Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11670, Payn Wait, R.I.
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SERVICE
  R.I.

Wait, Payn

NUMBER
   S.11670



carded
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20.821

New  York
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Payn Wait
of Madison in the State of New York
who was  a private in the Group commanded 
by Captain Jones of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Dyer in the Rh. Island line for full term.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct. 
1833 and  sent to J. Clarke   Bookfield
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833           $200
Semi-anl. allowance ending [?] '26.         40
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                                                               $240
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

REcorded by Cole Stiles, Clerk
Book [?6]   Vol. 4     Page 10




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Letter to J. Clarke 26 June 1839.
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[Note: due to the washed-out condition of this page, many of the words were very hard to decipher or read  at all.  I've done my best, but I cannot guarantee total accuracy.)

State of New York}
County of Madison} 

On this 9th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the [? judges] of the court of common pleas of the county of  Madison now [? sitting] Payn Wait a resident of Brookfield County of Madison and state of New York aged eighty five 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 act of Congress [?] June 7th 1832. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, Col. David [?]
Stated that he lived in Richmondtown county of Washington and state of Rhode Island.
During the whole time of the revolutionary war that he was a drafter [or drifter?] in Richmondtown [?] [?]
in the militia under Capt Turner [?] Clark [?] in the month of February 1776 and continued in the service of the unit stated until August following and was discharged at Point Judah [?] in the State of Rhode Island
after serving six months was part of the time at  Point Judah [?] part of the time at Boston [?] in guarding  the shores. Col Ray Sands commanded the regiment 
had no engagement with the British and there was no Continental troops stationed at that place 
that in November 1776 he was drafted at Richmondtown to serve Kingston to Boston[?] - in guarding the shores our continued in the service as near as he can recollect about five months and was discharged in a company commanded by Capt Thomas Jones in a regiment commanded by Col Ray Sands
was discharged in April 1777 as near as he can recollect that in the summer he was drafted into the service of the United State at Richmondtown of [?] under Captain  Richard Bailey in a regiment commanded by
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Col Charles Dyer was at Warren Tiverton crossed on to the Island of Rhode Island was in Spencers expedition was at Providence was in [crossed out: illegible] actual service about four months was discharged at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island had no general engagement with the enemy-- does not recollect the names of the continental officers except General Spencer, that in the [crossed out: year 1778] the year 1778 in the fore part of the service he was drafted in the town of Richmond town aforesaid to guard the shore from Boston Neck to East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island in August following he was at Tiverton crossed on to the Island at Howlands Ferry was in the engagement or Rhode Island in Sulivans expedition  - continued in the service that summer and fall about five months [crossed out: illegible] that captain Richard Bailey Commanded the company and the Regiment was commanded by Major Thomas Potter that in the year 1779 he was drafted in Richmond town in the spring of the you went to Boston neck to East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island was in actual service about three months and was discharged after serving about three months but the day be cannot recollect under Capt Richard Bailey Col Thomas Potter that in the year 1780 he was drafted at Richmond town aforesaid under Capt Richard Bailey and Col Thomas Potter marched from Richmond town crossed the Bay to
 Warren went on to Rhode Island and continued in actual service about three months and was discharged on Rhode Island in the fall of the year but the exact time he cannot recollect
and the interrogatories here put to formerly by the court he says that he was born in Tiverton County at New Port State of Rhode Island the 23d day of December 1745 & that he has no record of his age
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3 that he was living in Richmondtown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island when called into the service, and lived there until about thirty years past he then moved into Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where he now lives and has lived for the last thirty years 
4 he was drafted or ordered into the service owing time 5 does not recolect as this was any continental troops stationed with him except Gen Spencer in 1777 and in Sullivans expedition 1778 Genl Lay Fayette and Sullivan were present at that time 
Does not recolect as he ever had a written discharge 
Patten Fitch and Thomas Griffin can testify as to his character for their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure except Thomas W. Kingyon whose affidavit accompanies his declaration who can testify to his service.

he hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state That he was not employed in any [illegible] [illegible]
Payne Wait his mark X
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court the 9th day of October 1832 before me A. S. Sloan Clk
We Patten Fitch and Thomas Griffin residents in the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York hereby certify that we are well aquainted with Payn Wait who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Thomas Griffin
Patten Fitch
sworn and subscribed in open Court this 9th day of October 1832 before me
A.S. Sloan Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Patten fitch and Thomas Griffin and are residents of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York and that they are credible persons and and that their statements are intitled to credit.
A. S. Sloan Clerk for the Court of common pleas of the county of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Payn Wait for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th Day of October 1832
 A.S. Sloan Clk
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State of New York County of Madison ss 
Personally appeared before me Joseph Clark one of the Justices of the peace of the town of Brookfield County and State aforesaid Thomas W Kinyon of the town of Plainfield County of Otsego and State aforesaid and being duly sworn says that he was a Lieutenant and Ensign in the time of the Revolutionary War in the Militia and lived in the town of Richmond town then County of Kings but now County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and was knowing to Pain Wait being in the Army from the month of of February 1776 until August the same year making six months as near as this deponent can recollect and that this deponent was in the army with the said Wait in the same company which was commanded by Capt Simeon Clark in a Regiment commanded by Col Ray Lands
That in the year 1776 in the month of November this deponent and the said Pain Wait was ordered out in the service and marched from South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island to Boston neck and was in the army four or five months as near as this deponant can recolect in a Regiment commanded by Col Ray Lands- that in the year 1777 this deponent in company with the said pain Wait was called into actual service in Spencers expedition against the British army on Rhode Island and this deponent and the said Pain Wait was in actual service about four months as near as this deponent can recollect in a company command by Capt Richard Bailey in a Regiment commanded by Col Charles Dyer - That in the year 1778 this deponant in company with the said Pain Wait was called into actual service to guard the shore from Boston neck to East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island at several times in all as near as this deponant can recolect with one tower on Rhode Island which was in August of said year to the full length of five months in Sullivans expedition
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and that in the year 1779 this deponent was in actual Service with the said Pain Wait at several times in guarding the shore from Boston creek to Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island about three month in all and that in the year 1780 this deponent in company with the said Pain Wait joined the Army and went on to the Island of Rhode Island after the evacuation of the British and continue in actual service three months under the command of Col Thomas Potter and that in the year 1781 this deponant was in actual service on the Island of Rhode Island as a Lieutenant and that this deponent thinks the said Pain Wait was in the service that year but cannot say with certainty and further saith not 
Thomas Kinyon
Sworn to and subscribed July 5th 1832 
before me Joseph Clark Justice Peace 
I hereby certify that I have been aquainted with the said Thomas W Kinyon for more than fifteen years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Joseph Clark Justice of the peace 
State of New York County of Madison} I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that Joseph Clark before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acq[uaint]ed with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October 1832 A.S. Sloan Clk
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State of New York}
County of Madison} 

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of Madison County Court Payn Wait of Broomfield Country of Madison and state of New York who being duly sworn & further [?] saith that by reason of old age and [?] consequent lack of memory he cannot swear [? furtively] as to the precise length of his services but [?] to the history of his
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State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office} ss . I, Andrew & Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that Joseph Clark before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the within Certificate, was, at the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature 
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 26th day of June 1833- A.S. Sloan Clk

[right hand sideways] Payn Wait
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19914
Payn Wait
N.Y.

C All

Admitted
Private 2 years

Joseph Clarke
Brookfield
Madison Co
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
20th May 1833- 
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Payn Wait Madison Co N.Y.

Period when the rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days. | 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 declaration is supported.

