Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24558, for Josiah Libbey, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Libbey, Josiah or Libby, Sarah
N. 24 558
CONTENTS

Maine, N o 4332.
Sarah Sibbey, deceased, widow of Josiah Sibbey,
who died on the 15. January, 1826, - of Cumberland (in the State of Maine) - who was a Matross in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Massachusetts line for 4 mo. 26 days. Matross 9 - 26 - 0 priv. Infantry -
Inscribed on the Roll of (Maine) - at the rate of 53 Dollars 15 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending 24. May, 1840, the day of her death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of March, 1846 - and sent to Jacob Herrick, Durham, Maine -
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$490.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by Will Stewart Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 1 - Page 11. -
Reps to Agt. 5 March 1846.

Marryed in Scarborough, by Rev. Thomas Lemaster Thomas Whitten & Sarah Tenny March sixteenth seventeen hundred & seventy eight. Josiah Libbee & Sarah Libbee. Ditto.
The foregoing is a true copy of the records of the church of the First Parish in Scarborough County of Cumberland State of Maine, with the exception of the date, which is in fair legible characters thus, March 16 1778. Attest.
Albert W m Fink, Clerk
I Albert W m Fink, on oath depose & say that I am clerk of the church of the First Parish of the town aforesaid, duly chosen that the records of said church are in my custody, that the foregoing certificate was taken from said records & is a true copy of the same with the above noted exceptions. A W m Fink
State of Maine Cumberland County ss Subscribed and sworn to before me this third day, of December 1845
Jacob Herrick Just. Peace.

Josiah Libby, died in Litchfield, January fifteenth one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, the foregoing is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Litchfield, County of Cumberland State of Maine excepting the date, which is expressed in fair legible characters thus, January 15 th 1826.
Attest Joseph Brown, Town Clerk
I Joseph Brown on oath depose and say that I am Town Clerk of Litchfield County of Cumberland, State of Maine, duly chosen and sworn, that the Records of said Town, are in my custody, that the foregoing certificate was taken from said Records and is a true copy of the same, with the exception above noted:— I also depose and say that I was well acquaint- ed with Josiah Libby, late of Litchfield deceased, and also with his widow Sarah Libby, who survived the death of her husband several years that the widow Sarah Libby, did not intermarry after the decease of her said husband but died his widow;— I also depose and say that Alexander Libby, Hanson Libby, Ellison Libby, Abraham Libby, Josiah Libby, Mary McIntire, Salome Nichol, Sarah Lowell, are the children and the only surviving children, to my knowledge of the said Josiah Libby, and his widow Sarah Libby. Joseph Brown.
State of Maine Cumberland ss. December 28 th 1845.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
George W. Cunnawill Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine Cumberland County ss On this eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Honorable Barrett Potter judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine, being a Court of Record in said State - in open Court Hanson Libby of Pownal in the County of Cum- -berland and State of Maine and forty eight years who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath or oath make the following declaration for himself and in behalf of Alexander Libby, Abraham Libby, Elison Libby and Mary McIntire all of said Pownal, Josiah Libby of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland aforesaid - Sarah Lowell of Lewiston and Salome Nichols of Topsham in the County of Lincoln all children and only survi- -ving children of Josiah Libby late of Pownal and formerly of Scarborough deceased, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - That he the said Hanson Alexander, Abraham, Josiah, Elison, Sarah, Mary and Salome are the children and only surviving children of Josiah Libby late of Pownal aforesaid, and the children and only children of Sarah Libby late widow of said Josiah Libby deceased, who was a soldier in

The Army of the Revolutionary war - He believes that his father was a native of Scarborough in the State aforesaid and that he entered the service from that place - That he served as a private in Capt John Wentworth's Company in 1776 seven months - That he served in Capt Levey's Company as a private in June and July 1777 twenty three days - That - That he served in Capt Wirt's Company as a private from July 20 th to December 13 th 1777 four months and twenty five days - As a matross in a company commanded by Col. Allen from July 4 th to December 1 st 1778 four months and twenty six days - In Capt Libby's Company as a private from Oct 1 st to the 23 rd 1779 twenty three days - He further declares that the said Sarah was married to the said Josiah previous to his last service to wit on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1778 that her husband the aforesaid Josiah Libby died on the 15 th day of January 1826 and that she remained a widow from the time of the death of her said husband until the time of her death which was on the 24 th day of May 1840 - as will appear by the proof herewith annexed Witness - B. Potter Deborah Libby
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first above mentioned before me Barrett Potter

