Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,625, for Edward Payne, Connecticut
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Conn

Payne, Edward    S3625
Paine

This soldier, married Lorina Hovey, former widow of John Brown, W. 4562
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Ohio Pittsburg Agency

Edward Paine of Geauga in the State of Ohio who was a (blank) in the ------- commanded by Captain ------ of the Regent commanded by Waterbury in the (blank) line for 2 years from 1777
Edward Payne records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh, PA at the rate of H80 dollars xx cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of January 1833 and sent to Hon. E Whittlesey, House of Representatives. 
Arrears to 4th of September 1832
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th of March 1833  $720 + $240 = $960
Rendering Claim Act, June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book D Volume 2 Page 140

Died May (strikethrough) August 28, 1841
From (blank)
See (blank from John Brown N4562 in which record is stated from tombstone of this soldier 
Also, reported by several (blank) officers
identical as reported tombstone same dates 
which is August 28, 1841, as date of death.
MHG
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The State of Ohio, Geauga County, of the seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in afor said County of Geauga now sitting Edward Payne is a resident Painesville in said County aged 86 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress (blank) June 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named official and served as herein stated as to wit-
That in the later part of April or for part of May 1775 he entered the service of the United States as an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons, Colonel Waterbury's Regiment of Connecticut Militia (a M Petkin was Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment at the same time) and served in the capacity of Ensign in said Company for the term of seven months - that he marched from his place of residence in Boston in the state of Connecticut to Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts where he arrived with his Company (blank) in May 1775 and was stationed there about six weeks - the Company  was then ordered to Hingham in said state of Massachusetts where he was stationed with the Company until the exhaustion of the term of service which was about the first of December 1775 when the whole company was
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charged at Hingham aforesaid-
That he again entered the service in June 1776
as first Lieutenant in Captain Birg's Company
in Colonel Page's Regiment in the Connecticut
line, and marched from Bolton to New Haven
in the State of Connecticut & sailed from thence
to New York where he arrived about the first
of July 1776, his company was ordered to
Govenors Island, and there stationed until
after the British army landed on Long Island.
was then ordered to cross into the City of
New York and retreated with the main
army to Harlem Heights & from thence to
White Plains. From White plains he was
detached as commandant of a Guard
to conduct a party of Tories to Peekskill
whom he committed to prison at that place
That he was absent to Peekskill at the
time of the Battle at White Plains in
which Captain Birg was mortally wounded
On his return to White Plains he assumed 
the command of the Company
and marched up to Compond where
he was stationed until the expiration of the
time of service of his company, which was
seven months from the time of enlistment
and that they were discharged late in Decr
1776 - That on leaving Govenors Island
he lost a part of his Baggage, together with
the Commissions under which he commanded
in both of the tours above set forth
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That in the year 1777 he received from the
Governor of the State of Connecticut a commission
bearing date the 21st day of March
1777 appointing him to the office of Lieutenant
of the fifth company of the alarm list in the
nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia
That he afterwards received a commission as
Captain of the same Company bearing date
the 23 day of May 1777 - both of which are
hereto attached.
That he continued to serve as Captain of
said Company under said last mentioned
Commission until the close of the Revolutionary 
War
That he was frequently called into active
since under said Commission, and
that he was at Fort Trumbull about two
months, and superintended the erection
of that Fort
That he has no documentary evidence excepting
the said Commissions, and that he knows
of no person excepting Daniel Pomeroy by whom
he can prove any part of his service-
That he resided at Bolton in the State of
Connecticut during the Revolutionary War
That he now resides at Painesville in the County
of Grange & State of Ohio & has resided there
for the space of thirty years past -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
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and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of
any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed
this 11th day of August Edward Payne
1832 in open Court
Edward Paine Jr Clerk
We Peleg P. Sandford, & Colbert Huntington
residents
of Painesville in said County of Geauga do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Edward Paine who has subscribed &
Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be eighty six years of age, that he is
reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, 
and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the
11th day of August 1832
Peleg P. Sanford
Colbert Huntington
in open Court
Edward Paine Jnr. Clerk
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 an officer of the armies of the Revolution
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them, that Peleg P. Sandford & Colbert
Huntington resident of Painesville in said County of Geauga
who signed the proceeding certificate are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit.-
Edward Paine Jnr Clerk
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I Edward Paine Jun Clerk of the Supreme Court
of the State of Ohio in and for the County of Geauga
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application 
of Edward Payne for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of Office
this 18th day of August 1832
Edward Paine Jun. Clerk
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3861
Edward Paine
Pension Declaration
Amendment
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned 
a Justice of the Peace in and for the township
of Painesville, in the County & State aforesaid General
Edward Payne 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 (actual service, in the field as Captain of
the fifth company of the 19th Regt of the alarm list of Connecticut
Militia) but according to the best of his recollection he served
not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following
grades.
