Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19895, Aaron Wayley, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wayley, Aaron or Whaley
N 19895
Hannah
CONTENTS
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Deads. See letters 10 March 1832 to B. H. Parsons & E. Parsons Rev. Agt.
Notification sent Oct 20 y h 1820 to David Burr, Fairfield, Conn.
4.342 ✓
Connecticut Roll
Aaron Mayhew Private
Connecticut Line
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 first of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of Nov 1818 and forwarded to Lieutenant Edwards Esq Bridgeport Fairfield Co. B.T.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 mo  \frac{4}{30} { 41.06 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1819 { 48.00
$ 89.06
5-Mo 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
77 War 6 Years
New Fairfield Co.

Connecticut 750
Hannah Whaley, Fairfield Co widow of Aaron Whaley, or Wayley, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818, and who died on the 13 January 1829, of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lacey of the regt commanded by Col Bradley in the Connecticut line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of October 1838. I sent to Isaac Sherman Esq. Bridgeport, Connecticut
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Burdy, Clerk Book A. Vol. 1. Page 217.

Aaron Mayley Jr

District of Connecticut
Wayly
On this 1 st day of April A D 1818 Aaron Whaley  Wayly of New Fairfield in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District he declarant now resides and ever since the end of the war of the revolution hath resided that on the first day of March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he enlisted into the service of the United States in the army thereof as a private for the term of the continuance of said war in Captain Josiah Lany's Company Colonel Philip B Bradley's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment and that the declarant served the United States in said war against their enemies from the time of his said enlistment until the end of said war as a faithful soldier in the establishment of said when he was discharged from said service as having honorably served therein during said war which discharge the declarant hath by time and accident lost and the said declarant refers the said judge to a return of said Company muster his hands as a proof of his said enlistment & service in said establishment And the declarant further makes oath that he now is and ever since the declaration of Independence hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that his circumstances in life are so reduced that he is in need of assistance from his country for his support At the same time came Isaac Bell of said Fairfield who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he also served the United States in said Company with the said Whaley as a sergeant and knows that the facts in the said Whaley's declaration foregoing are true
Aaron his X Wayly mark
District of Connecticut ss April 1 st 1818 The above named Aaron Wayly came before me & in my presence subscribed by Mark the above said declaration & made oath that the same is true
Pierpont Edwards District judge of said District

District of Connecticut ss
On this first day of April A.D. 1818 before me Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Thomas Wheeler & Jesse Wheeler both of Fairfield in said District both respectable Citizens thereof who being both duly sworn deposed & say that the aforenamed term Whaley was & for many years hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that his circumstances in life are so reduced that he needs assistance from his country for his support
And the said Thomas Wheeler further saith that he knew the said Whaley the Doctor and to enlist in to the service of the United States and his return therefrom at the end of the war according to his declaration foregoing Isaac Odell of the town Elijah Patekin of said Fairfield at the same time Edmond under oath testified that he served in the same company & regiment with the said Whaley  Whaley during the said war and knows that he served the United States in the war of the Revolution against their enemies as a private soldier from the said time of his said enlistment until the end of said war in the year 1783 when he was honorably discharged from said service
Thomas Wheeler Jesse Wheeler Isaac Odell Elijah Patekin
April 7 1818 Sworn before me
Richard L. Heaths
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Principal On this 18 day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Stratford in said County Hannah Whaley a resident of Fairfield in the County and State aforesaid aged 79 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 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting Half Pay and Pensions to certain Widows:"
That is the Widow of Aaron Whaley who was a private Soldier in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War and served at least two years in said Continental Army and was Pensioner of the United States under Act of 1818 on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency and to his papers at Washington she refers for proof of his service in the Revolution
She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron Whaley on the 28 th day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four (1784) That her husband the aforesaid Aaron Whaley in died on the 13 th day of his death January A.D. 1829. To best of her knowledge that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage

took place previous to the first day of January 1794 A.D. at the time above stated. and she would beg leave to refer to his papers at Washington for correct proof of her said husband's death as well as his service in the Revolution, (always understood that he served during the War) and she further states, that she was married as aforesaid in said Farmfield by the Reverend Elliott who was the Ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Farmfield at the time of said Marriage — and that her maiden name was Hannah Sillaman.
Hannah Whaley mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day of my first above written — Before Me, Hanson Hamlin Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter that the above named Applicant is the Widow of Aaron Whaley a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner as she states.
Hanson Hamlin Judge lettest Ira Sherman Clerk

