Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,189, Josiah Wait, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wait, Josiah
NUMBER
S. 30.189
CONTENTS
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21.394 Massachusetts
Isiah Wait of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a P.M.A. in the Company commanded by Captain Younger of the R.A. commanded by Col. Larned in the Mass line for 9 mos & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 31 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Sept 1833 and sent Nov 29. Kendall Worcester Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $7.80 Pemi-ant. allowances ending Sept 15.36 $93.36
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. G. D. [Signature] Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 93

AMERICAN HOSPITAL,
THIS may certify that Josiah Watt of Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment is very infirm, and much redu- ced by Illness. Peculiar Attention being necessary respecting his Diet, Lodging air and Exercise, I recommend that he have a Furlough for 12 — