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"American Revolutionary War",
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"Page 1",
"Page 2",
"Page 3",
"Page 4",
"North Providence",
"Burrillville",
"Capt Coxwell Olney’s Company",
"Col Hitchcock Regiment",
"the sickness (?) of the troops",
"Prospect hill",
"British evacuated Boston in March 1776",
"Gen Washington",
"Long Island where we were occupied in building forts",
"the British landed on the island & drove us off",
"Gen Greene commanded the troops on Long Island",
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"Stirling",
"The battle was fought at Flatbush",
"We retreated",
"Page 5",
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"we crossed over in boats to the city of New York",
"We remained thus until the British attacked us & we had a battle",
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"the hospital",
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"Orange",
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"Gen Lee",
"Col Varnum",
"Ezekiel Cornell",
"Israel Angell",
"Andrew Young",
"Capt Stephen Whipples Company",
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"Providence",
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"Capt Winsor",
"Warwick R. I.",
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"Gen Cornell",
"Tiverton",
"Howlands ferry",
"Butts hill",
"a very severe storm",
"Tonomy Hill",
"Capt Samuel Olney’s",
"Col Jencks",
"Quaker hill",
"the act of May 15 1828",
"Page 7",
"Judge John Esten",
"Jeremiah Mowry",
"George Thayer",
"Page 8",
"Reuben Walling",
"Page 9",
"Page 10",
"Lippitt Eddy",
"Martin S Salisbury",
"The Eddy family in America, a genealogy",
"Page 11",
"Page 12",
"S. Y. Atwell",
"Page 13",
"Capt. Coxwell",
"Col. Hitchcock",
"Gen'l Washington",
"Whipple",
"Col. Brown",
"Harlem",
"Sprague",
"Winsor",
"Gen'l Cornell",
"Olney",
"Col Jenks",
"Page 14",
"Page 15",
"Page 16",
"Hazel Blake French",
"Hazel Elenora Blake",
"Page 17",
"Page 18",
"Page 19",
"S. P. Young",
"I. W. Young",
"mrs. Young Briggs",
"Miss Nellie M. Chase",
"Mrs. J. F. Marvel",
"Mrs. Nellie C. Davis",
"Jerome G. Young",
"Page 20",
"Hazel",
"Blake French",
"Page 21",
"Jerome Gardner Young's",
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"Page 23",
"Page 24",
"Page 25",
"Page 26",
"Page 27",
"Page 28",
"Page 29",
"Mr. I. W. Young,",
"Irving Walker Young",
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"Page 31",
"HAZEL BLAKE FRENCH",
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"Page 33",
"JEROME G. YOUNG",
"J. G. Young.",
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"Page 35",
"Mrs. Nellie Chase Davis,",
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"Abbie W. Marvel",
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"Page 39",
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"Page 41",
"Page 42",
"I. W. YOUNG,",
"Page 43",
"Page 44",
"Page 45",
"Page 46",
"Page 47",
"Lewis Cass",
"Page 48",
"Page 49",
"Stephen Olney",
"Capt Coggeshall Olney",
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"textContent": "## Genealogy\n\nOthniel Young, 1758-1846 was my 5th great-grandfather. He was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA and died in Burrillville, Rhode Island, ten miles away. Six generations later, my father was born sixteen miles from Smithfield, in Providence. What I found in military records was his pension application from August 7, 1832, made when he was seventy-four years old, for his service during the American Revolutionary War. His file contained pages of detail about his enlistment, where he served, in which battles, under which officers. It was mostly facts, without any color to the words, but there it was in long hand, pages of his own account, signed by him, and the testimony of others, including officers still living. It contained correspondence with his descendants, who asked the War Office about him; his name, his dates, the details of his service. Other people like me, descended from him, curious about their ancestor. I attempt to show they were, and how they were related to him.\n\nMy wife and I had begun watching Ken Burns' documentary series, The American Revolution, six episodes of about two hours each. It's beautifully done, with the voices of famous actors reading original material. What was amazing for me was that the story my ancestor told was the story of the American Revolutionary War. He was in those places, with those people, doing those things that caused this country I live in to be. I felt a real connection, even across a lot of time and generations, that made it feel more meaningful. Of course, 2026, and our current president and his actions also made the American Revolution feel very meaningful, for me and a lot of others.\n\nThe pages below are scanned images of hand-written, or later, typed documents. I attempt to transcribe, with the help of robots, the text. If I'm not sure, I'll put a \"(?)\" in the text. If I can't read it at all, I'll record the word like this; \"[illegible].\" If you can help me decipher some of the text, please comment. If I can link a proper noun or other identifier to a person, place or thing, that is interesting or informative, I do.\n\n## Othaniel Young's Pension Application for his Service in the American Revolutionary War\n\n\n---\nPage 1\n\n\n\nTitle: Page 1\n\nState: Rhode Island\n\nVeteran: Young, Othaniel\n\nService: Continental R.I.\n\nPension Number: S. 21593\n\nConflict Period: US Revolutionary War\n\nServed For: United States of America\n\nRoll Name: 2665\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 2\n\n\n\n214\n\nRhode Island\n\nOthaniel Young\n\nof Providence Co in the State of R.I.\n\nwho was a Private in the Company commanded\n\nby Captain Coxwell of the Rgt commanded\n\nby Col. Hitchcock in the Rho. Island\n\nline for 19 months & 10 days (?)\n\n\n\n\nInscribed on the Roll of Rho. Island\n\nat the rate of 64 Dollars 45 Cents per annum,\n\nto commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.\n\n\n\n\nCertificate of Pension, issued the 19th day of Sept\n\n1833 and Sent to\n\nAttwell B. Cowell Esq. For (?)\n\nArrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $161.12\n\nSemi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 - 32.23\n\n$193.35\n\n{ Revolutionary Claim, }\n\n{ Act June 7, 1832. }\n\nRecorded by H.W. Smith Clerk, (?)\n\nBook E Vol. 2 Page 137\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 3\n\n\n\nApplication\n\nof\n\nOthniel Young for\n\npension\n\n235611\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 4\n\n\n\n\nSeal of the Court—\n\nAttest. W. P. Watson Clerk of Court\n\nof Com. Pleas County of Providence\n\n\n\n\nSTATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.\n\n\n\n\nCOUNTY OF PROVIDENCE Ss.\n\nOn this 7th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in\n\nopen Court, being a special Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, now in session—\n\nOthniel Young a resident of Burrillville in the County of Providence\n\nand State of Rhode Island, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth\n\non his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed\n\nJune 7, 1832, viz.\n\n\nI was born in Smithfield in said County on the 29th of January 1758. I have a record of my age in a family bible at home. I lived in Smithfield when called into Service. Since the revolution I have lived in Smithfield, North Providence & Burrillville in said County. I now live in said Burrillville. In November 1775 I enlisted in Capt Coxwell Olney’s Company Col Hitchcock Regiment RI troops for twelve months to commence on the 1st of January 1776. I joined my company on the 1st of December 1775, a month before my time in consequence of the sickness (?) of the troops. I joined the regiment at Prospect hill near Cambridge Mass. While we lay there the British evacuated Boston in March 1776. On the 1st of April 1776 we marched to New London. (Conn) & then went on board transport & sailed to New York. We arrived at New York about the 17th of April. Gen Washington commanded the army at Prospect hill & at New York. Shortly after our arrival at New York we were ~~occupied~~ sent to Long Island where we were occupied in building forts until the latter part of August when the British landed on the island & drove us off. Gen Greene commanded the troops on Long Island & in the battle Gen’s Sullivan & Stirling commanded until they were taken prisoners. The battle was fought at Flatbush. We retreated\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 5\n\nto our forts at Brooklyn & remained there until the night of the next day when we crossed over in boats to the city of New York. We stayed there but a few days when we retreated up the island to Harlem. We remained thus until the British attacked us & we had a battle & after that we retreated & crossed the north river near Fort Washington into New Jersey. After we launched I was taken sick with a fever & was carried to the hospital at Tappann or Orange towns. Soon after, the British came over into New Jersey & all the sick at the hospital that were able, crossed the river & I joined my regiment again at White Plains, I think in November 1776. We then marched to Peekskill & then all that were able to bear arms crossed the river into New Jersey. I being sick stayed at Peekskill until my term was out on the 1st of January 1777 when I was discharged and came home. I served 13 months with my regiment. Gen’ Washington Gen Lee & Col Varnum were officers at Prospect Hill. Gen Washington, Greene, Stirling and Sullivan & Col Varnum were officers on Long Island. Ezekiel Cornell was our Lieut Col. & Israel Angell our Major. In March 1777 I went as a substitute for my father Andrew Young in Capt Stephen Whipples Company Col Chad Brown regiment R I militia & was stationed in Providence, R. I. one month. In May 1777 I was drafted in Capt Joseph Sprague company same regiment & was stationed at Sou Providence one month. The next month (June) I went as a substitute for Samuel Keach (?) in the same company. I was stationed in said Providence one month. In August 1777 I was drafted in the same\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nYoung, Othniel in Third Company (Town of Smithfield) Aug 1, 1778\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 6\n\nCompany & put under the command of Capt Winsor & was stationed at Warwick R. I. While there we went over to Prudence island & captured a party of British who came there to get water. Gen Cornell was with us. I served on this tour about one month. In August 1778 I was drafted in the same company regiment & joined the army under Gen Sullivan. We marched to Tiverton & crossed by Howlands ferry to Rhode Island. We encamped near Butts hill where we lay during a very severe storm. After the storm was over we marched down to the lower lines (?) near Tonomy Hill where we remained until we were relieved by the second draft of militia. I served on this tour nearly one month. In the Autumn of 1781 I was drafted in Capt Samuel Olney’s Company Col Jencks regiment R. I. militia & was stationed on Rhode Island near Quaker hill I think one month. I proferred my application for a pension under the act of May 15 1828 with the necessary documents to prove my service in Col Hitchcock’s regiment, to which I would refer. I received a discharge from this regiment - when I left it, it was on a piece of paper which contained the discharge of several others, some one of them took it & I do not know what has become of it. The testimony of such surviving witnesses as I know of relation to my service in the militia is herewith annexed\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 7\n\nJudge John Esten Jeremiah Mowry George Thayer are persons who reside in my neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 8\n\n\n\nI hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare\n\nthat my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.