For Seven months as Ensign in the Connecticut line in 1775
For Seven months as First Lieutenant in do - do in 1776
for two months & 2 days as Lieutenant of the Alarm list - 1777
for four years & about 5 months as Captain of the 5th Company 
of the Alar list of the State of Connecticut. (but
was not the whole of the time last mentioned actively in the
field but believes he was more than two years either in
actual service or in organizing & drilling his company)
and for such service I claim a pension.
Edward Paine
Sworn & Subscribed
Before me this 7th day
of December 1832.
Wm Holbrook Justice of the peace
We William M. Adams a Clergyman residing in the
town of Painesville, and Jedediah Hills (Post master) of the 
same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Gen Edward Paine who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration: that we believe him to be Eighty six years
of age (in January last). that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the
Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
William M. Adams
Jedediah Hills
Sworn and subscribed
Before me this 8th day of
December 1832.
Wm Holbrook Justice of the peace
I was not in Court at the time Gen Paine's original papers were
executed, or would have cheerfully certified. William M. Adams
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Washington December 27th 1832
I have been acquainted with Gen Edward Paine
the applicant for more than twenty years and
of his character by reputation since 1806 and
I know of the character of no man that stands
fairer for truth and veracity - & our Cap was
acquainted with him in the early settlement of the
Country
E Whittlesey
The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss
 I D. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas for said County, do hereby certify
that William Holbrook Esquire was on the
eighth day of the present month, and still is a
Justice of the peace within and for said County,
duly commissioned and sworn according to
Law, and further, that I am well acquainted 
with the hand writing of the said Justice, and
do verily believe the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are
true and genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and office
the seal of said Court, at Chardon this thirteenth day of December 
A.D. 1832 D. D. Aiken Clerk
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[All crossed out]
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
R - 26643 - LA
January 13, 1934.
Veterans Administration,
Director of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Attention: Mrs. Finch, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
In reply to your recent request for information concerning
Edward Paine, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War,
certificate #3790, Pittsburgh Agency, you are advised that 
the pensioner died August 28, 1841, in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, and left surviving Lovina Paine, widow.
The arrears of pension due the deceased pensioner at date
of death were paid to Thomas Jackson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
on October 4, 1841, as attorney for the widow.
Respectfully,
P. A. Fallon
Acting Chief, Records Division.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
October 33, 1923
Mrs. C. H. Purcell
318 West 6th St.,
Elyria, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3625 it appears
that Edward Payne (pensioned Paine) was born in
January 1746.
While a resident of Bolton, Connecticut he was
commissioned Ensign on May 1, 1775 in Captain Parson's
Company, Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and
served until December 1, 1775.
In June 1776 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant
in Captain Birge's Company, Colonel Comfort Sage's Connecticut
Regiment and served seven months.
On March 21, 1777 he was commissioned Lieutenant
of the 5th Company of the Alarm List, 19th Regiment of
Connecticut Militia and on May 23, 1777 was commissioned 
Captain of the same organization and served to the
close of the war. In 1832 he was referred to as
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"General Edward Payne".
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 11, 1832 while a resident of Painesville
, Geauga County, Ohio. He died August 28, 1841.
There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
From Agency Book
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Hon E Whittlesey A R
Dec. 27. 1832
Edward Paine
from 1777 Captain
two years
$480
Edwa
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Edward Paine which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
his seal of office?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 a _. For _ months
and _ days, I served as a _ ;and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as 
well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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3625.
Revolutionary INVALID.
File No. 3625
Edward Paine
Capt. Ct. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Edward Payne Records corrected
Mar. 29 '04
Dec 28 96 Hist to
H P Sanford
Painesville Ohio
1923 - Oct. 23 - Hist. to Mrs. C. H.
Purcell - MMNF
1929. Dec. 27. Hist to Mr. Arthur
Merrill MMNF
1933 - Dec- 8 - Wm Pratt Abbott given
information in regard to this cl.
see his letter & reply in John Brown
W 4562- MMNF
1933 Dec 13, Hist, for Arthur
Merrill, EES
1933 - Dec 15. Hist to W. P Abbott
EES
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear sir:-
Mulberry Grove, Illinois, Dec. 23rd, 19.
