Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35378, John Waid, Conn.

SERVICE
Waid, John
NUMBER
S. 35378
Conn
CONTENTS
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368 368 Connecticut Roll
John Waid Capt Jewett Private
Connecticut line. 14 yrs. 6 mos. 15 days In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of May 1818 and sent to Jeremiah G. Brainard Esq r New London, Conn.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 5 months 3 / 31  $40.77
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818, }
Continued Act 1 st  May 1820
1884 June 7. Sent history for Comf y
Recd Jan. 30, 1822 (90)
Continued on roll Notification sent to Henry W. Th... Esq r John Brainard 14 th July 1820

State of Connecticut
ss Lyme April 2 nd D 1818
Be it remembered that at said Lyme on this 2 nd day of April D 1818 before me Jeremiah J. Brain and a Judge of the superior court of the State of Connecticut Personally came and appeared John Ward of the said town of Lyme County of New London and state of Connecticut and being duly and solemnly sworn according to Saw and the usage of said State did on his solid oath by me to him administered declare depose and say that at said Lyme on about the first day of January 1776 he enlisted as a soldier for one year from said first day of January 1776 in Capt. Joseph Jewett's Company Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental Establishment that he faithfully served in said capacity during the full term of his enlistment that he was discharged on or about the last day of Dec r 1776 at Peekskill in the State of New York that in February 1777 he again enlisted as a soldier during the War in Capt. William Richards Company Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regiment that he soon joined his Regiment and faithfully served in said capacity in the Army of the United States untill the close of the War when he was Honorably discharged at Nelsons Point of Fort Westpoint about the first of June 1783 by his Excellency General George Washington which discharge he has since lost or is destroyed by accident that he is now in the 70 th year of his age & that he now is and ever has been a resident Citizen of the United States & that from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
John Ward
Sworn before me the Day and Date aforesaid - In witness whereof I have caused the
Summons

The Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut to be hereunto affixed at New London in the State of Connecticut the Day and Year above said
Jeremiah Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of said State
I Jeremiah Brainard Judge do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Ward did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding application against the common enemy - and I now trans- mit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - The foregoing declaration was made to me as the appli- cant declared in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
New London April 2 d 1818
Witness the Seal aforesaid Jeremiah Brainard a Judge of Superior Court State of Connecticut

John Waite
Lyme
368
May 18.

United States of America.
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT } ss. County of Middlesex  New London }
On this 27th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open New London Court of Common Pleas, holden at New London in and for the County of Middlesex ; being a Court of Record, according to the laws of the State of Connecticut; by which it was created; and having the power of fine and imprisonment; John Waite aged seventy two years, resident in Lyons in the County and District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit: in the Connecticut line  on the Continental establishment  Hunington in Capt. William Pickens company, as more particularly stated in his original declaration, dated April A. D. 1810; that he has received a Pension, the Certificate of which, bears the Number 865
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 since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide 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, 1818; and that 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 what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Schedule of the real and personal estate of John Waide abovenamed, comprising every article of the same, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted: to wit:
Nothing of any kind his John X Waide mark

I, the said John Ward , do also swear that my occupation is, and for more than years last past , has been that of a labourer ; that by reason of my age & infirmities I am unable to labour more than  any at all and have no family - my wife being dead and the year that my family consists of  persons who steadily reside with me; my children having all left me - one of whom whose names, ages, and capacity to contribute to their own support, are, as near as can be is an idiot and is now supported by town ascertained by me, as follows, to wit:
my wife aged ; ability equal to
her support.
a son, aged ; ability  his support.
For almost a year I have been sick and done nothing, and have had nothing for my support since I received my pension except that, and without it the town would be obliged to support me John X Ward Mark
who  wholly unable to contribute to  support.
Signed Sworn to and declared on the 27th day of June 1820 before the County Court for Middlesex County Charles Lathrop Clerk of said Court.
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of said County Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the said John Ward has no property, &c. said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is _____ dollars and _____ cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 27th day of June 1820.
Charles Lathrop Clerk of the Court for the County of Middlesex County

35 378
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 378
John Reid Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]