Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland, ss.
ON this first day of or to wit September 1838 personally appeared before me Ezechiel Whitman, Chief Justice Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, Lucy Yeaton a resident of New Gloucester  Gray in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy two 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Yeaton - who was a Private in the Company commanded by Capt. Moses Merrill and in Col. Phinney's Regiment and served in said Company and Regiment eight months in the War of the Revolution - that being the time for which he enlisted - that she believes said Service was performed at Cambridge or in the vicinity of Boston - in the early part of the revolution - but cannot be certain as to the time or place - that she has no documentary evidence to prove said service, but thinks that his name will be found on the rolls of said Company or Regiment - that he resided in Gray in said County  Hobson when he enlisted - that his service if not in the vicinity of Boston must have been in the State of New York - where said Regiment went when they left Cambridge - She further declares that she has not been married since the death of said James Yeaton, but still continues his widow
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said James Yeaton on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one and that her husband, the aforesaid James Yeaton - died on the twentieth day of January 1824. - 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.
Lucy Yeaton
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me and I further certify That the above named Lucy Yeaton is a person of credibility and that this declaration by her signed was taken at her place of dwelling in said New Gloucester she by reason of age and infirmity being unable to attend court.
Ezechiel Whitman Chf. J. C. P.

STATE OF MAINE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ss. On this day personally appeared before me a person known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 10th day of October 1838. State of Maine Cumberland ss. I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman is the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, and that Joseph Pope Esquire is a magistrate duly appointed & commissioned to act as such within & for said County - and that the signatures to the within and annexed papers, purporting to be theirs - are genuine -
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. 1838 -
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for the County of Cumberland.

I George Yeaton of Westbrook in the state of Maine of lawful age testify I say That my father James Yeaton died on the twentieth day of January eighteen hundred & twenty four - and that Lucy Yeaton within named is his widow and has never again married since his decease. George Yeaton
State of Maine
Levi Leland Jr.
On this first day of October 1838 personally appeared the above named George Yeaton a person of creditability and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me Erastus D. Folsom Chief Justice of the Co. Co. Pleas.

On this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty six personally appeared before the subscriber judge of a Court of Record George Yeaton one of the children of James and Lucy Yeaton deceased who being first sworn doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838.
And this declarant states that James Yeaton his father was born in the Town of Cape Elizabeth and he believes that he resided in said Town and in a place called New Boston during the time of the revolution. And this declarant states that he has heard his father say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution but he does not recollect the captain of the Company in which he said he served. I have heard him say that he was at Cambridge when the British left Boston. He has heard his father speak of an officer under whom he served by the name of Nathan Merrill.
He believes that his father served in Capt. Winthrop Boston's Company in 1776 two months & that the Company was sent to Boston to drive the British from that Town.

He also believes that he served in Cambridge in 1778 under Capt Wentworth and that this service was at least 5 months.
This declarant further states that his father James Yeaton died at New Gloucester on the 20th of January 1824 and that his mother Lucy Yeaton died at New Gloucester on the 21st of Oct 1841, and that she intermarried with his father on the 17th Jan 1791, and that she was a widow at the time of her death as will appear by the testimony hereto annexed.
And this declarant further states that the children & only surviving children of James & Lucy Yeaton, are Joseph Yeaton James Yeaton Lucy Yeaton & George Yeaton,
Attest B. Potter
George Yeaton
State of Maine Cumberland ss. At a Probate Court held at Portland within and for said County on this fourth day of February A.D. 1846, personally appeared George Yeaton, the subscriber to the above declaration, and made oath before Barrett Potter, Judge of Probate that the statement by him signed is true according to his best knowledge and belief.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of the court this fourth day of February A.D. 1846. C. C. Tobie, Register.

State of Maine Cumberland. ss. I. O. O. Tobie, Register of Probate, hereby certify that Garrett Potter is Judge of Probate for said County, duly ap- pointed, commissioned and sworn, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is his true and genuine signa- ture.
Witness my hand, & affixed the seal of the Court this fourth day of February A. D. 1846.
O. O. Tobie Register.