\n\nOthniel Young\n\nSworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open court\n\nAttest Wm. R. Watson Clerk\n\n\n\n\nWe, Jeremiah Mowry & Reuben Wallen\n\nresiding in Said County\n\nhereby certify, that we are well\n\nacquainted with Othniel Young\n\nwho has subscribed and sworn to the above\n\ndeclaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and\n\nbelieved, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we\n\nconcur in that opinion.\n\n\n\n\nJeremiah Mowry\n\nReuben Walling\n\n\n\n\nSworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open court\n\nAttest Wm. R. Watson Clerk\n\n\n\n\nAnd the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after\n\nputting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above named applicant was a\n\nRevolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to\n\nthem that Jeremiah Mowry & Reuben Wallen who have signed the preceding certificate, residents in\n\nare credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. & that no clergyman resides in the vicinity\n\nof said applicant\n\nI, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do\n\nhereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court\n\nin the matter of the application of Othniel Young\n\nfor a pension.\n\nIn testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of\n\noffice this 7th day of August in the\n\nYear 1832.\n\nWm. R. Watson\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 9\n\n\n\nApplication of Othaniel Young for pension\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 10\n\n\n\nI Lippitt Eddy, of Burrillville in the County of\n\nProvidence State of Rhode Island being duly sworn und\n\noath do testify & say that I was a soldier (?) of the\n\nrevolution & am now an applicant for a pension\n\nunder the act of June 1832. I further say that I\n\nwell knew Othaniel Young of said Burrillville\n\nhe was a soldier (?) with me in the Capt Winsor Company\n\nCol Brown's Regiment R.I. Militia in August 1777\n\nHe was stationed at Warwick R.I. & while there\n\nhe went on the Prudence Island & captured a party\n\nof British. He served [illegible] one month\n\nhis mark\n\nLippitt Eddy\n\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island &c.\n\nProvidence Co\n\nIn Burrillville this sixth day\n\nof December 1832 before me personally appeared Lippitt\n\nEddy, who is well known to me, & who being duly\n\nsworn on oath says that the above deposition by him\n\nsigned is good & true in all its parts. I further certify\n\nthat said Lippitt is a credible person & that\n\nhis statement is entitled to credit.\n\nAttest\n\nMartin S Salisbury\n\nJustice of the peace\n\n\n\n\n_Here is a record of Lippitt Eddy's military service:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n---\nfrom The Eddy family in America, a genealogy\n\n\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 11\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island & Providence Plan-\n\ntations\n\nProvidence &c. I William R Watson Clerk of\n\nthe court of Common Pleas within and for the county\n\nof Providence in said State, hereby certify that Martin\n\nS Salisbury is a Justice of the Peace within &\n\nfor the Town of Burrillville in said county & State.\n\nThat the within signature purporting to be his, is in\n\nthe proper hand writing of said Salisbury - that\n\nThe said Salisbury is duly authorised to administer\n\noaths & take depositions,\n\nIn Testimony Whereof, I hereunto\n\nset my hand and affix the seal of\n\nsaid Court at Providence this 11th\n\nday of December 1832 -\n\nWm R Watson\n\n\n\n\nApplication\n\nof\n\nOthaniel Young\n\nfor pension\n\n235611\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n23560.\n\nOthaniel Young\n\nRhode Island\n\nadditional affidavit &\n\ntestimony supplied\n\nS. Y. Atwell\n\n\n\n\nPrivate 19 mos 10 days\n\n\n\n\n63.33\n\n1.12\n\n------\n\n64.45\n\n2\n\n------\n\n128.90\n\n32.22\n\n------\n\n161.12\n\nS. Y. Atwell\n\nGloucester Rhode Island\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 13\n\n\n\nWAR DEPARTMENT,\n\nPension Office,\n\n183\n\n\n\n\nSir:\n\nThe evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has\n\nbeen examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of\n\nyour case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and\n\nthe subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,\n\nbefore a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is\n\nnecessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,\n\nyou will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when\n\nyou return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and\n\nyou will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your\n\nclaim.\n\n\n\n\nA Statement, shewing the Service of Othaniel Young\n\nProvidence Co. R. Island\n\nPeriod when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the decla-ration is sup-ported.