According to records which I have before me, my Great Grandfather,
Edward Paine, was born at Ellington, Conn, on Jan. 28th, 1746, entered the Patriot
cause in 1775 and became a Brigadier General. He died at Painesville, Ohio, Aug. 21st,
1841. I am wondering if there is any thing in the archives of the Pension
Department pertaining to my Great Grandfather's service in the patriot army, and if
so, if I may have the information with out charge for the investigation and report.
Kindly let me hear from you.
Yours very truly,
Arthur Merrill
Arthur Merrill.
DEC
26
1829
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Elyria, Ohio
Sept 10 - 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sirs:
Would like any
and all data concerning Edward
Paine who was a soldier in the
Revolution and resided in Painsville
Lake Co. Ohio in 1840 being a
pensioner at that time.
Also any and all data concerning
Eli Pember who was a
soldier in the Revolution and
who was a pensioner in 1840
living in Carlisle Township Lorain
County Ohio, at the age of 78 yrs.
thanking you in advance
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for the information, I remain
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. C. H. Purcell
318 W.6th St
Elyria
Ohio
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Painesville O. 12/2/96Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. Sir
Will
you send me a copy of the
Pension record of Capt Edward
same, who joined the Revolutionary
Army from Connecticut
my Sister grants to join the
"Daughters of the American
Revolution".
Your early response will
oblige Yours Truly
H. P. Sanford
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December 15, 1933
BA-J/EEL
John Brown - W.4562
Edward Paine-S.3625
Mr. William Pratt Abbott
Winaki Farm
Suffern, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of December 12, in which you
state you desire the record of John Brown as explained in office letter 
to you of December 8, instead of photostatic copies. The two
claims, W. 4562 and S. 3625, based upon service in the Revolutionary War
of John Brown and Edward Payne or Paine, respectively, have been
examined and the data given below obtained therefrom.
John Brown
W. 4562
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John
Brown are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted sometime in 1775, while residing in Brimfield, Massachusetts
, served as a private in Captain Parks' Company, Colonel William
Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment; was at New York when it was evacuated
by the American Army at the battles of White Plains, Trenton and Princeton 
and at the taking of Burgoyne; length of this service not shown:
he again enlisted sometime in 1778, and on November 15, 1778, received
a warrant as a 1" sergeant for eight months in Captain John Carpenter's
Massachusetts Company, and served in said company and in Colonel Ezra
Wood's Massachusetts Regiment; after the termination of this service,
he enlisted and served one year and three months; then entered the
team service; the dates of service for these last named tours and the
names of his officers are not shown. It was stated that his entire
service amounted to more than five years.
John Brown married in Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts
December 25, 1783, Lovina Lyon. He was then of Brimfield, Massachusetts
, and she of Kilbraham, Massachusetts. Their intention of mar-
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riage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Wilbraham,
as of November 22, 1783.
John Brown died in Norwich, Chenango County, New York in 1809,
then aged about fifty years.
His widow, Lovina, married in 1811, in Norwich, New York, Benjamin
Hovey, who died in 1815 or 1817, near Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
she married again about 1820 in Harbour Creek Township, Erie County,
Pennsylvania, Edward Paine, who died in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio,
August 28, 1841, aged ninety-six years. He was then referred to as
General Edward Paine; no explanation was made of the title.
Lovina Paine died in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, January 9, 1846,
aged eighty-one years.
In 1846, the following children of John Brown and Lovina Brown
(later Paine) were living: Lorin Brown, the oldest child, of Battle
Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan: Satira or Statira Clark, of Green
Springs, Sandusky County, Ohio, and later of Bellevue, Huron County
Ohio: Almira Turner, of Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan; Charles P.
Brown, of Alabama, Genesee County, New York, Henry H. Brown, aged forty-
four years, of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio and Amelia or Emilie Scott,
of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio: it was stated that the four oldest
children were born in Massachusetts and that the record of their births
was recorded on the records of the town clerk of Holland, Hampden County
, Massachusetts.
On December 29, 1846, Lorin Brown applied on behalf of himself and
his brothers and sisters for the pension which was due his mother, Lovina
Brown Paine, on account of the services of her former husband and their
father, John Brown, War of the Revolution. The claim was allowed.
It was stated that soldier's brother, Jonathan Brown, served with
him in the team service; no particulars of Jonathan's service are given.
In 1847, one Henry Brown was clerk of the court of Huron County,
Ohio; no relationship to the family was shown.
In 1848, Lydia Phelps, the daughter of Edward Paine, resided in
Painesville, Ohio.
There are no further family data.