Drafted Feby ‘76| [blank] | 6 | [blank] | Pv | Cap Ray Lands | [blank] | [blank] | R.I. | 86 Washington Co R.I. | Trad’y & witnesses who swear to the different tours
“ Nov. ’76 | about | 5 | [blank] | “ Jones | Col Ray Lands | [blank] | 
“ Summer 77 | about | 4 | [blank] | ----- | “ Dyer | [blank] | 
“ “ ’78 | about | 5 | [blank] | Cap Bailey | [blank] | 
“ --- ’79 | about | 3 | [blank] | “ “ | Col Patten |
“ ----’80 | about | 3 | [blank] | “” | “ “ |

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the [illegible] of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ,who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a [illegible] to throw light up the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his de[claration] and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which [illegible] be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the [period] of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of this
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and----days, I served as---- . For----months and ----days, I served as a---- ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civilpursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note (i) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W L Williams Ct Clk
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October 7, 1938.
Mrs. H. J. Thoesen 
Canon Park 
Boulder, Colorado.
BA-J/ILL
Payn Wait
S. 11670
Dear Madam: 
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 11670, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Payn Wait.
Payn Wait was born December 23, 1745, in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island; the names of his parents are not shown. 
While a resident of “Richmond town", Kings' County (later Washington County, Rhode Island, Payn Wait enlisted and served as a private in the Rhode Island troops, given as follow: from February 1776, six months in Captain Simeon Clark's company, Colonel Ray Sands' regiment, during which he was engaged in guarding the sea coast; from November 1776, four or five months in Captain Thomas James’ company, Colonel Ray Sands' regiment; in the summer of 1777, four months in Captain Richard Bailey's company, Colonel Charles Dyer's regiment; from early in the summer of 1778, in Captain Richard Bailey's company, under Major Thomas Potter, at first on the sea coast and later, in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island and was in the battle of Rhode Island, in all five months; in 1779, three months and in 1780, three months, all in Captain Richard Bailey's company, Colonel Thomas Potter's regiment. 
The soldier lived in Washington County, Rhode Island, until about 1802, then moved to Brookfield, Madison County, New York. 
Payn Wait was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he resided in Brookfield, New York. He made no reference to wife or children. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name
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of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 
Payn Wait 
Certificate #20821 
Issued October 5, 1833 
Rate $80 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1832 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator. 
2.
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11670
INVALID.
Revolutionary

File No. 11,670
Payn Wait
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 394

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1917 Oct. 27 Hist to Eunice S Hosmes
1938 - Oct. 7 - Hist to Mrs H.J. Thoesen - See letter in Rev I. Thomas Barnum.
R 550-JLL
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Rev Sec
Minneapolis Minn H
Oct 22nd 1917
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Information
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen-- I have been directed
to your department to get information
regarding Pain Wait, a pensioned
soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Information regarding his services
as a soldier, his wife, family
and any dates you may have
of his birth, marriage, death will be
much appreciated by his
descendents, who have lost the
records
Very respectfully
Eunice Storer Hosmer
131 - East 37th St
Minneapolis
Minn
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October 7, 1938.
BA-J/ILL
Thomas Barnum – see letter
R. 550
Payn Wait
S. 11670
Mrs. H. J. Thoesen 
Canon Park 
Boulder, Colorado. 
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Barnum, a pensioner of Vermont, Payne Wait, a pensioner of Madison County, New York, and Gardner Wait, of Rhode Island or Vermont, who died in 1846. 
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The records of Thomas Barnum and Payn wait are furnished you herewith. Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.    3 – 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
S. F. 11670 BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., 19
In reply to your request of ___received ___a statement of the military history of Payn Wait a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau.
 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.

Feby 1776 | 6 mos. | Pvt. | Simeon Clark | Ray Sands | R.I.
Nov. 1776 | 4 or 5 mos | [blank] | Thomas James | Ray Sands | 
Summer 1777 | 4 mos | [blank] | Richard Bailey | Charles Dyer | 
Summer 1778 | 5 mos. | [blank] | guarding shores 
1779 | 3 mos. | [blank] | Richard Bailey | Thomas Potter |
1780 | 3 mos. | [blank] |Richard Bailey | Thomas Potter |

Battles engaged in, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Richmond, Washington Co. R.I.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9. 1832 – His cl. al.
Residence at date of application Brookfield, Madison County. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Dec 23 1745 at Tiverton R.I.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully, Commissioner.