Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43224, John Waite, R.I.

SERVICE
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Waite, John or Wait
S. 43224
CONTENTS

17,053. New York R
John Waite
Brockhaven in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the R. Island e, for the term of 3 years.
scribed on the Roll of New York t the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on ne 7 th of September 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 22 d of May 1820. nd sent to Thos L Strong Esq. Brown Meadow P.O. N. York
ears to 4 th of March 1820. 143.43 ni-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1820 48. --
24 14/31 months $191:43
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
John Waite 1820 to 1827 B. Strong Esq. Brown Meadow P.O. N. York
Aug 11 - 1827 ad

John Waite
Col. Olney's
R. Island Regt. (1704 - see cert.) 1779 3 yrs.
7 th Sept. 1010.
"Thos. P. Strong Esq. Drum Meadows P.O. N.Y.C."
John Waite Certificate
John Waite private Col. Olney's Regt. Rhode Island line 1779. 2 yrs. 7 mo. 23 days 8 days
Department of Veterans Affairs Washington City
FREE
John G. Galt Secretary of War Mr. Greville
The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses, duly to be taken & authenticated, (or the certificate of an officer of the Regt.) to prove the service of the disc'd, is required.
Brookhaven Suffolk Co. N.Y.

State of New York } ss John Wait of the Town of Brookhaven Suffolk County } in the County of Suffolk aged about sixty three years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he the said John Wait enlisted in the Town of Gre- vidence in the State of Rhode Island in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Hughs in the Regiment & commanded by Col Jeremiah Owrie in the Rhode Island line in the regular army of the United States that the said enlistment took place some time in October in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine that he enlisted for the term of three years that he continued in that Corps or some other to serve for the space of two years seven months and twenty eight days when he was regularly discharged from the service at Saratoga in the State of New York after the close of the war that he was engaged in the battle of White Plains and at the capturing of Cornwallis -
That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of his country for support, that at the time he left the service he obtained a regular discharge which he has since lost, and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services and this depo- nent further saith that he has never had any pension heretofore by the laws of the United States except the pension which he may be entitled to under the late Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land and naval service in the Revolutionary war
Sworn the seventh day of John Wait September in the year 1818
before me Thos S. Strong Judge

State of New York } ss I Thomas S. Strong first Judge Suffolk County } of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Suffolk which is a Court of Record in the State of New York do hereby certify that on the seventh day of September in the year one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me the said Judge John Wait a person to me known and sworn to the truth of facts stated in the proceeding affidavit and I do further certify that it appears to my satis- faction that the said John Wait served in the Revolu- tionary war for the space of more than two years that he is now in need of support from his country and that he is entitled to the pension made by the late 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. Thos. S. Strong
Suffolk County ss I Charles H. Havens Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of County of Suffolk do hereby certify that Thomas S. Strong who has signed the preceding certificate is first Judge of the County of Suffolk and the name sign- ed to the said certificate is in the proper hand writ- ing of the said Thomas S. Strong In testimony whereof I have signed this certificate and affixed thereto the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County the Twenty ninth day of December in the year one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Chas. H. Havens Clk. (11)

Brookhaven L. I. 20 December the 30 th 1812
Sir
I enclose you the proceedings before me to entitle John Hatt to a pension under an act of Congress, Please to communicate the result of this application to me at the Brown meadow P.O. in this State
Yours very respectfully
Wm. S. Strong
Hon: John C. Calhoun Secretary at war Washington City District of Columbia

John Write Oct 40 Brookhaven Suffolk Co
17.053
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Cont. before

State of New York Suffolk County ss On this third day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & Twenty personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk in the State of New York being a Court of Record & so constituted in & by an act of the Legislature of the said State John Waite aged about Sixty three years resident in the Town of Brookhaven in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare as follows: I John Waite do solemnly swear & declare that I served in the revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Capt. Tho- mas Hughes in the Rhode Island Regiment on the Continental establishment as stated particularly in my declaration on file in the Office of the War Department dated the seventh day of September One thousand eight hundred & Eighteen that I have received a pension therefor the Certificate whereof is dated the 22 nd day of May 1820 & numbered 6.058 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since 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 per- sons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War pension on the 18 th day of March 1818 since 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 an- nexed & by me subscribed And I do further swear that I am by occupation a Shoemaker, that I am afflicted with the gravel & generally incapable of pursuing my occupation, that I have no family residing with me, nor non relative who contributes to my support & that owing to my age and infirmities I am un- able to obtain a support without the assistance of the public sworn to & declared in open Court on the 3 rd day of October John Waite

1820 before the Judges thereof
Charles A. Floyd Clerk
A Schedule containing the whole estate & income of John Wait named in the annexed deposition his necessary clothing & bedding excepted viz,
1 Chest 40 Shoemakers lasts
2 humbug 1 pair of pincers
8 awls 1 leather strap
Debts
From Jesse Root Sen r - - - - - 8 10
From Stephen Robinson - - - - - 7
Dated the 3 rd day of October 1820
John Wait
The Court after mature reflection value the property in foregoing Schedule to Twenty Two Dollars & Twenty one Cents
I Charles A. Floyd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the 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 Twenty Two Dollars & Twenty one Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 3 rd day of October 1820
Charles A. Floyd Clerk

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John Fite P. R. Fite
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 535
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Rhode Island, of Providence Plantations. Providence sc: in Providence December 10 th A.D. 1819.
I hereby Certify, that I am personally well acquainted with John T. Dexter Esq r . That he is an Inhabitant of this Town, and a Gentleman of the first Respectability, in whose Declaration & Certificate full faith & credit is due & ought to be given. & I further Certify that the within Certificate, is in the proper hand writing of the said Dexter & subscribed by him In Witness whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my Name & affixed my Notarial Seal, at said Providence, the day & year first aforesaid. —
Jeremiah B. Howell Public Notary.
To Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. City of Washington.

It appears by the Regimental Book, That the bearer John Wait, now residing in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, on the twenty eighth day of April 1781, enlisted into the service of the United States a Private Soldier to serve for the term of three years — That he faithfully served from the time of his said enlistment in the Regiment commanded by Lieut. Colonel Commandant Olney, in the Rhode Island Line on the Continental Establishment until the twenty fifth day of December 1783, when he was honorably discharged from said Regiment at Saratoga in the State of New York. —
J. Dexter # Major of said Regt. at the close of the revol y . War.
Providence December 9 th 1819. —
Judge Strong is informed that the above Certificate will be received at the War Office as satisfactory Proof of W t Wait's revolutionary service. —

John Waite's Papers to obtain a con- tinuance of his pension
Con
17.053
Sept. 1820
Delah B. Strong
Nov 15. 1820
Droon Meadows

State of New York } County of Suffolk } ss. on this third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared, in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk in the State of New York being a Court of records and so constituted in and by an act of the Legis- lature of the said State John Waite aged about sixty three years resident in the Town of Brookhaven in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare as follows;
I John Waite do solemnly swear and declare that I served in the Revolutionary war in a company com- manded by Captain Thomas Hughes in the Rhode Island Regiment on the Continental establishment as stated particularly in my declaration on file in the office of the War Department dated the seventh day of Septem- ber one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have received a pension therefor the certificate whereof is dated the 22 nd day of May 1820 and numbered 17,053. and I do also solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any proper- ty or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the sched- ule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. And I do further swear that I am by occupation a shoe-maker, that I am afflicted with the gravel and generally incapable of pursuing my occupation, that I have no family residing with me nor no relative who contributes to my support, and that owing to my age and infirmities I am unable to obtain a support without the assistance of the public -
sworn to and declared in open Court on the 3 rd day of October 1820 before the Judges thereof Charles H. Lloyd Clerk
John Waite

I Charles A. Floyd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the 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 Twenty Two Dollars & Twenty one Cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 3 d day of October 1824.
Charles A. Floyd Clerk

a schedule containing the whole estate and income of John Waite (named in the annexed deposition), his necessary clothing and bedding excepted -
1 Chest 40 Shoemakers lasts 1 " hammer 1 pair of pincers 8 awls 1 leather straps
debts -
From Jesse Rose Senior — 810- From Stephen Robinson — 7-
Dated the 3 rd day of October 1820
John Waite