\n---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---\n| Years. | Months. | Days. | | | | | |\nEnlist 1775 | 1 | X | | priv | Capt. Coxwell | Col. Hitchcock\nGen'l Washington | [Flat\nBush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island) | went to\nN. York | 74 years\nSmithfield\nR. Island | Traditionary\nEvidence\nand witness\nSub 1777 | | 1 | | - | Whipple | Col. Brown | Harlem | Long Island | |\nDraft 1777 | | 1 | | | Sprague | same | | Harlem |\nSub 1777 | | 1 | | | same | same | | N. Jersey |\nDraf 1777 | | 1 | | | same | same | | Providence RI |\n\" 1778 | | 1 | | | Winsor | Gen'l Cornell | | Warwick RI |\n\" 1781 | | 1 | | | Olney | Col Jenks | | Rhode Island |\n\n\n\n\nI am, respectfully,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\nJ. L. EDWARDS,\n\nCommissioner of Pensions.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 15\n\n\n\n---\nPage 16\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRev. and 1812\n\nWars Section\n\nMCS/eel\n\n\n\n\nAugust 14,1929\n\n\n\n\nHazel Blake French\n\nJarves Street\n\nSandwich, Massachusetts\n\n\n\n\nDear Madam:\n\n\n\n\nI advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary\n\nWar pension claim, S.21593, it appears that Othniel Young\n\n(pensioned as Othaniel Young) who was the son of Andrew\n\nYoung, was born January 29, 1758, in Smithfield, Providence\n\nCounty, Rhode Island.\n\n\n\n\nWhile a resident of said place he enlisted December\n\n1, 1775, and served thirteen months as private in Captain\n\nCoggeshall Olney's Company, Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Is-\n\nland Regiment; he was in the battles of Flatbush and\n\nHarlem. He enlisted in March, 1777, and served one month\n\nin Captain Stephen Whipple's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's\n\nRhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, and\n\nserved two months in Captain Joseph Sprague's Company,\n\nColonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted\n\nin August, 1777, and served about one month in Captain\n\nWinsor's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regi-\n\n\n\n\n_Hazel Elenora Blake's relationship to Othniel Young:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\nment; he aided in capturing a party of British in Prudence\n\nIsland. He enlisted in August, 1778, and served twenty\n\ndays or one month in Captain Sprague's Company, Colonel\n\nChad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in the\n\nautumn of 1781 and served one month in Captain Samuel Ol-\n\nney's Company, Colonel Jencks' Rhode Island Regiment.\n\nHe was allowed pension on his application executed\n\nAugust 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Burrill-\n\nville, Providence County, Rhode Island.\n\nThere are no further data relative to his family.\n\nThe above noted is the history of the only soldier\n\nby the name of Othniel Young that is found on the Revolu-\n\ntionary War records of this bureau.\n\nVery truly yours,\n\n\n\n\nEARL D. CHURCH\n\nCommissioner.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 18\n\n\n\nInvalid\n\n21593\n\nINVALID.\n\nFile No. 21393\n\nOthaniel Young\n\nPri. Rev War\n\nAct: June 7, '32\n\nIndex :-Vol. 2, Page 496 (?)\n\n[Arrangement of 1870.]\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 19\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_This appears to be a record of all the correspondence received and sent related to Othaniel Young's file at the War Department. - MF_\n\n_\n_\n\nApl-11-1900-Hist to\n\nS. P. Young, Providence R.I.\n\nJuly 6. 1904. Hist to\n\nI. W. Young. Vancouver, B.C.\n\n1915 July 20 Hist. to S. P. Young\n\n1922 Dec. 7 Hist to\n\nmrs. Young Briggs. aws. (?)\n\n1923 May 1 - Family data to Hon. Hazel\n\nEllis Moore for Mrs. R. C. Sarchet. M.C.S.\n\nLet & carbon incl. H. 105 of John\n\nStatesbury M.M.S.\n\n1924 Dec. 3. Hist to\n\nMiss Nellie M. Chase\n\nSee letter file (in case SIC710 WCS)\n\nOliver Chase\n\n1925 Oct. 10. Hist to\n\nMrs. J. F. Marvel\n\nwcs\n\n1926 Dec. 17 Hist to\n\nMrs. Nellie C. Davis\n\n1928 Feb. 25 Hist to\n\nJerome G. Young. wcs\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 20\n\n\n\n1929 Aug. 14. hist to Hazel\n\nBlake French wcs\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 21\n\n\n\nRev.&1812 Wars Section.\n\n\n\n\nFebruary 25, 1928.\n\n\n\n\nJerome G. Young,\n\n119 Essex Avenue,\n\nMontclair, New Jersey.\n\n\n\n\nSir:\n\n\n\n\nI advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary\n\nWar pension claim, S.21593, it appears that OTHNIEL YOUNG\n\n(mentioned as OTHANIEL YOUNG) who was the son of Andrew\n\nYoung, was born January 29, 1758, in Smithfield, Providence\n\nCounty, Rhode Island.\n\n\n\n\nWhile a resident of said place he enlisted December 1,\n\n1775, and served thirteen months as a private in Captain\n\nCoggeshall Olney's Company in Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode\n\nIsland Regiment; he was in the battles of Flatbush and Har-\n\nlem. He enlisted in March, 1777, and served one month in\n\nCaptain Stephen Whipple's Company in Colonel Chad Brown's\n\nRhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, and\n\nserved two months in Captain Joseph Sprague's Company in\n\nColonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in\n\nAugust, 1777, and served about one month in Captain Winsor's\n\nCompany in Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment; he\n\naided in capturing a party of British on Prudence Island.\n\n\n\n\n_Jerome Gardner Young's relationship to Othniel Young:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n_\n_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 22\n\n\n\nHe enlisted in August, 1778, and served twenty days or one\n\nmonth in Captain Sprague's Company in Colonel Chad Brown's\n\nRhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in the autumn of 1781\n\nand served one month in Captain Samuel Olney's Company in\n\nColonel Jencks' Rhode Island Regiment.\n\nHe was allowed pension on his application executed\n\nAugust 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Burrill-\n\nville, Providence County, Rhode Island.\n\nThere are no further data on file relative to his\n\nfamily.\n\nThe above noted is the only Othniel or Othaniel Young\n\nthat is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bu-\n\nreau.\n\nRespectfully,\n\n\n\n\nWINFIELD SCOTT,\n\nCommissioner.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 23\n\n\n\nRev. & 1812 Wars Section\n\n\n\n\nMrs. Nellie C. Davis\n\nEast Killingly\n\nConn.\n\n\n\n\nMadam:\n\n\n\n\nI have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary\n\nWar pension claim, S. 21593, it appears that OTHNIEL YOUNG (pensioned\n\nas OTHANIEL YOUNG) who was the son of Andrew Young, was born January\n\n29, 1758, in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island.\n\n\n\n\nWhile a resident of said place he enlisted December 1, 1775,\n\nand served thirteen months as a private in Captain Coggeshall\n\nOlney's Company in Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment; he was\n\nin the battles of Flatbush and Hariem. He enlisted in March, 1777,\n\nand served one month in Captain Stephen Whipple's Company in Colonel\n\nChad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, and\n\nserved two months in Captain Joseph Sprague's Company in Colonel Chad\n\nBrown's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in August, 1777, and served\n\nabout one month in Captain Winsor's Company in Colonel Chad Brown's\n\nRhode Island Regiment; he aided in capturing a party of British on\n\nPrudence Island. He enlisted in August, 1778, and served twenty days\n\nor one month in Captain Sprague's Company in Colonel Chad Brown's\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 24\n\n\n\nRhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in the autumn of 1781 and served\n\none month in Captain Samuel Olney's Company in Colonel Jencks' Rhode\n\nIsland Regiment.\n\nHe was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832,\n\nat which time he was a resident of Burrillville, Providence County,\n\nRhode Island.\n\nThere is no further data on file relative to his family.\n\nThe above noted is the only Othniel or Othaniel Young that is\n\nfound on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.\n\nRespectfully,\n\n\n\n\nWINFIELD SCOTT\n\nCommissioner\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 25\n\nMCA\n\n\n\n\nRev. & 1812 Wars Section\n\nOctober 10, 1925\n\nMrs. J. F. Marvel\n\n5 Wheldon Ave.\n\nE. Providence, R. I.\n\n\n\n\nMadam:\n\nI have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War\n\npension claim, S. 21593, it appears that OTHNIEL YOUNG (pensioned as\n\nOTHANIEL YOUNG) who was the son of Andrew Young, was born January 29,\n\n1758, in Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island.\n\nWhile a resident of said place he enlisted December 1, 1775,\n\nand served thirteen months as private in Captain Coggeshall Olney's\n\nCompany, Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment; he was in the\n\nbattles of Flatbush and Harlem. He enlisted in March, 1777, and served\n\none month in Captain Stephen Whipple's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's\n\nRhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1777, and served two months\n\nin Captain Joseph Sprague's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island\n\nRegiment. He enlisted in August, 1777, and served about one month in\n\nCaptain Winsor's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment;\n\nhe aided in capturing a party of British on Prudence Island. He en-\n\nlisted in August, 1778, and served twenty days or one month in Captain\n\nSprague's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He en-\n\nlisted in the autumn of 1781 and served one month in Captain Samuel\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 26\n\n\n\nOlney's Company, Colonel Jencks' Rhode Island Regiment.\n\nHe was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832,\n\nat which time he was a resident of Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode\n\nIsland.\n\nThere is no further data on file relative to his family.\n\nIn order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name\n\nof the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of death of\n\nthe Revolutionary War pensioner, Othaniel Young, you should apply to\n\nthe Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800\n\nE.St., N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data;\n\nOthaniel Young, Certificate 21411, issued September 19, 1833,\n\nrate $64.45 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,\n\nRhode Island Agency.\n\n\n\n\nRespectfully.\n\n\n\n\nWINFIELD SCOTT\n\nCommissioner\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 27\n\n\n\nWCA\n\n\n\n\nRev. & 1812 Wars Section\n\nDecember 4, 1924\n\nMiss Nellie M. Chase\n\nEast Killingly, Box 25\n\nConn.\n\n\n\n\nMadam:\n\n\n\n\nI have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolution-\n\nary War pension claim, S.21593, it appears that Othniel Young. (pen-\n\nsioned Othanial Young) who was the son of Andrew Young, was born\n\nJanuary 29, 1758, at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island.\n\nWhile a resident of said place he enlisted December 1, 1775,\n\nand served thirteen months as private in Captain Coggeshall Olney's\n\nCompany, Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment; he was in the\n\nbattles of Flatbush and Harlem.