I Joseph Colley aged fifty six years hereby certify that I held the office of Town Clerk of Halmouth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine and that in the records of marriages in said Town is recorded as follows, namely, Married by Rev. Ebenezer Williams in the nature dated from Sventon with Sventon husband and ninity one James Yeaton of Grey and Mary Wilson of Halmouth. I Joseph Colley affirmed further certify that the above is a true extract from the Town records affirmed with the exception of the date which is in fair plain figures as follows - June 17 th 1791
Joseph Colley
State of Maine Cumberland ss January 24-1846 Then personally appeared Joseph Colley above named and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true before me Nathaniel L. Ingersoll Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE. ~~~~~
PROBATE COURT, } Cumberland County, s.s. }
Be it known, That on this fourth day of February 184 6 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That James Yeaton late of New Gloucester  was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said New Gloucester on the twentieth day of January 18 44 . — And that Lucy Yeaton was the widow of said James Yeaton , deceased, and continued his widow until the time of her death, which occurred October 21st. A.D. 18 44 . and that Joseph Yeaton , James Yeaton , Lucy Yeaton , and George Yeaton , are the children and the only children of the said James , & the said Lucy , deceased, and that he left no widow .
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto, affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this 6  fourth day of February in the year 184 6 .
C. C. Tobin Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 20. 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Seaton, is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Winthrop Boston's Company, as a private, 6 days. probably for travel. Said Roll is dated February 1776.
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Wentworth's Company, in Col. Gerrish's regt of Guards stationed at Cambridge, as a private, from July 22 to December 14 1778, including allowance of the miles travel.
5 - 1 7 mo 1
5 Months & 1 day - Name not found upon Naval Rolls - The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the names, shown by the Military Records in this Office.
[Handwritten signature]

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of George Yeaton of New Gloucester for the evidence of the service of James Yeaton his father in the War of the Revolution
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass: The undersigned requests the Secretary aforesaid to furnish from the rolls and documents relating to Military service in the War of the Revolution the evidence of the service of James Yeaton. This applicant states that his father was a resident of Cape Elizabeth and New Boston now Gray in the time of the war of the revo- -lution and that he was a soldier and and seaman in the time of the war afores- -aid. He believes that he served two months in the first part of 1776 in Capt Winthrop Boston's Company and that during this campaign he was stationed in Cambridge And for the evidence of the organization of said Company this applicant refers the Secretary to the proceedings of the Mass. House of Representatives in 1775 & 76. and par- -ticularly to a letter from William Cutter received February 16. th 1776 in relation to said Company. This applicant further

States that his father served another campaign in Capt John Wentworth's Company in 1778 and that the first part of his service was performed in a fort at Cape Elizabeth and the latter part to guard the Captive Troops of Burgoyne. This applicant has heard his father say that he was a seaman also in the time of the war but he is unable to state the name of the vessel in which he served. This applicant therefore requests the secretary to furnish a certificate of all the service performed by his father that may be found on the rolls & documents in his possession. And for the purpose of this application I hereby appoint F. Bradford my attorney in the premises.
George Yetton,
Cumberland S.S. March 23 d - 1846 signed in my presence
Before me N. L. Ingersoll Justice of the Peace

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Lucy Yeaton, dec d .
Maine.
Act 7 July '38.
H. Bradford
Portland
Maine

Keeps
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.628
Lucy Yeaton Widow of James Yeaton Brick Mason
Act: July 7th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 369
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 12.804.
Lucy Yeaton, decd. Maine.
Let. to F. Bradford, July 22, '46
Act 7 July, '38.

V 2364 Lettl Joseph Pope, May 7-39-
act 7 July 38.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sept 23 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that from the Journal of the House of Representatives, under date of January 19 1776, that Mr Faybian and Capt Cuttis were appointed a Committee for the County of Cumberland to assist in raising Men for a temporary reinforcement of the Army, at the request of his Excellency General Washington, and when raised to form them into Companies of Ninety men each, including officers, and to cause said Companies to march to Cambridge or Roxbury, as soon as each Company has chosen its several officers. I further Certify that by the form of said enlistment, said troops thus raised were to serve in the United Colonies of America until the 1st day of April thereafter of the service

shall require it. I further Certify that among the original letters in this Department there is one from William Cutts addressed to the Whole Court in which he states that Mr Graybian and himself were appointed to raise two companies and that they had attended to the business, assigned them, that he had enlisted a Company of ninety men, that said Company had chosen Winthrop Boston, Captain; Nathan Merrill and Robert Dunning, Lieutenants; and Thomas Adams, Ensign; and
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of July 22. 1846. that said was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
Company had marched for Cambridge. I further Certify that the roll of Capt Boston, has upon it the names of 89 men, officers included, and
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
a blank space for one other name, and that the officers are the same as named in the letter of Mr Cutts, No one officer or private soldier has more than 9 days allowed in said roll, and none less than 6 days. I further certify that upon another list accompanying

Said roll the wages specified to be due Richard Hunnewell is stated to be £5-4 s . The name of said Hunnewell is borne upon said roll, as a private, and is allowed thirty, 6 days - I have no doubt but the same is a mileage roll or roll of travel of Capt Boston's Company.
John G. Packard.