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Oct o 28, 1845.
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 Josiah Libbey of Scarborough is borne upon a Billeting roll of a company under the command of Capt John Wentworth as a private. number of miles against his name is 135. Said roll was dated at Waterville, Aug t 20. 1776. Upon an Abstract of head of said company, in Col Aaron Willard's reg t . from Fort Edward to three several places of abode, as a private of Scarborough number of miles against his name is 412 -  Upon a Muster roll of Capt Joseph Sovey's company ordered on duty for the defence of Machias, as a private from June 23 to July 16. 1777. 23 days - Upon a Pay roll of Capt Jabez West's company raised for the defence of Machias, as a private from July 20 to December 13 1777 4 months & 23 days - Upon a Payroll of S o Libbey's company, under command of Col John Allen for the defence of Machias, as a private from July 4 to Dec r 1. 1778.
W. P. D. 1845 3. 1845
23 4 25
8 28

4 months & 26 days Upon a Pay roll of Capt Roger Libby's Company in the County of Cumberland, under the Command of Col Nathan Sooton as a private from 20 th Oct to 23 rd Nov 1779 23 days — And this certif- icate contains all the evidence of service which can be identified as that of the individual described in the annexed application.
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. Pease, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts Ellison Libby son of Josiah Libby deceased a soldier in the war of the Revolution requests evi- dence of the services of his father in the war aforementioned — This applicant believes that his father was born in Scarborough in the Coun- ty of Cumberland and State of Maine — He believes that his father enlisted into the service from that place, but under what officer he served he is unable to state — nor is it in his power to state the precise length of his services — He therefore requests the Secretary to examine the Rolls and other Re- -volutionary documents in his office and grant a certificate of all the services of Josiah Libby of Scarborough and the length and grade of his services in whatever company or Regiment it may have been performed.
Ellison Libby
State of Maine Cumberland ss July 31 st 1845 signed in my presence
Jacob Herrick Justice Peace.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24, 5-5-8
Sarah Libbey Widow of Josiah Libbey Matross Rev War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 1,38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N 6643
Sarah Lilly dec d mum of Josiah Mr
act 4 July 1836
Adm o
9 Nov 26 or Nov 26 July $32.58
4 " 26 " Nov 26 July 20.27
 $53 15
from 4 March 1831 to 24 May
1840 the day of her death
payable to Alexander Lilly, Hanson Lilly, Ellison Lilly, Abraham Lilly, Josiah Lilly, Mary McIntire, Salome Nichols and Sarah Lilly only surviving Children of Sarah Lilly dec d .
Jacob Henrick Durham Ms.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that, Jacob Herrick, & George W. Hunnewell both of the County of Cumberland, and John Hoyt of the County of Lincoln, are Magistrates.
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are duly qualified to act as such; that the commission of Herrick bears date Sept. 24 th A.D. 1841, & will expire Sept. 24 th A.D. 1848; that the commission of Hunnewell bears date Feb. 8 th A.D. 1843, & will expire Feb. 8 th A.D. 1850; & that the commission of Hoyt bears date June 17 th A.D. 1841, & will expire June 17 th A.D. 1848; and that the following signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Eleventh day of December , Anno Domini 184 5 .
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I Porter Wentworth of Webster in the county of Lincoln State of Maine aged eighty two years, on oath depose and say that I am son of Capt. John Wentworth, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war. That my father marched with his company, which was raised in Cape Elizabeth and the vicinity to Fort Edward in 1776 - That he returned to his family in Cape Elizabeth in the county of Cumberland State of Maine in the winter season - either the last of 1776 or the first of 1777 - I think the men were enlisted for nine months - I also depose and say that my father marched with his company in 1776 from said Cape Elizabeth about the - arriving time which in that place is from the tenth to the twenty fifth of May - I also depose and say that my brother Benning Wentworth acted as writer to my father in his expedition to Fort Edward - I also depose and say that I have heard my father say that my father's company was discharged at Fort Edward and each one returned home in the best manner he could - That some of my father's company arrived home before my father did and some arrived after him - That my

father and my brother Benning both arrived home together - I remember his return more perfectly from the circumstance that my father brought home with him a white horse which he had purchased in his absence - I also defer and say that in the next year 1777 I acted as writer to my father at Fort Stanwix in said wife Elizabeth and in his expedition to New-York.
Foster Wentworth
Lincoln J. Nov. 29 th 1845 personally appeared Foster Wentworth who is well known to me as a highly respectable man and a witness of undoubted veracity and made oath that the above affidavit, by him signed is true before me
John Hays Justice of the Peace
6643 Sarah Libbey an Nun of Joseph Feb. 15, 1846 me acty H. H. H. Married 1778 Marian died May 15, 1846 Under died 24 May 1840

I Sewall Brown of Pownal, County of Cumberland State of Maine aged fortyfive years, on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Josiah Libby late of said Pownal deceased, a soldier of the Revolutionary war and also with his wife Sarah Libby both before and after her husband's death — That said Josiah Libby died in Pownal in 1826 — That said Sarah his wife survived him and died in 1840 — That she did not intermarry after the death of her husband, but died his widow — I also depose and say that Alexander Libby, Harrison Libby, Elison Libby, Abraham Libby, Josiah Libby, Mary McIntire, Salome Nichols, Sarah Lowell and are the children and the only surviving children of said Josiah Libby and his wife Sarah Libby.
Sewall Brown
State of Maine Cumberland ss Nov. 27 th 1845 Personally appeared Sewall Brown, who is well known to me as a witness of veracity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me George M. Dunnington. Jus.

Church Sibley, died in Deering, May twenty fourth one thousand eight hundred & forty - The foregoing is a true copy from the Records of the town of Deering, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, excepting the date which is expressed in fair legible characters, thus - May 24th 1840.
Attest Joseph Brown Town Clerk
I Joseph Brown, on oath depose and say that I am town clerk of Deering, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, duly chosen and sworn - That the Records of said Town, are in my custody, that the foregoing certificate was taken from said Records and is a true copy of the same, with the exception above noted.
Joseph Brown
State of Maine Cumberland ss. November 28th 1845. Subscribed and sworn to before me.
George W. Dunnington Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, } Cumberland County, s.s. }
Be it known, That on this Eleventh day of December 1845 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Josiah Libbey late of Portland, in said State , was a Soldier of Portland the United States, and that he died at said Portland on the fifteenth day of January 1846. And that said Josiah Libbey and Sarah Libbey were married March, 16th, 1778, that said Sarah was never afterwards married but continued the widow of said Josiah until her death, which was on the 24th day of May , A.D. 1840, and that Alexander Libbey, Hanson Libbey, Ellison Libbey, Abraham Libbey, Josiah Libbey, Mary McIntire, Salome Nichols, & Sarah Lowell are the children and the only children of the said Josiah & Sarah Libbey , deceased, and that he left no other .
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto, affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this Eleventh day of December in the year 1845
O. G. Dorr
Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

Payment to be made at by Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Vol. Page by
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th of July, 1836, Sarah Libbey decd. who was the widow of Josiah Libbey who a Ma- -troop and private of Infantry, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $53.15 per ann: comm: on the 4 March, 1831, and widow of on the 24th: May, 1840, the day of her death; which was which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to Alexander, Aaron, Elihu, Sarah & Josiah Lib- -bey (the whole), Salome Nichols and Sarah Dowe (the whole) is entitled to receive only surviving children of Sarah Libbey, dollars and cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the and payable semi-annually on the 1st of March and 1st of September.
Payment to be made at Portland, Maine -
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 5th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six -
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. S
Commissioner of Pensions.

South West Point, Guadalupe Dec 10 th 1810
To the Honorable the President of the United States, With this I send you the inclosure in the shape of a map of the, which I trust will prove useful - very true will please to know how much to be regretted and when it will be delivered, in all respects as I respectfully request, that any communication you may think proper to make, may be directed to, with great obedient servant.
Isaac Heriick South West Point, Guadalupe Dec 10 th 1810
Genl. Andrew P. Stewart Esq.