Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,040, for Stephen Payn, Connecticut
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Service
Conn
Conn Sea Service

Payn or Payne, Stephen
S41040
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1858 from 4 March to the 25th Aug 1839. the day of his death.  Again Modified 4 Sep 1840  |

Vermont
17609
Stephen Payne, 2 of Grand-Isle Co in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel A. Ward, of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year. 1776

Inscribed on the the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1875 and sent to the applicant of Grand-Isle, Vermont.

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1820 $178.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820  48
22 mos. 7/30 & 4/31 $226.90

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818. }

Continued
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[left column]
Dead 
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 March to the 25th Aug 1839.
the day of his death. Agent
Notified 4 Sep 1840

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Vermont.
17.609
Stephen Payne, R
of Grand Isle Co in the State of Vermont,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel A. Ward of the Connecticut
line, for the term of one year 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 24th April, 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July, 1826
and sent to the applicant at
Grand Isle, Vermont.

Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $178.90
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1820 48
 $226.90
22 mo 7/30
& 4/31  

{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued

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Certificate sent Nov 14 1820
[illegible] Payne Grand Isle PO Vt
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Stephen Payn
17609
Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration & Oath 
Pension Roll 
Sept Vol 20
Vermont Agency
Certificate No. 17609
Grand Isle Co Court
Sept. Term 1820
Filed in open Court
Sept. 30th 1820
Jedidiah Hyde Jr. 
Clerk

Cong

Communications will please to be directed to Clerk of Grand Isle County
Grand Isle Post Office
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Revolutionary Claim under Act of Congress
May 1st 1820

District of Vermont
Grand Isle Count ss} On this thirtieth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the County Court for the County of Grand Isle and a Court of Record for said County in the State of Vermont Stephen Payne of North Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State aforeseaid aged Sity one years resident in North Hero in said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
That he inlisted [sic] as a soldier in Capt. James Stedmans company in Colonel Andrew Wards regiment of Connecticut.  Troops in the  Continental Service on or about the first day of May 1776 for the Term of one year and that he served faithfully as a soldier in said corps until the 3rd day of May 1777 when he was honorably discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey and that he was in several skimishes in and near Brunswick and Piscataway in said State.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not sine that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to probide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 181; and thtat I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me nor have I any income other than wat is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me Subscribed, to wit one Table $1.50 one Iron Pott $1.00, 1 Dish Kettle $1.00 on eBake Kettle $1.00, one spider .50 cents, Shovel and Tongs $1.00, on ehog $4.50, one pine chest $1.00 and one old log house $20.00 amounting in all to Thirty one dollars & fifty cents
And I do further state that I am by occupation a day labourere having no land and that my family consists of a wife aged fifty one years and that my age and infirmity is such that I stand in need of my country for support.  And that my original declara
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tion was dated on the 24th day of April 1818, and that the number of my certificate is 17.609 of the Vermont agency  Stephen Payn

Sworn to and declared in open court on the 30th day of September AD 1820 before Lewis Lowles Judge

District of Vermont
Grand Isle Count ss}
[SEAL]
I Jedidiah Hyde Jun. Clerk of Grand Ise [sic] County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Thirty one dollars & fifty cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of September One thousand Eight hundred and twenty
Jedidiah Hyde Jun. Clerk the County Court in Grand Isle County District of Vermont 
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss}
On this 24th day of March 1820 before me the subscriber on of the Judges of the County Court within and for the county of Grand Isle, personally appeared Stephen Pain aged Sixty one years, residing in the Town of North Hero in the County Grand Isle and state of Vermont, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War, that he the said Stephen Pain at Lebanon in the state of Connecticut in the month of June in the year 1776 enlisted as a soldier under Lenas Hows Sergeant in Capt. James Stedmans company and Colonel Andrew Ward Regiment for the term of one year from the Month of May 1776 in the United States service as it was then called and that he the said Pain did join his regiment and did his duty as a good soldier for the Term aforesaid and that he was in the battel at Trenton in the State of New Jersey and that he was at the expiration of his term of service honorable discharged, but whether by writing or parole is not now able to say as he can find no discharge among his old papers, after which time of services he the deponent says he served his country on board the Ship Oliver Cromwell and other vessels fitted out as privateers, until he was taken prisoner and carried into New York and that he is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power (except the enclosed depositions of Lenas Howes & Rosewell Bill) of his said services.
Stephen Payn
Sworn, declared, and subscribed on the day and the date aforesaid before me} Joel Allen Judge
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I Joel Allen Judge as [illegible] certify that the within named Stepehn Pain is an inhabitant of North Hero living within my knowledge and that I think him a fit subject of his country's bounty if poverty has any claims as he has not to my knowledge either homes or land goods or chattles to the amount of Twenty dollars
Joel Allen Judge