State of Maine.
Oxford County ss. I Thomas Clark, Clerk of the Judicial Court in and for said County of Oxford hereby certify, that Job Eastman Esquire, whose genuine signature is annexed to the affidavit of Joel Stevens, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Oxford; said affidavit is hereto annexed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 4th day of October A.D. 1830.
Thomas Clark, Clerk of Oxford County Court.

Joel Stevens. Deposition

I Joel Stevens do hereby Testify and say - That James Yeaton late of New Gloucester was in the Continental Service Eight Months with me, in the beginning of the Revolution War, in Captain Moses Merrill's Company in Col Edmund Phinney's Regiment - I further not say -
Oxford ss. Norway September 22 1830 Thus the above named Joel Stevens made oath to the foregoing Deposition - Before me
Job Eastman Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify, that the above named Joel Stevens is a Credable Witness
Job Eastman Justice of the Peace

Portland May 25 1846.
Sir
The amount of service claimed for James Yeaton is two months under Capt Boston in 1776 and 5 months & 1 day under Capt Wentworth in 1778. I have not been able to find any one living who served with in the first Campaign. The length of that service is ascertained from the statement made by John Dain which is filed in the application made his children for the pension due Elizabeth Dain their mother under the Act of 1836. The organization of the Company is shown by a letter addressed to the Provincial Congress by William Cutton of North Yarmouth and received Feby 16. 1776 and published in the Am: Ar: Vol: 4. p. 1454.
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt: Servt: F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

5 100.33 149.33 16 133.33 7.40 20.43 119.33 28.64 163.09
No 2364 Lucy Beaton decd, Mother of James Mr Act 7 July 1738 Adm. 7mo 1 day from 23 rd Feb y 1740 from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. Payable to Joseph Beaton, James Beaton Lucy Beaton, and Mrs Beaton only surviving Children of Lucy Beaton decd.
Freeman Bradford Portland Me

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Hoodbury Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Maine — Payable on the 4th March, and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D. Vol. 1 Page / by —————
S. H. Wood Clerk.
Duplicate.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Lucy Yeaton, dec d , late of Maine — — widow of James Yeaton — — — — who was a Private in the Revolution — — and died on the 20 th day of January 1824 — — is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Three dollars and Twenty four cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1836 — and terminating on the 4 th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. payable to Joseph, James, Lucy & George Yeaton, only children. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and Forty Six. She died Octo. 28. 1841.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate. —

I Charles W. Waite of the Town of Falmouth county of Cumberland State of Maine do that in the record of Marriages by Rev. Thomas Brown late Minister of said Town as recorded on the Book of records of Marriages in said Town the Marriage of James Yeaton of Gray and Lucy Wilson is recorded as follows viz, "September first seventeen hundred and ninety one
James Yeaton of Gray and Lucy Wilson."
Charles W. Waite Town Clerk
of Falmouth
I Charles W. Waite above named do certify depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Falmouth aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in plain legible figures as follows viz.
"September 1. 1791"
Charles W. Waite Town Clerk of Falmouth
State of Maine - Cumberland ss: Sept. 24. 1838 Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I certify that said Deposition is a credible Witness -
Joseph Pope, Jus. of the Peace

Additional testimony to be filed in the case of Mrs. Lucy Yeaton dec d . - filed July 22. 1846
Freeman Bradford
Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
Nathaniel L. Pngersoll is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date Oct. 8. 1811, & will expire Oct. 8. 1847.
and that the following his is genuine.
signature purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twenty second day of August Anno Domini 1846.
Charles Cobb
CLERK.

I Thomas Johnson of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine. Certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of New Gloucester aforesaid and that in the Records of said Town is recorded as follows, namely.
Larry Gorton (widow) died October twentieth eighteen hundred and forty one, aged Seventy five. I Thomas Johnson above named further certify, that the above is a true extract from the Town Records aforesaid, with the exception of the date, which is in fair plain figures as follows, namely Oct 20th 1841. aged 75 y-
Thomas Johnson Town Clerk
State of Maine, of New Gloucester Cumberland ss August 20th 1846 then personally appeared Thomas Johnson above named and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true before me N. L. Ingersoll Justice of the Peace