\n\nHe enlisted in March, 1777, and served one month in Captain\n\nStephen Whipple's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regi-\n\nment.\n\nHe enlisted in May, 1777, and served two months in Captain\n\nJoseph Sprague's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment.\n\nHe enlisted in August, 1777, and served about one month in\n\nCaptain Winsor's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment;\n\nhe aided in capturing a party of British on Prudence Island.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 28\n\n\n\nHe enlisted in August, 1778, and served twenty days or one\n\nmonth in Captain Sprague's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode\n\nIsland Regiment.\n\nHe enlisted in the autumn of 1781 and served one month in\n\nCaptain Samuel Olney's Company, Colonel Jencks' Rhode Island Regi-\n\nment.\n\nHe was allowed pension on his application executed August 7,\n\n1832, at which time he was a resident of Burrillville, Providence\n\nCounty, Rhode Island.\n\nThere is no further data on file relative to his family.\n\nIn order to obtain the date of death of the soldier, and the\n\ndate of last payment of pension and person to whom it was paid,\n\nyou should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General\n\nAccounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all\n\nof the following data:\n\nOthaniel Young, Certificate 21411, issued September 19, 1833,\n\nrate $64.45 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,\n\nRhode Island Agency.\n\n\n\n\nRespectfully,\n\n\n\n\nCommissioner\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 29\n\n\n\nJEW\n\nInv. 21593: Rev.War.\n\nJuly 7, 1904.\n\nSir:\n\nIn reply to your inquiry, you are advised that Othniel\n\nYoung, residing in Providence county, Rhode Island, applied\n\nfor pension August 7, 1832.\n\nHe stated that he was born at Smithfield, Rhode Island,\n\nJanuary 29, 1758, and there enlisted January 1, 1776, and\n\nserved one year as a private under Captain Coxwell Olney and\n\nColonel Hitchcock, participating in the battles of Long\n\nIsland and Harlem, and that he also served four months in\n\n1777, by monthly tours, under Captains Whipple, Sprague, and\n\nWinsor, and Colonel Chad Brown; one month in the fall of 1778\n\nunder Captain Winsor and Colonel Brown, and one month in the\n\nfall of 1781 under Captain Olney and Colonel Jenks.\n\nHis claim was allowed.\n\nVery respectfully,\n\nCommissioner.\n\nMr. I. W. Young,\n\nVancouver, B. C.\n\n\n\n\n_Irving Walker Young's relationship to Othniel Young:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 30\n\n\n\nREVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.\n\n3-525\n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,\n\nBUREAU OF PENSIONS.\n\nWashington, D. C.,\n\n19.\n\nS. F. 21593\n\nIn reply to your request of received\n\nfor a statement of the military history of Othaniel Young\n\na soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired\n\ninformation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-\n\nsion on file in this Bureau.\n\nDATES OF\nENLISTMENT OR\nAPPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF\nSERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.\n---|---|---|---|---\n| | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |\nDec 1, 1775 | 13 mos. | Pvt | Coggeshall Olney | Hitchcock | R.I.\n* Mch 1777 | 1 mo. | | Stephen Whipple | Chad Brown |\n1777 | 3 mos | | Joseph Sprague | \" \" |\n| | | Winsor | \" \" |\n1778 | 20 days or\n1 mo. | | Sprague | \" \" |\nAutumn 1781 | 1 mo. | | Olney | Jencks |\n* enlisted for his father Andrew Young | | | | |\n\nBattles engaged in, Flatbush, Harlem, captured a party of British on Prudence Island\n\nResidence of soldier at enlistment, Smithfield R.I.\n\nDate of application for pension, Aug 7, 1832 his il was al (?)\n\nResidence at date of application, Burrillville Providence Co. R.I.\n\nAge at date of application, b. Jan 29, 1758 at Smithfield Providence Co. R.I.\n\nRemarks: No data as to family.\n\n\n\n\nRespectfully,\n\n\n\n\nCommissioner.\n\n6-2856\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 31\n\n\n\nREVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WAR\n\nSECTION\n\nMAY 18 1929\n\nBUREAU OF PENSIONS\n\n\n\n\nHAZEL BLAKE FRENCH\n\nJARVES STREET\n\nSANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS\n\n\n\n\n_This letter was designed to this Sect._ (?)\n\n\n\n\nMay 16. 1929.\n\nComm. Dept. of the Interior\n\nBureau of Pensions\n\nWashington D.C.\n\nPlease send a copy of such records\n\nas you have in your office\n\nrelating to the military history\n\nof Othniel Young, who was my\n\ngreat grandfather.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 32\n\n\n\nVery Truly yours -\n\nHazel Blake French\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 33\n\n\n\nJEROME G. YOUNG\n\n119 ESSEX AVE.\n\nMONTCLAIR.\n\nN. J.\n\n\n\n\nFebruary 21, 1928.\n\n\n\n\nBureau of Pensions,\n\nWashington, D. C.\n\n\n\n\nGentlemen:\n\n\n\n\nWill you kindly furnish me with information\n\nconcerning Mr. Othniel Young, who served\n\nin the Revolutionary War as a private in the\n\nRhode Island Continental Army. His pension\n\nstarted, according to the records I have\n\nsearched, on March 4, 1831.\n\n\n\n\nAny information you can furnish me concern-\n\ning this man, will be greatly appreciated.\n\n\n\n\nYours very truly,\n\nJ. G. Young.\n\n\n\n\nU. S. PENSION\n\nF\n\nFEB\n\n23\n\n1928\n\nOFFICE\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 34\n\n\n\n_Box 25 _\n\n\n\n\nEast Killingly, Ct.\n\nOct. 20, 1926.\n\n\n\n\nDepartment of the Interior,\n\nRevolutionary War Dept.\n\nWashington, D. C.\n\nGentlemen:\n\nAccording to the Massachusetts\n\nrecords there was in the\n\nRevolutionary War a\n\nDavid Chase and\n\nOliver Chase Sr.\n\n\n\n\n_see [illegible] for Olney Brown_\n\n\n\n\nNeither one of these men received\n\na pension. Can you give\n\nme any information regarding\n\nthe birth of these men, their\n\nparents and who they married\n\nas I would like to know\n\nif they are the same ones in\n\nmy family.\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 35\n\n\n\nPlease also advise me\n\nif there is any Revolutionary\n\nservice for\n\nElisha Brown and or Olney Brown,\n\n\n\n\n_more inf. see mgt. for Olney Brown (?)_\n\n\n\n\nboth of whom lived in the\n\nTown of Glocester, Rhode Island, at the time\n\nof the Revolutionary War.\n\nIf either of these men were in\n\nthe service please tell me who\n\ntheir wives were.\n\n\n\n\nYours Truly,\n\nMrs. Nellie Chase Davis,\n\nEast Killingly,\n\nConn.\n\n\n\n\nP.S. Also advise me if there\n\nis any Revolutionary Service\n\nfor Othaniel Young of\n\nScituate or Glocester.\n\n\n\n\n_I was unable to determine whether Nellie Marie Chase was related to Othniel Young. _\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 36\n\n\n\n5 Wheldon Av., E. Prov. R. I.\n\nAugust 21, 1925.\n\nDepartment of the Interior\n\nBureau of Pensions\n\nWashington, D. C.\n\nGentlemen:-\n\nIs it possible for you to give\n\nme the death date of one\n\nOthnieal Young who entered a\n\npension claim Aug. 7, 1832?\n\nHe was living in Burrillville,\n\nProvidence Co. R. I. at that time.\n\nI am getting the record for mem-\n\nber ship of the D. A. R. Society.\n\nIf his wife Esther Young, outlived\n\nhim received the pension, I\n\nwould like to know the date of her\n\ndeath.\n\n\n\n\n_onr._\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 37\n\n\n\nI would also like to know\n\nthe War service of one\n\nBurton Briggs who put in\n\na claim for pension around\n\n1820. At that time he was\n\nof Sterling Connecticut.\n\nHis wife was Rulte, and (?)\n\nI think received a pension\n\nafter his death, if so would\n\nlike to know when it stopped.\n\nIn other words, wish to know\n\nvery much the date of death\n\nof both Burton Briggs and his\n\nwidow Rulte. (?)\n\nYours very truly-\n\nAbbie W. Marvel.\n\n\n\n\n_I was unable to determine where Abby Maria Wilmarth's was related to Othniel Young._\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 38\n\n\n\nAddress:\n\nMrs. J. F. Marvel, (?)\n\n5 Wheldon Ave.,\n\nE. Providence, R. I.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 39\n\n\n\n\n_177.2.E._\n\n\n\n\n242 President Avenue,\n\nProvidence R.I.\n\nNovember 7,1922\n\n\n\n\nTo the Commissioner,\n\nDepartment of the Interior,\n\nRevolutionary War Records Section,\n\nWashington, D.C.\n\n\n\n\nDear Sir:-\n\n\n\n\nI have been informed that my great grandfather, Othniel Young,\n\nwas a soldier of the Revolutionary War; that he resided in the town\n\nof Smithfield, this State, at the time of his enlistment, and that\n\nlater on he was granted a pension for services rendered during said\n\nwar.\n\n\n\n\nI write to request that you kindly send me a statement of his\n\nservices, together with any other data you may have on file relating\n\nto the battles he was engaged in, etc. Also any record relating to\n\nhis family.\n\n\n\n\nThanking you in advance for any information you may be able\n\nto give me,\n\n\n\n\nI remain,\n\n\n\n\nYours respectfully,\n\nAnne Young Briggs\n\n\n\n\n[Circular stamp: PENSION OFFICE NOV 11 1922 S.]\n\n\n\n\n_Anna Maria Young's relationship to Othniel Young:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 40\n\n\n\n_A21_\n\n_Rev-sec_\n\n\n\n\n25 Battey St.\n\nProvidence R.I.\n\nJuly 14th 1915-\n\nChief of Pension Dept.\n\nRevolution War.\n\nDear Sir.\n\nI wish you would kindly\n\ngive me whatever data you may\n\nhave in your office regarding\n\nthe services rendered by\n\nAndrew Young or his son Otheniel\n\nYoung during the Revolutionary\n\nWar, with dates of birth and\n\ndeaths and any other in-\n\nformation which you think\n\nwould be helpful to a party\n\nwho is trying to learn\n\nsomething about his ancestry.\n\nThanking you in advance\n\nfor same, I remain\n\nYours truly. S.P. Young.\n\n\n\n\n_Smith Paine Young's relationship to Othniel Young:_\n\n_\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 41\n\n\n\n\n\n\nU. S.\n\nPENSION\n\nOFFICE\n\nJUL\n\n15\n\n1915\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 42\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFORM 38. 8-14-1902. 5M.\n\nTHE WHITE PASS & YUKON ROUTE\n\n6794\n\nI. W. YOUNG,\n\nPURCHASING AGENT\n\n\n\n\nU. S.\n\nOLD WAR & NAVY\n\nJUN 13 1904\n\nFILES.\n\nP. B.\n\n\n\n\nVancouver, B. C., June 3, 1904.\n\nCommissioner of Pensions,\n\nDepartment of the Interior,\n\nO. W. & N. Division,\n\nWashington, D. C.\n\nDear Sir:-\n\nAt your convenience will you kindly give me the military\n\nhistory of Othoniel Young, of R.I. a soldier of the Revolutionary War,\n\nobliging,\n\nYours very truly,\n\nI. W. Young\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 43\n\n\n\nPENSION\n\nA\n\nU. JUN S.\n\n10\n\n1904\n\nOFFICE\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 44\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island &\n\nProvidence Co.\n\n\n\n\nIn Burrillville this twenty second day of\n\nJuly 1833 before me Samuel Y. Atwell a public notary in\n\n& for said county of Providence duly commissioned & sworn\n\n& authorized by law to administer oaths, & taken deposition\n\nprimarily appeared (?) Othaniel Young a resident of said\n\nBurrillville, who is an applicant for a pension under\n\nthe act of June 1832 & who being fine (?) - duly sworn und\n\noath says [illegible] amendment of his declarations that he\n\nserved as a private at the time mentioned in his\n\nsaid declaration, that in August 1777 he served as a private\n\nunder the command of Capt Winsor at least twenty days\n\n& was stationed at Warwick R.I. as set forth in said declaration,\n\nthat in August 1778 he served as a private in Capt Sprague's\n\nCompany at least twenty days as set forth as aforesaid, (?)