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County Clerks Office} I Jedidiah Hyde Jr. Clerk of the County Court within and for the county of Grand Isle do certify that Joel Allen signer of the above certificate and this afore [covered] Deposition of Stephen Payn is one of the Judges of the County Court within and for the county of Grand Isle and that it is his own proper signature and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such and that the said Court have no other than the common seal which is attached to this certificate.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand affixed the seal of said court Dated at Grand Isle in the County of Grand Isle this 24th day of March AD 1820
Jedidiah Hyde Jr. County Clerk
State of Vermont Grand Isle County Notary Public Office
Personally appeared before me Jedidiah Hyde Junr. Notary Public the within named Stephen Payn and made solemn oath that he made due application for the benefits of the afsd. act on the 24th day of April AD 1818 and had his credentials certified by and forwarded on by Benj'n Adams then and still Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Grand Isle from which he has had no return -Given under my hand & seal of office at Grand Isle this 24th day of March AD 1820 Jedidiah Hyde Jr. Notary Public
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss} I Benjamin Adams first Judge of the County Court within and for the county of Grand Isle do certify that the aforesaid and within named Stephen Payne made due application for the benefits of the aforesaid Act in behoof of Revolutionary soldiers [illegible] and on oath made his declarations before me as Judge of the afod. court on the 24th day of May AD 1818 and had his credentials certified and forwarded on to the Secretary of War by me.
Benjn. Adams
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Rev. War Section.

September 30, 1923.

Mrs. H.N. Weller,
814 Sout Str., 
Avoca, Penn.

Madam;
I have to advise you taht from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41040, it appears that Stephen Payn or Payne enlisted at Lebanon, Connecticut, May 14, 1776m and served as a private one year in Captain James Stedman's company, Colonel Andrew Ward's regiment, Connecticut troops, and was in the battle of Trenton.
Afterwards he served on board the ship "Oliver Cromwell" and other vessels, fitted out as privateers, until he was taken prisoner and carried to New York, no details nor dates stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818 while a resident of North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, aged fifty nine years.


By advice of Miss Wilson
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In 1820, his wife was fifty one years of age, children are referred to but no names are stated of wife or children.
Soldier died August 25, 1839. There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, 
August 22nd, 1840.

Sir:  
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The childn of Stephen Payne, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 25th August 1869, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Stephen Payne
Depositions of Nathan Hitchins & Reuben Clap
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Grand Isle County Ss}
North Hero March 20th, 1820
The Deposition of Nathan Hutchins of North Hero in the County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont is as follows namely
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Stephen Payne
Depositionso f
Nathan Hitchins &
Reuben Clap

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County Clerks Office
I, Jedidiah Hyde Junr. Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Grand Isle do certify that Lyman Brunson before whom the within depositions were taken is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Grand Isle duly qualified and that the within is his signature and that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such and that the said court have no other than the common seal which is attached to this certificate.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this county this 24th day of March AD 1820 at Grand Isle in the County of Grand Isle affd.
Jedidiah Hyde Junr. Clerk of the Grand Isle C. Court
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Stephen Payn, applicant
Depositions of 
Lenas Howes &
Rozzel Bill
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I Roswell Bill of Hampton in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do testify and say that in the years 1776 and 1777 I was a Soldier in the United States Service in the Company under the command of Capt James Stedman in the Regiment Conmmanded by Col. Andrew Ward and that I was then well acquainted with Stephen Payne then of Lebanon in S. Windham County now of Vermont who was then a solider in the same Company with me and that he served as such for the term of one year and that he was Honorably Discharged from Said Service and further the Deponent Saith not  Rozzel Bill

State of Connecticut 
Windham Count ss} Windham February 18th 1820
Personally appeared Capt. Roswell Bill and made sollom [sic] oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth --
Before me John Baldwin Justice Peace

State of Connecticut & County of Windham
I hereby certify that John Baldwin Esquire  before whom the foregoing Depositions are taken, and the Subscriber to the foregoing affidavits is a Justice of the Peace [illegible] County of Windham duly Authorized and that [illegible] Depositions and afidavits are in due and [illegible] that full faith and credit are due to them as Such In testimony whereof I have hereto Set my hand and offical Seal as notary Public for the County of Windham State - 
Samuel Perkins Notary Public Wnd County
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The Depostion of Lenas Howes of Windham in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut is as follows viz, I the said Lenas Howes do testify and say that I was in the month of June 1776 a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt James Stedman and a Regiment under the command of Col Andre Ward and that  in the said Month of June I enlisted Stephen Payne then of Lebanon in the sd County of Windham now of the State of Vermont for the the term of one year from the 14th of May AD 1776 to serve in the United States Servis [sic] and that I the sd Deponent served in said Servis [sic] for one year and that I know that the said Payne Served his time out and that he was Honorably & regularly Discharged from said Servis [sic] and further the Deponent Saith not
Lenas Howes

State of Connecticut Windham County
Windham February 18th AD 1820 
Personally appeared Maj'r Lenas Howes Signer of the foregoing Deposition and made Solemn oath that the same contained the truth and whole truth & nothing but the truth
Before me John Baldwin Justice Peace
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O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.
_______ 189_.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is
requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
Wm Lockren
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Stephen Payne
Place of residence before service:
Connecticut
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Fremont
Date of death (as near as possible):
In 1818 headed as a
Christian name of widow: 
----
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He Received a Pension
Remarks: He is of record on Vermont Pension Roll as of Conne Desire to know Wherefrom? Name of wife were hiched?
Your name and address;
Morton. N. Martney
12 South River St
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
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Please give me as much information as possible that I may determine which has Stephen Pine to distinguish him from the several who served in [illegible] & what part of [illegible] he was from
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41040
INVALID.
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Revy
File No.
[illegible]
Stephen Payne
Per Co No
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 8 Page 282
Arrangement of 1870.]

Jany 25"99.
Mrs. W. H. McCarty
Wilkesbarre, Pa.

1914 June 26 Hist to
Wm L. Payne V.L.U.
1923-Sept. 20 - Hist to
Mrs. H.N. Weller C. [illegible]
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WM. T. PAYNE
Attorney and Counselor at Law
155 No Clark Street
Suite 12 Ashland Block 801
CHICAGO
Telephones Randolph 1201
Auto 43-359
Chicago, June 22nd, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me the record of Stephen Payne,
a pensioner of the Revolutionary war, who served in the Connecticut
Continental line and who was placed on the pension roll,
July 4th 1820 with pension commencing April 24th 1818. He lived
at Grand Isle County, Vermont for many years and received his
pension in said county,

I am very anxious to get his military record as
shown by the papers on file and would thank you if you could
furnish same to me with complete details from the original
papers on file.

Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours truly,
W T Payne

WTP-F
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MRS. H. N. WELLER
614 SOUTH ST.
AVOCA, PENNA.

Avoca, Pa.,
Aug. 4, 1923
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C 
Dear Sirs -
Four or five months ago I wrote to your department asking if you had any pension record of Seth or Stephen Payne who saw service in the Revolutionary War, also of Philemon Payne in the War of 1812.
Seth and Stephen Payne both served in Capt Clark's company from Lebanon, Conn in the
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Lexington Alarm.
Seth Payne also in Capt Vaughn's Independent Company of Volunteers from Lebanon
Stephen Payne served in Independent Company from Lebanon in 12th regiment also a marine on "Oliver Cromwell" from Feb. to Sept. 1778.
I would like to get dates of birth death and names of family as I am tracing my ancestry for the purpose of becoming a member of D.A.R. if eligible. If there is any record of these men would be very glad to know what it is.
Respectfully yours
Mrs. H.N. Weller

[stamped:]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
AUG 6 1923
SECTION
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.      3-525
                                                                      _______________
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                                     BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                              Washington, D. C.,.................., 19.....

[?] G. 41040
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     In reply to your request of ____________, received ______________
for a statement of the military history of Stephen Payne or Tayne.
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 14, 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 year

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
            CAPTAIN                           COLONEL.
        James Stedman                  Andrew Ward

STATE
Conn.

Also served on the Oliver Cromwell and other vessels Conn Sea Service
until he was taken prisoner and carried to New York.
No dates or other data as to Sea Service.
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Battles engaged in, Trenton

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon, Conn.

Date of application for pension,  Feb. 24, 1820   His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, North Hero Grand Isle Co. Vt

Age at date of application, 61 years.  Died Aug. 25, 1839

    Remarks:  In 1820 his wife was 51 years of age, Children
are referred to but no names are stated of wife or
children.

                  Respectfully,  

                                                                  Commissioner.

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