Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,928, for Stephen Larrabee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Larrabee, Stephen or Larabee
S 18,928
Carded
CONTENTS

Died July 8, 1839
11.195 Maine 498
Stephen Sarac of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Lt - in the Company commanded by Captain Wilkins of the 2nd Regiment by Col. Wade - in the Maine Troops
7th Regiment 23 33
Enrolled on the 2nd day of March at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of March 1833 R.C. Cross - Augusta Me
arrears to the 14th of March 1833 - 46.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept - 11.68 58.32
Recorded by J.S. [unclear] Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 1

Stephen L. Ladd 24 0 0 2
Private - Mass. troops,
Wilkins Co: } 4 months, Wrigglesworth's regt. }
Peabody's Co: } 3 months, Wade's regt. }
7 months as a private Proof Wm Reed, credible witness,
$23.33
Declaration in open Court March 20 th 1833. —
R. C. Vose, Augusta Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this 21 st day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Stephen Larrabee a resident of Napalboro' in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy Seven 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Stephen Wilkins and served in Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Wilkins Capt.
Wigglesworth Col. That he enlisted in that Company Regiment as a private in May or June 1776 for four months; that he served at Scituate, New York, & after serving the full term of his enlistment was discharged at Albany in September or October of the same year.
That in May 1780 he enlisted for three months as a private in Capt. Peabody's company in Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment of the same troops. That he served at West Point in the State of New York & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged in August of the same year. —

Peabody's company in 1802. Nathaniel Wade's regiment of the same troops, that he served at West Point in the State of New York after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged in August of the same year. —
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in June 1755 at Lynn, Mass: where his age is recorded. — that during his revolutionary services his home was at Danvers in the same State, where he lived nearly forty years, that he afterwards lived in Salem ten or twelve years & then removed to said Nupaburro where he has lived for the last five years. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted, or received as a substitute. While in Wilkins' company William Frost was his Lieutenant & Saml. Fairfield Ensign. — While in Peabody's company Moses Prince was his Lt. — & that he does not now recollect any other officer.
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. He expects his services will be fully proved. That he never received a written discharge from the service but was discharged verbally.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Stephen Larnabec
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr. mtl S. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr.
28 July

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Stephen Larrabee for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 28 th day of July
A. D. 1839.
J. A. Chandler

DMT
November 16, 1936
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Eudavilla C. Foster Box 37, Searsport Maine
BA-J/EEL Stephen Larrabee-S.18928
Dear Madam:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18928, based upon the military service of Stephen Larrabee in that war.
Stephen Larrabee was born in June, 1755, in Lynn, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown. Before the Revolution, he moved to Danvers, Massachusetts.
While a resident of said Danvers, Stephen Larrabee enlisted in June, 1776, and served four months as a private in Captain Stephen Wilkins' Company, Colonel Edward Wagglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted in May, 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Peabody's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
He resided in Danvers, Massachusetts, for forty years, then moved to Salem, state not given, where he resided for ten or twelve years, then moved to Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Massachusetts, where he had lived for five years when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 28, 1832. He signed Larrabee, was pensioned Stephen Larabee.
He died July 8, 1839, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Stephen Larabee(S.18928), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Stephen Larabee, Certificate No. 11498, issued May 3, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1936
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RA-J/EEI
Eulavilla C.Foster Box #37. Searsport Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Stephen Larrabee, of Wells, Maine, who served as sergeant and Stephen Larrabee, who served as private in Captain Peabody's Company, Colonel Wade's Regiment; also, the Civil War record of Frederick O. Clifford, of Stockton, Maine.
You are furnished herewith the record of Stephen Larrabee, S.18928, the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of the Veterans Administration.
Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the Civil War soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

November 3, 1928
Mrs. B.G.W. Cushman 122 Goff Street Auburn, Maine
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18928, it appears that Stephen Larra- bee was born in June 1755, in Lynn, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Danvers, Massachusetts, he en- listed in May or June 1776, and served four months as a private in Captain Stephen Wilkins' Company, Colonel Ed- Wigginworth's ward Wigginworth's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in 1780, and served three months as a private in Captain Peabody's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the war he lived in Salem, eleven or twelve years, and then moved to Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine, where he had lived for five years when he was allowed pen- sion on his application executed July 28, 1832.
He died July 8, 1839.
There are no data on file relative to his family.

This is the history of the only soldier named Stephen Larrabee that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to any Jeremiah Jordan.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

18928 INVALID.
File No. 18928
Stephen Lurabee
Dr. Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928-Nov. 3. Recd to Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman, Her letter in cl. of Isaac Mc Kenney S. 37234 M. E. E. 1936-Nov. 16 - Recd to Eudania L. Foster. Ech. letter to Rev. Ad. miss.

18928 INVALID.
File No.
18928
Stephen Foster
Dr. John Foster
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Act:
James V. ...
Index:—Vol.
1
, Page
217
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928-Nov. 3, Dist to Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman, Her letter in il. of Isaac McRaney S. 37234 M. E. E. 1936-Nov 16 - Dist to Eudaniella L. Foster. Ech. Letter to Vet. Adm. miss.

I William Reed of Salem in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do upon oath testify and declare that I well know Stephen Larrabee of Napalboro' in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine the applicant for a pension, that the said Larrabee was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that he served in the year 1776 commencing in June or July in Capt. Stephen Wilkins company in Col. Edward Wrigglesworth's regiment for the term of four months & was then discharged. That the said Larrabee afterwards in May 1780 enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Peabody in Col. Wade's regiment of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three months & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged. I am well knowing to the said Larrabee's having served as I have stated having served with him during all the time mentioned.
his William X. Reed mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Essex, ss:
Sworn to & subscribed this twentyfourth day of July A.D. 1832, the deponent being in opinion a credible witness.
Before me
Ebenezer Foster, Justice Peace.
Ebenezer Foster Esq is a Justice of the peace in Massachusetts. Nathan Whittemore

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Stephen Larabee by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 28 th day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S cc
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Larabee for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler