Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18228, Peter Way, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Way, Peter
W. 18228
Continental
Lucy
CONTENTS

✓ 3529. 4
Connecticut Roll
Peter Way
Private Connecticut line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to Jeremiah G. Brainard Esq r New London Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 40.80 Semi-ann l all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 5 Mo 3/30 $88.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
9 months Continued under law 1 st May 1820 Lymn New London
Continued, Notification sent to Henry W. Washburn Esq r Secy of Connecticut 11 th July 1820

Reported
Date of death not on AB
Connecticut 790
Lucy Way
widow of Peter Way who was a Private Conn. in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July 1843 and sent to C. J. H. Curay Lyme, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 80.

Lucy Way now of Piles.
Con
at 7 July 38
in 79. a 27.
adm P 9 mo pr
30 P
No discont
John Patten Clerk
Chas J McCurdy
Lyme
Con

I Lucy Way of Symmes in the county of Vanderburgh and state of Connecticut widow of Peter Way late of said Symmes deceased who was a Citizen of the United States being duly sworn on oath depose and say that my said Husband was in the service of the United States as a soldier for a short time after we were married as I have stated in my application for a pension now pending before the Pension Department accor- ding to the best of my recollection & belief but whereas from the death & disloyalty of the witnesses who knew the fact of my own age & poverty which have prevented me from making a thorough enquiry for other evidence than that which was in my neighbor- hood. I have been unable to procure testimony which is satisfactory to the Department on that point. I now therefore confirm my application to a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838 and I hereby solemnly abandon & relinquish & forever give up all right title or claim to a pension under the act

of July 2 nd 1836.
Sworn and subscribed this Lucy May 14 th day of August 1839
In presence of me Chas J Murray Harry Hay  5972 Justice of the Peace Chas J Murray
State of Connecticut } County of New London } for I John D e Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that Chas J e McCurdy esq before whom the annexed deposition of Lucy May was taken, was on said 14 th day of August 1839 and still is a Justice of Peace in and for said New London County, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such, and that his signature above written is genuine. In tes- timony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 15 th day of August A D 1839
John D e Witt Clerk

✓ 4828 Lucy Way widow of Peter Con. act 4 July '36
Hon. S. Sapham

State of Connecticut New London County } p Lyme June 7 th 1838
On this 7 day of June A D 1838 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Lyme Susy Way a resident of the Town of Lyme New London County aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 1836 that she is the widow of Peter Way who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that he was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death under the Act of Congress of March 1838 that he was placed on the pension roll of the United States soon after the passage of the aforesaid act at the sum of 96 Dollars per annum that he also performed other tours in the state service which were not specified in his application for a pension & which were not attempted to be proved at that time as by said Act would have been of no benefit & as he served enough in the continental line to entitle him to a full pension as a private, as will fully appear by reference to his application for pension - When he obtained it
She states that her late husband Peter Way served from six to twelve months in the States service in New London the length of his enlistment she does not now recollect but well knows he was there in the summer and fall of the year 1779 that she well recollects the year when he was there it being the same year she was married to him. that he was discharged on the 28 th day of October 1779 the precise day of his discharge she declares she well recollects it being precisely four weeks after her marriage that at the time of his said services in New London she was then in New London and spent much of her time in taking care of sick and wounded soldiers which were exchanged and

lived at New London. that at the time of his discharge they came home to Lynn together & afterwards when the City of New London was sacked & burnt the said Peter Way was ordered by Ezra Selden Esq to repair to New London that he shouldered his musket and went to New London and was absent there three days or four days she does not recollect which but that she went & returned with a company from his neighbourhood. she further says that she cannot now recollect in what company or regiment he served in New London but that he enlisted & served there six months or more she well knows, as it was the summer previous to the fall when she was married to him
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Way on the first day of October A.D. 1779 - by Ezra Selden Esquire a Justice of Peace
That her husband the aforesaid Peter Way died at Lynn on the 17 th day of July June 1826 as will also appear appear from the records of the pension office as having been sufficiently proved when the balance of pension due at the time of his death was drawn from the Agent at Hartford Connecticut and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will fully appear by reference to the proof documents annexed
Lucy Way
In testimony whereof I have ordered the seal of this court to be hereunto at this 11 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Ludowick Biley Judge

I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of the Town of Lynn for the marriage of Peter Way to Lucy Brockway and do not find any record thereof -
Joshua N. Warren
Town Clerk
Town Clerk's Office Lynn Connec't. October 20 th 1838.

I Erastus Selden of Lyme in the State of Connecticut aged 69 years on oath do pose and say, that I am a dear Esquire Selden who for many years and particularly at the time hereinafter mentioned held the office of Justice of the Peace for the County of New London - that I have in my possession his record of marriages, in his own handwriting, in which I find the following entry under the date of October first Seventeen hundred and seventy nine expressed on the record in fair & legible figures as follows viz "Oct. 1 st 1779" - "Then I married Peter Way to Mrs. Lucy Brockway". - That the foregoing is a true copy of the original record.
I further say that during the Revolutionary War and at the time New London was burnt I was at work with my father and when the alarm came we left the work and he was active in urging his neighbors around to go to New London. Whether he had any particular authority for this purpose I cannot say but he was a very active man in the service of the country and took upon himself very frequently the management of such business. Peter Way lived in the neighborhood of my father at that time -
Mr. Way died some years since and his widow has since been married since again -
Erastus Selden
State of Connecticut. New London County ss Lyme May 30 th 1838
Personally appeared Erastus Selden signer of the foregoing deposition and before me made oath to the truth of the same. And I further certify that the said Selden is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness -
Deborah B. Bicknell Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } S. J. L. August 24 th 1838 New London County }
Personally appeared before me the  the  above  above Bill o' Particulars of the plea for New London County. Stephen Sterling aged twenty one years a resident of said Town and a person of veracity & on oath depose & say that he was well acquainted with Peter Way & his wife Lucy Brockway. That he was present at their Marriage that they were joined in Marriage by Ezra Seaborn Esquire a Justice of the Peace as he now believes that at the time of their marriage the deponent was young & cannot say in what year the marriage took place but thinks it must have been in 1779 or 1780 that it was before cold weather but what time between spring & winter the deponent cannot say that Peter was then a pensioner he well knows & that he died many years since leaving a widow Lucy Way who is still living & a widow having never since been married. Stephen Sterling
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above mentioned & I further certify that the deponent is among the most respectable portion of community & a person of strict veracity. Sworn & subscribed before me J. Doolittle Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut New London County } For Lynn June 7 th 1838
I Gustus Plank of Lynn in the County of New London on oath declare & say that I was well acquainted with Peter Way late of Lynn Dec d & know that he was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death that he died about twelve years since and that Lucy Way was his wife & has remained his widow since his death.
Gustus Plank
Sworn & subscribed on this 7 th day of June 1838. Before me Soolowick Bille Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut New London County } For Lynn June 7 th 1838
On this 7 th day of June A D 1838 before me Soolowick Bille a Justice of Peace for New London County personally appeared Hase Huntley aged 88 years who after being duly sworn according to law on oath says that he was well & intimately acquainted with Peter Way late of Lynn Dec d & also with his wife Lucy Brockway they both being near neighbors & intimate acquaintance from their infancy the deponent says he was drafted into a Company commanded by Capt Nickleson for two months that he joined said Company on the first Monday of September 1778 and was stationed at the Fort in New London during said period of two months and was discharged about or on the first Monday in November 1779 he also well remembers that Peter Way was one of said Garrison during the whole of the period of two months while he was there that they were much in company while deponent was there how long said Way was there before deponent was

Drafted he is unable to state but knows it was some time. he says said way did not belong to the same company with Deponent & does not now certainly know Who Commanded the company to which said way belonged but is of the opinion that it was Capt Smith - he will remember that they all drew their rations together or at the same place that himself & way often went together for that purpose he also will remember that said way went home while Deponent was performing said tour of duty as was understood to be married & that he returned to the Fort afterward & staid some weeks before his term of enlistment ended which was about the time the Deponent's draft ended that they both returned home to Lynn together & in company with his new wife he will recollect one circumstance of her complaining very much of their travelling to fort - - The Deponent further says that afterward in 1780 when New London was burnt by the British he went in to New London that he was attached to no company at that time but will remember that Peter way went in also & joined a company that one or whose he cannot now state but will remember seeing him there on duty & that he did not return with him Hocel his Huntley mark
Subscribed & sworn to on this 4 th day of June A 1838 before me Ludowick Bill Justice of Peace
& I further certify that I am well acquainted with Hocel Huntley & that he is a person of veracity and a credible witness
Ludowick Bill Justice of Peace

Peter Wang -
Lyme 3529
Oct 18
925
Walt

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 27th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden within and for the County of Hartford in said State, on the 27th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Peter Way aged 67 years, resident in the town of Lyme in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he ser- ved in the revolutionary war as follows: That he the said  vir  In the Connecticut line enlisted for the term of on the continental establishment in the year  in  in the State of in the company commanded by Captain  in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington  in the line of the State of  in Capt Joseph Swift's Company on the continental establishment : That he continued to serve in the said corps until as more particularly stated in when he was discharged from his original the said service in declaration in the state of dated April 18-1818. That he has That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the a pension  That certificate of which hears the; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 3529.
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," and that on the  18th day of March 1818, 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 sub- scribed.
Schedule That I am by occupation a  one old small house & five acres of poor & swampy land - I have bought by my wife a very few articles of old furniture in the house where I now live - a few Beoper's tools
Peter Way In the said Peter Way do also mean that my occupa- tion has been that of a cooper - That by reason of my age Rheumatism & other infirmities I am unable to labour - That my family consists of my self & my my wife, aged sixty three - We are both of us very poor & feeble and unable to do any thing of conse- quence towards our support Peter Way

Signed
Sworn to and declared on the 27 th day of June 1820 before said County Court
Charles Lathrop Clerk
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Sixty Three dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 27 th day of June 1820
Charles Lathrop Clerk
Clerk of the County Court for the County of New-London.
Oct 18

State of Connecticut
for Lyme April 2 nd AD 1818
Be it remembered that on this 2 nd day of April AD 1818 before me Jeremiah G. Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Personally came and appeared Peter Way of the Town of said Lyme in the County of New London State of Connecticut and being duly and solemnly sworn according to the usage of said State did on his said Oath by me to him duly administered solemnly declare and say that at said Lyme on or about the first day of April AD 1776 he enlisted as a Soldier into Capt. Joseph Jewett's Company Col. Zebediah Huntington's Regt. for the term of Eight Months that he immediately joined his Regt. in the Connecticut line under the Continental Establishment & that at Flat Bush on Long Island in the Month of August 1776 that is according to his best recollection on the 27 th day of August 1776 he was taken a prisoner by the common Enemy while in the line of his Duty and that he remained a Prisoner more than four Months or until some time in January 1777 when he was exchanged & landed at Milford in the State of Connecticut having been in the service of the United States from the time of his Enlistment to the time of his being set on shore at Milford more than nine Months that he is now in the 64 th year of his age and that he now is and ever has been a Resident Citizen of the United States that as to a written discharge he thinks he never had one that the Regiment was discharged without that if he had one it is lost or destroyed by time or accident & that from his reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country for support
Sworn before me } Peter Way The Day and Date aforesaid - In witness whereof I have caused the Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut to be hereunto affixed
Sworn

affixed At New London in the State of Connecticut the Day, Month and Year of our Lord Jesu Christ One Thousand Eight Hundred and the Session of said State
I Jesemial G Brainard Judge etc as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Way did serve in the Revolu- tionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the after mentioned act of Congress - The fore- going declaration was made to me as the applicant de- clared 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 nd 1818
My Affix here the seal aforesaid Jesemial G Brainard a Judge of
State of Connecticut Superior Court
State of Connecticut
July 8. 1818 -
I Jesemial G Brainard Judge aforesaid - do certify that Peter Way the applicant in claim in this case is in reduced and indigent circumstances
Jesemial G Brainard Judge as aforesaid
Admitted
W. W. Phelps
See - 18

May 9, 1934
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BA-J/EEL Jacob Hayden-S.43654 Peter Way -W.18228
Dr. Julius Way Cape May CourtHouse New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records and pensions of Lucy Way, East Lyme, Connecticut, Jacob Hayden, Greece, Monroe County, New York, and War of 1812 records of pensions of Philemon and Martin Way.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a Philemon or Martin Way. The record has been found of only one Lucy Way as a Revolutionary War pensioner of Lyme, Connecticut. She was the widow of Peter Way and only one record of a Jacob Hayden, who received a Revolutionary War pension while residing in New York State. These two records are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob Hayden S.43654
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jacob Hayden are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Jacob Hayden enlisted July 1, 1780 or 1781, served as a private in Captain David Dorrance's Company, Colonel Isaac Sherman's Connecticut Regiment; was transferred to Captain Richards' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment and later transferred to Captain Timothy Taylor's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Huntington's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 31, 1783. The place of enlistment was not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was aged about fifty-six years and resided in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York.

Jacob Hayden's wife, Mary, was aged sixty-two years in 1820. There are no further data in regard to her and no reference is made to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Hayden(S.43654), you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Jacob Hayden, Certificate No. 2947, issued September 25, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 16, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818. New York Agency.
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Peter Way W. 18228
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Peter Way are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Peter Way enlisted about April 1, 1776, at Lyme, Connecticut, served as a private in Captain Joseph Jewett's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, was taken prisoner at Flat Bush on Long Island, August 27, 1776, and remained in captivity until in January, 1777, when he was exchanged. It was stated that he afterward enlisted and served as a member of the garrison at New London, Connecticut and was discharged October 28, 1779, having served between six and twelve months. He also served three or four days at the time New London was burned.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he was in the sixty-fourth year of his age and resided at Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
He died June 17, 1826, at said Lyme.
The soldier married October 1, 1779, at New London, Connecticut, Lucy Brockway.
Soldier's widow, Lucy, was allowed pension on her application
Battle of Long Island or Flat Bush
a witness said he thought sol. served at New London under Capt. Gynith but he was not sure, so did not use,
The record of marriage said Mrs. Lucy Brockway but as Mrs. Way often used for Miss of mistress I did not use about a former marriage

executed June 7, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and resided in Lyme, Connecticut. The widow stated in her application that at the time she married the soldier, he was in service at New London and she was also at that place assisting in caring for the sick and wounded soldiers, and that after his discharge, they both returned to Lyme together.
There is no reference to any children of Peter and Lucy Way and no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Lucy Way, widow of Peter Way(W.18228), you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
Lucy Way, widow of Peter Way, Certificate No. 790, issued July 6, 1843, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Connecticut Agency.
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No charge is made for this service.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

State of Connecticut
I do hereby certify that on the 20th day of May A D 1818 Calvin Hildreth of Lyme in New London County Esquire, was & ever since hath been a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of New London in said State of Connecticut, duly qualified & acting under the authority of said State and that the signature to the attestations of the within affidavits is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court in said New London County, at
New London this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Charles Lathrop Clerk

I Samuel Phelps of Lyme in the County of New London Do testify and say that on or about the last of March or first of April 1776 I was well acquainted with & knowing to Peter Way of said Lyme enlistment into Capt. Joseph Jewett's Company Colo- neled Lieut. Pattington in the Connecticut line in the Continental Establishment that I belonged to Capt. Joseph Jewett's Company at that time & was knowing to P. Peter Way's during duty as a soldier in said Company until the 27 th day of August 1776 when he was taken a prisoner by the Enemy at Flatbush on Long Island & that I have always understood that he was exchanged & landed at Milford some time in the Month of Jan y 1777 or some days after the Regiment was discharged which was on or about the first of January 1777. Samuel Phelps
I Tobias Huntley of Lyme in the County of New London Do testify and say that I belonged to Capt. Joseph Jewett's Com y at the same time as is mentioned in the foregoing Deposition of Samuel Phelps & was well acquainted with said Peter Way & knowing to his enlistment about the time as is mentioned in S d Samuel Phelps Deposition, & of said Peter Way's being taken a prisoner & that I have always understood that said Peter Way was taken a prisoner until some time in the Month of Jan y 1777 or some days after the Regiment discharged which was on or about the first of Jan y 1777. Tobias Huntley
State of Connecticut ss. New London May 26 th 1818
Personally appeared Samuel Phelps & Tobias Huntley and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavits by them subscribed contain the truth & the whole truth according to their best knowledge & belief.
Sworn before me
Calvin Selden Justice of the Peace
This certifies that the foregoing Deponents are persons of credibility and I think full confidence may be placed in their testimony
Certified for Calvin Selden Justice of the Peace

Saybrook 12 July 1839-
Dear Sir
I send you some proof in the case of Samuel Burrows of the City of New York, which I hope & trust will be satisfactory. In your letter to me of the 11. July 1838. you required that the records in the Comptroller's office should be examined as to the serial. An examination has been made, but the records relating to this branch of serial are so much obliterated that they afford no evidence one way or the other. In one place, apparently at the end of a name, obliterated, the letters "nos 8 th " are found. Though this furnishes a strong presumption, it does not authorize the Comptroller to certify that it was "Burrows 8 th ". But the facts it seems to me are most abundantly proved by the witnesses. I know them, & do assure you there cannot be the least doubt as the integrity of the claim. Will you have the goodness to give the case an immediate examination.
Mrs. Lucy Way of this State, has an application for a pension pending in your office. Will you have the kindness to inform me what the objections against it are -
With great respect
Your friend J. O. S cut
Samuel Ingham
Honble. J. L. Edwards.

5972
CO Aug 23
July 7. 1838
Dear Peter
Yours Very affectionately Eunice Washington D.C.

Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Although I am satisfied the Peter Way was in the service after his marriage, yet as it was but for a short time, there seems to be difficulty of obtaining direct evidence, and the old lady is very poor, & may not desire to give it, I have advised her, in pursuance of the suggestion in your last, to make her claim under the act of 1836. Thus she has done as you will perceive. If the renunciation is satisfactory, as I hope it may be, will you be so good as to forward me the certificate as soon as may be convenient & oblige
Yours Obedt Servt
Sims Conn. Aug. 17 th 1839.
Chas J Williams

July 29 th
by me At July 24
Lucy May 6 - Oct 1826 2029. sup a
Spk
Hon. J. D. Edmuns. Commonwealth Press
Washington D.C.

Hon J L Edwards.
Sir
The declaration & evidence in the case of Lucy Way widow of Peter Way are so imperfect as will to justify the delay of granting her a pension. Will you be so good as to return them to me. that the further testimony, which you suggest, may be obtained, if it exists.
I am very Respectfully Yours Syracuse Conn. July 28 th Chas J Welch 1839.
P.S. As she is unable to give any evidence of service after her marriage I presume she may abandon any claim under the act of 1836 & apply under the act of 1838. your early answer will much oblige B J Webb.

In at July 10 ct.
Hen
J. J. Edwards
Corr. of Pres.
Washington D.C.
Wag

Hon J S Edwards.
Sir
Mrs Mary widow of Peter Way has an application for a pension which has been for some time pending before your Department and she is unable to learn what further is required or what difficulty exists. She has heretofore communicated with you through Solomon Bill Esqr. and after a late conversation with him on the subject. She has requested me to write to you on her behalf to ascertain the state of her case. May I trouble you for information on the subject.
Very Respectfully Yr Servt
Chas J Wheeler
Aspn. Com. July 3 rd 1835.

4028 Ct 4 July 1836. Oct 30.
W. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

June 24 th 1838
St. L. Edward Esq. Sir
I herewith forward for your decision the Application of Mrs Lucy Way the Widow of Peter Way Decd. I request your decision at as early a day as is convenient & consistent with your engagements - for the Old lady who lives within a short distance of me is very destitute & is wholly supported by charity having no connections able to do anything for her by way of support - she is a very worthy Old lady & has during her Widowhood supported herself until a year or two past - she is anxious if entitled to a pension to avail herself of it to aid her during the coming Winter. if any more evidence as required please inform me & I will aid her as far as is consistent. although I believe there will be very difficult to add much more testimony in her case as almost all that class of people (the Pensioners) and others of their age are dead
Please write me as soon as you have examined her Application & come to a decision
Yours Truly Lodowick Bice

Admit private $30
Corn Agency
Send to C. J. McMurtry Lyme
Corn
713

State of Connecticut: Mendon County, ss. April 22 d 1843. On this 22 d day of April A d 1843. personally appeared Betsey or Charles J. W. L. a justice of the Peace for said County. Lucy Way a Resident of said Mendon aged Eighty Five years. who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March A d 1843. granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Peter Way formerly of said Mendon deceased. who was a soldier of the Revolution & was a pensioner of the United States. That she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. granting pension to widows of Revolutionary soldiers in certain cases. and that she was married to him & he died at the time he served in the manner set forth in her declaration applying for her said pension. She further declares that since the death of her said husband the said Peter Way which she has never married again. nor remains the widow of her pensioner. about thirty dollars per annum
Lucy Way

State of Connecticut. Windham. County. ss. April 22 1843. Personally appeared Lucy Way who is personally known to me to be a creditable person & subscribed to the above to the within before me.
Charles J. Whitney
Justice of Peace.
I Lucy Chapell of Lynde in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut. Age. fifty five years being duly sworn on oath upon & say that I have been acquainted with Mrs Lucy Way for fifty years - that she is the same person who has signed the within application. That she is the widow of Peter Way formerly of said Lynde deceased. That since the death of her said husband she has been married again & that she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress allowing pensions to widows for five years in certain cases. Lynde April 22 1843.
Lucy Chapell
State of Connecticut. Windham County. ss. April 22 1843. Personally appeared Lucy Chapell whom I certify to be a creditable person & subscribed to the above deposition before me
Chas. J. Whitney Justice of Peace.

State of Connecticut: New London County. Probate District of Lyme.
I Lodowick Bill Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Lyme aforesaid a Court of Record hereby certify that Charles G. Volney Esq of Lyme is a justice of the Peace for said County of New London. For the year ending June 20 th 1843. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing & that his signature to the application of Lucy Way to the deposition of Lucy Chapin is his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22 nd day of April. 1843.
Lodowick Bill Judge

Peter Way - alleged service in N L 6 mo no Capt - married 4 weeks before term ended - again in 80 - 3 or 4 days no officers named - certificate of son of the Justice into record of marriage -

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1934 - May 9 - List To Dr Julius May - Letter in case Jacob Mayda D. 43654 - E. 10h -
File No. 18228
Lucy May widow of ✓ Peter May Dr Julius May
Act: March 3 rd 48
Index: - Vol. 182 , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Recd Hon. S. Ingleam Mar 2. '39 - dr. Chas. S. McCune, Ind 12. '39 - do - Hon. S. Ingleam, Ind 22. '39 - do. to same July 29. '39 -

Hon T. B. Williams 2 Jany 1849
A.324
Commencement
Lucy May widow of Peter Maynard
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 17 June 1826 of New London in the State of Ct.
who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Jewett of the Regt. commanded by Col Huntington in the Ct. line for Q.M. Vols
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct.
at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Octo. 1839 and State C. T. N. County Lyme Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1839 $405.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. 39. 15.00
$120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book A Vol. 1st Page 218