I, Ira Sherman Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of the Widow Hannah Whaley for a Pension — and I further certify that Isaac Sherman is a Justice of Peace in and for said Hartford County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the Deposition of Lyman N Stewart hereto annexed is genuine. —
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court This 20 th day of August,
Ira Sherman Clerk

Hulda Whaley of the Town of New Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age Deposeth & saith that she is the daughter of Aaron & Hannah Whaley and live in the family of said Aaron at the time he died, and has resided with her mother the said Hannah ever since his death, until about a month past and that said Hannah has never been married since the death of said Aaron but is now living as his Widow in the Town of Fairfield in said County and that her father the said Aaron Whaley died according to her best Recollection about the year 1829 in the month of January, and that her father was a Pensioner of the United States.
her Hulda Whaley mark
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss New Fairfield August 22 d 1838 Personally appeared Hulda Whaley and Subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition before me who I certify is a credible witness well known to me. Saml. T. Beman justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } p. Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the Fairfield County } County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Samuel T. Barnum Esquire is now and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorised to administer oaths and take Depositions &c. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 29 th day of August A D 1838. Thomas B Osborne Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Stamford ss. First Stamford August 29 th 1838 I Lyman H. Atwater Pastor of the Congregational Church of said Stamford certify that it appears by the Records of said Church which are in my custody the following Record
"Aaron Whaley of Greenfield and Hannah Tiffin of Fairfield were married twenty eighth October seventeen hundred eighty four"
W Andrew Eliot T & M - 1
The above  following is a true copy of the Record of said Marriage with the exception of the date which is expressed on said Record in fair and legible figures as follows — "28 th Oct r 1784"
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I Lyman H. Atwater above named depose & say I hold the office of Pastor of said Church and that the above is a true copy extract from the Record of said Church with the exception above named as certified by me and that it appears by said Records that Andrew which  Eliot was the Pastor of said Church at that time when said Marriage took place
Lyman H. Atwater
Pastor of said Church
Sworn before me
And I certify that said Deponent is a credible Witness known to me as the Pastor of said Church August 29 th 1838
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace

Aaron Wayley-
4. B.H.2.
March 10/19
Am

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 25 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court
Aaron Wayley, aged 65, now a years, resident in the Town of Fairfield lately as resident in the town of New Fairfield in said County & State - in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on on his oath, declare
that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: - viz that he enlisted in 1776 for six months, which time he regularly served - that on the 2 nd day of March 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Josiah Lacey's company & Col. Philip B. Bradley's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment as a private soldier - that from the time of his said enlistment in March 1777 he served regularly & faithfully to the close of the revolutionary war as will appear more particularly by my original declaration and at the termination of it was honorably discharged which discharge was in writing but has since been lost - that in the course of the war he was in several engagements with the enemy, particularly at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and the capture of Lord Cornwallis.
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 1 st day of April 1818 - that in pursuance thereof
he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 4342. And I do further 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do
further declare that my occupation is that of a day laborer at the farming business and that I am subject to turns of rheumatism so as to disable me occasionally from attending to any business whatever
and that I have a family living living with me consisting of my wife named Hannah aged 62 years who also is afflicted with the Rheumatism occasionally & a grand daughter aged 6 years of age - I have also 6 children, 2 sons & 4 daughters from 21 to 35 years of age - all of them are without trades or property, two of them are married & have families & all of them live away from me - they get their livelihood by hiring themselves out at day labour and are wholly incapable of doing any thing more than to provide for themselves - with the slender means of subsistence in my power, I must necessarily apply to the town for relief occasionally were it not for my pension all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Aaron Wayley his mark
Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirty three Dollars and 27. Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Spratt Clerk

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 25 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Aaron Wayley, now a resident in the Town of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made solemn oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz
one hoe, one ax - one iron pot - one shaft - two old chairs - one old pail - some crockery ware - one pair of iron tongs, - and thirty dollars in money being part of the sum last drawn by him as pension -
his Aaron X Wayley mark -
5.2. ext.

Aaron Wayley-
4. B.H.R.
March 10/19
Am

State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and 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 of Aaron
Wayley is thirty three - Dollars twenty seven cents,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 25. day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 25 - 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Aaron Wayley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. St. File 19,895
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 1776 6 mos. ✓ ✓ Conn.   Mch. 2, 1777 to end of war Pvt. Josiah Lacey Philip B. Bradley 5 Conn.      
Battles engaged in, Brandy Wine, Mon. + Capture of Cornwallis.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818 Allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Fairfield, Conn. 1820 Fairfield Conn.
Age at date of application, 63 yrs. He died Jan. 13, 1829
Remarks: Sol. mnr. Fairfield, Conn. Oct. 28, 1784 Hannah Lilliman + she was all. pens. on her appln. exp. Aug. 18, 1838 while 79 yrs. old + a res. of Fairfield Conn. In 1820 soldier stated he had 2 sons & 4 daughters from 21 to 38 yrs. of age + a grand daughter 6 yrs old. Huldah a resident of New Fairfield Conn. in 1838 is the only child whose name is stated.

Aaron Wasyly private
Connecticut line 1 st April 1818
Admitted on Connecticut roll
Present Edward Esq. Bridgeport, Fairfield Co. Connecticut —
Rec d 27 May 1818

I Purvis Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Aaron Wayly who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed schedule by his mark did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule May 20 1818
Purvis Edwards

Rev
1910 Jan. 7. Hist. to Miss Emma S. Tomlinson P. 1920 July 19 Hist. to Mrs. D. A. Frank.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19895 Hannah Whaley Widow of Aaron Whaley Pri New War
Act: July 7 th 88 Index:—Vol. M , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hannah Whaley, widow of Aaron Whaley, or Wayley.
$80 per ann act 7 July '38
Send cut: to Isaac Sherman Esq. Bridgeport, Conn.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Bridgeport
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir I send you the Pension application of the Widow Hannah Whaley of Fairfield and you will please send her certificate to me
Yours Respectfully
Isaac Sherman

Hannah Whaley
Hannah Whaley
Payment to be made at Hartford, Ct by S. L. Pilkin, Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year thereafter . First pay- ment to be made 31st De- cember, 1838
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 217, by
L. M. Lundy Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Hannah Whaley, Fairfield, Connecticut, widow of Aaron Whaley, or Wayley, dec d a private, who was a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818, and died on the thirteenth day of January 1829, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of October — one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
J. B. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Gio M. Moore
Claim No. Jan 4, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Aaron { Whaley, Waley, Warley, Wayley } P.W.
Service _____
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O. M. S. Work as above except W. F. 19895-

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383 Bellefontaine Ave., Marion, Ohio.
June 17, 1920.
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen The only Hannah is widow of Aaron Wayley or Whaley In looking up 1919-89 record of Whaley family, I did find Hannah Whaley was a pensioner in Weston, Conn. in 1840. Will you kindly advise me by virtue of whose service she was pen-

signed and in what war said service was rendered.
Also can you give me her Maiden name, date of her birth and death & Parents name.
If there is any fee charged for your services, advise me and I will remit.
Thanking you, I am,
Very Truly
Mrs. D. A. Frank.

95-8 North Main St. See Waterbury, Conn. Dec 29, 1909.
Rev Commissioner of Pensions. Interior Dept. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly give me your assistance?
Hezekiah Whaley and Aaron Whaley were Revolutionary pensioners from the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. in 1818. The name is variously spelled Waley, Waley, Wayley and Whaley.
Please give me whatever information you have regarding their parentage and families. To whom must I write to ascertain to whom and when was paid the last pension of Hezekiah Whaley? I shall greatly appreciate the favor and hope to hear from you at an early convenience.
Yours most sincerely, (Miss) Emma S. Tomlinson