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Edward Payne
S. 3625
Edward Payne (as he signed pensioned Paine) was born in January,
1746; the place of his birth and the names of his parents are not
shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While a resident of Bolton, Connecticut, he was commissioned
May 1, 1775, ensign in Captain Parsons' Company, Colonel Waterbury's
Connecticut Regiment, and served until December 1, 1775; in June, 1776,
he was commissioned 1" lieutenant in Captain Birge's Company, Colonel
Comfort Sage's Connecticut Regiment and served seven months, on March
21, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of the 5" Company of the
Alarm List, 19 " Regiment of Connecticut Militia, and on May 23, 1777,
was commissioned captain of the same organization and served to the
close of the war. In 1832, he was referred to as "General" Edward Paine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 11, 1832,
while a resident of Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio.
He died August 28, 1841.
In 1832, one Edward Paine was clerk of the court for Geauga
County, Ohio: no relationship to the soldier was shown and there are
no further family data in this claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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BA-J/WWRF/eel
Mr. Arthur Merrill
Mulberry Grove
Illinois
Dear Sir:
In a recent search of the Revolutionary War records, it is noted
that on December 27, 1929, the record of Edward Payne or Paine, S.3625,
was furnished you.
A claim for pension, W. 4562, has been found based upon service
of one John Brown, in which it is shown that said John Brown's widow,
Lovina, married the above named Edward Payne. It is believed that
this additional data will be helpful to you and it is furnished you
herewith. The Payne claim has been re-examined also, and both records
furnished.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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BA-J/EEL
Edward Payne S.3625
John Brown W.4262
Mr. Arthur Merrill
Mulberry Grove
Illinois
Dear Sir:
Edward Payne (as he signed pensioned Paine) was born in January,
1746, place not shown.
While a resident of Bolton, Connecticut, he was commissioned
May 1, 1775, ensign, in Captain Parson's Company, Colonel Waterbury's
Connecticut Regiment, and served until December 1, 1775; in June, 1776,
he was commissioned 1" lieutenant in Captain Birge's Company, Colonel
Comfort Sage's Connecticut Regiment and served seven months, on March
21, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of the 5 " Company of the
Alarm List, 19 " Regiment of Connecticut Militia, and on May 23, 1777,
was commissioned captain of the same organization and served to the
close of the war. In 1832, he was referred to as "General" Edward
Paine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 11,
1832, while a resident of Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio.
He died August 28, 1841.
In 1832, one Edward Paine was clerk of the court for Geauga
County, Ohio; no relationship to the soldier was shown and there are
no further family data in this next time claim
John Brown
W. 4562
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John
Brown are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted sometime in 1775, while residing in Brimfield, Massachusetts
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chusetts, served as a private in Captain Parks' Company, Colonel William
Shepard's Massachusetts Regiment; was at New York, when it was evacuated
by the American Army at the battles of White Plains, Trenton and Princeton 
and at the taking of Burgoyne; length of this service not shown.
he again enlisted sometime in 1778, and on November 15, 1778, received
a warrant as 1" sergeant for eight months in Captain John Carpenter's
Massachusetts Company, and served in said Company and in Colonel Ezra
Wood's Massachusetts Regiment: after the termination of this service,
he enlisted and served one year and three months; then entered the
team service; the dates of service for these last named tours and the
names of his officers are not shown. It was stated that his entire
service amounted to more than five years.
John Brown married in Wilbraham, Hampden County, Massachusetts,
December 25, 1783, Lovina Lyon. He was then of Brimfield, Massachusetts
, and she of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Their intention of marriage
was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Wilbraham,
as of November 22, 1783.
John Brown died in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, in 1809,
then aged about fifty years.
His widow, Lovina, married in 1811, in Norwich, New York, Benjamin
Hovey, who died in 1815 or 1817, near Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania;
she married again about 1820 in Harbour Creek Township, Erie County,
Pennsylvania, Edward Paine, who died in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio,
August 28, 1841, aged ninety-six years. He was then referred to as
General Edward Paine; no explanation was made for the title.
Lovina Paine died in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, January 9, 1846,
aged eighty - one years.
In 1846, the following children of John Brown and Lovina Brown (later
Paine) were livings Lorin Brown, the oldest child, of Battle Creek,
Calhoun County, Michigan: Satira or Statira Clark, of Green Springs,
Sandusky County, Ohio, and later of Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio:
Almira Turner, of Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan: Charles P. Brown,
of Alabama, Genesee County, New York, Henry H. Brown, aged forty-four
years, of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio; and Amelia or Emelie Scott,
of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio: It was stated that the four oldest
children were born in Massachusetts, and that the record of their
births was recorded on the records of the town clerk of Holland,
Hampden County, Massachusetts
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On December 29, 1846, Lorin Brown applied on behalf of himself
and his brothers and sisters for the pension which was due his mother
Lavina Brown Paine, on account of the services of her former husband
and their father, John Brown, War of the Revolution. The claim was
allowed.
It was stated that soldier's brother, Jonathan Brown, served with
him in the team service; no particulars of Jonathan's service are given.
In 1847, one Henry Brown was clerk of the court of Huron County,
Ohio; no relationship to the family was shown.
In 1848, Lydia Phelps, the daughter of Edward Paine, resided in
Painesville, Ohio.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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MISHEHAY-MMHF/HMM
December 27, 1929.
Mr. Arthur Merrill
Mulberry Grove
Illinois.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim S. 3625, it appears that Edward Payne (pensioned Paine)
was born in January 1740.
While a resident of Bolton, Connecticut, he was commissioned
Ensign on May 1, 1775 in Captain Parson's Company, Colonel Waterbury's
Connecticut Regiment and served until December 1, 1775.
In June 1776 he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in Captain
Birge's Company, Colonel Comfort Sage's Connecticut Regiment and
served seven months.
On March 21, 1777 he was commissioned Lieutenant of the 5th
Company of the Alarm List, 19th Regiment of Connecticut Militia,
and on May 23, 1777 was commissioned Captain of the same organization
and served to the close of the war. In 1832 he was referred to as " General Edward Payne".
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
11, 1832 while a resident of Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio.
August
He died August 28, 1841.
There are no family data on file
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Daniel Pomeroy
affidavit
Edward Paines
Case
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The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss  I Daniel Pomeroy of Thompson
in the County of Geauga & State aforesaid
being duly sworn, do on my said oath depose & say that
in June 1776 I enlisted at Hebron in the County of Hartford
in the State of Connecticut in a company commanded
by Capt James Clark in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Comfort Sage and marched with said Company
to New York, where the company arrived in the month of
July, and continued to serve in said Regiment untill
late in December of the same year when the Regiment
was discharged at Grumpond. And further that I
have many years been acquainted with Edward Payne
now of Painesville in said County of Geauga. That the
said Edward Payne was a Lieutenant in Colonel
Sage, Regiment during the whole tour above named, but
do not recollect distinctly what company he belonged to
but believe it was the one commanded by Capt. Berge.
and that I frequently saw him on duty in the
service.
Daniel Pomery
The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss I certify that on the 14th day of August
A.D. 1832 Daniel Pomeroy the signer of
the above Deposition personally appeared before me and made
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solemn oath that the facts contained in the foregoing Deposition
are true. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with
the said Daniel Pomeroy and believe he is a credible
person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Before me Austin Canfield Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss, I Edward Paine Jur Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in and forsaid
County of Geauga do hereby certify that Austin
Canfield Esquire before whom the above oath
appears to have been taken, was a Justice of the
Peace in & for said County, and that full faith is
due to his official acts as such. And further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting 
of the said Justice, and believe the above
Signature purporting to be his is true and genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court the
18th day of August 1832.
Edward Paine Jur. Clerk
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Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire,
Captain General and Commander in Chief of the State of Connecticut,
in America.
To Edward Payne Gentleman GREETING.
You being, by the Governor and Council of Safety, accepted and appointed to be Lieutenant of the 5th Company of
the Alarm List in the 19th Regiment of Militia in said State; reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and
Good Conduct, I DO, by virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Payne
to be Lieut of said Company: You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant
in leading, ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good order, and see that they
are armed and equipped according to law, for military Service; hereby commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant
and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of this State,
for the Time being, or other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of the State aforesaid,
pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you. 
Given under my Hand and Seal, AT ARMS, at Lebanon the 21st
Day of March Anno Domini, 1777
Jonathan Trumbull
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE,
Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of the State of CONNECTICUT, 
in AMERICA
To Edward Payne Gent. GREETING.
You being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Captain of the
fifth Company of the Alarm List in the 19th Regiment in this State
Reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, courage, and good
conduct, I do, by virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and
empower you to take the said Company
your Care and charge, as their Captain carefully and diligently to
discharge that Trust; exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of the
Arms, according to the Discipline of War; keeping them in good order and Governmen
and commanding them to obey you as their Captain
for the Service of the
State. And you are to observe all such Orders and Directions, as from Time to Time
you shall receive, [illegible] other your superior Officer [illegible]
Trust hereby reposed in you. 
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of this State, in Hartford the 28th
Day of May Anno Domini 1777
Jon Trumbull
By his Excellency's Command,
George Wyllys Secr'y