\n\nthat in the Autumn of 1781 he served as a private in Capt\n\nOlneys Company one month & was stationed on Rhode Island\n\nas set forth as aforesaid\n\n\n\n\nOthniel Young\n\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island &\n\nProvidence Co. Sworn to & subscribed before me, In testimony\n\nwhereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the\n\nday & year aforesaid at said Burillville.\n\nSam Y Atwell Not. Pub\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 45\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.\n\nProvidence Sc. (?) I Dexter Randall Clerk of the\n\nCourt of Common Pleas of the\n\nCounty of Providence, do hereby certify that Samuel\n\nY. Atwell before whom the foregoing affidavit\n\nwas sworn, was at the time and now is a Public Notary\n\nwithin & for the County aforesaid; and duly authorized\n\nto administer Oaths and take depositions, and\n\nthat the signature to the within document\n\npurporting to be his is in the proper hand\n\nwriting of the said Atwell.\n\nIn Witness Whereof I hereunto\n\nSet my hand and affix the Seal\n\nof said Court at Providence\n\nThis Thirteenth day of July in\n\nyear AD 1833\n\nC. Dexter Randall Clk\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 46\n\n\n\nApplication\n\nof\n\nOthaniel Young\n\nfor pension\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 47\n\n\n\nTo the Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War U.S.A.\n\nHumbly represents\n\nOthniel Young of Burrillville\n\nin the County of Providence State of Rhode Island\n\nthat he was a Soldier of the Revolution as will appear\n\nby the annexed documents. He therefore prays that a\n\npension may be granted to him in conformity\n\nwith the provisions of an act of Congress, passed June\n\n7, 1832 & as in duty bound I,\n\n\n\n\nOthniel Young\n\nBy his Atty\n\nSam Y. Atwell\n\n\n\n\nPlease address me at Glocester R.I.\n\nS. Y. Atwell\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 48\n\n\n\n2 [illegible] Olney [illegible]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 49\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI Stephen Olney of North Providence in\n\nthe County of Providence being now in the\n\nseventy sixth year of my age on solemn oath\n\ndo testify & say that I was a Lieutenant in the\n\ncompany of Capt Coggeshall Olney & in the\n\nregiment commanded\n\nby Col Hitchcock during the campaign\n\nof 1776 - said regiment was first commanded\n\nby said Hitchcock & afterwards\n\nby Col Israel Angell. I belonged to said\n\nRegiment over eighteen months & during\n\nall the year of 1776, - said Regiment\n\nwas on the continental establishment\n\nof the Rhode Island Line -\n\nAnd I further testify that I well remember\n\nOthniel Young of Burrillville, who was\n\na private in said Company. Said Young\n\nenlisted about the first of January 1776 for\n\none year & he served out his time & was\n\nhonorably discharged. This was what was\n\ncalled the years service, & afterwards the\n\nArmy enlisted generally for three years or\n\nduring the war. In 1777 I was promoted to the\n\nCaptaincy\n\nStephen Olney\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 50\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island & Providence\n\nPlantations,\n\nProvidence sc.\n\nIn North Providence, June 2d. AD.\n\n1831, personally appeared before me Gamaliel\n\nLyman Dwight, a public Notary for the County of\n\nProvidence, duly appointed, commissioned and\n\nsworn the above named Stephen Olney, whose\n\nsignature is affixed to the proceeding deposition\n\nin his own proper handwriting, which was affixed\n\nin my presence, and made solemn oath to the\n\ntruth of the above deposition –\n\nAnd I further certify that the said Stephen\n\nis well known to me, and he is a gentleman\n\nof great respectability & standing in this Commu-\n\nnity and that full faith and credit is to\n\nbe given to his Attestations.\n\nIn testimony whereof I\n\nhave hereunto set my hand and affixed\n\nmy Notarial Seal this second day of June\n\nin the Year of Our Lord One thousand\n\nEight hundred thirty one –\n\nGamaliel Lyman Dwight.\n\nPublic Notary for the\n\nCounty of Providence in the\n\nState aforesaid –\n\n\n\n\n\n---\nPage 51\n\n\n\nState of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations\n\nProvidence Sc. I Dexter Randall Clerk of\n\nof the Court of Common Pleas\n\nof the County of Providence in said State\n\ndo hereby certify that Gamaliel L.\n\nDwight before whom the aforegoing\n\naffidavit was sworn was at the time and\n\nnow is a Public Notary within and for said\n\nCounty and duly empowered by Law to\n\nadminister oaths and take depositions;\n\nand the Signature to the aforegoing instru-\n\n-ment purporting to be his, is in the proper\n\nhand writing of the said Gamaliel L. Dwight\n\nIn witness whereof I have\n\nhereunto set my hand and\n\naffixed the Seal of said Court\n\nat Providence this Seventh\n\nday of August in the year\n\nAD 1833\n\nDexter Randall Clerk\n\n\n\n\nOriginal deposition of S. Olney, given to be used in the\n\napplication of Othniel Young for a pension under the act\n\nof 1818 & obtained by me of B. Cowell Esq. (sp?)\n\nS. Y. Atwell.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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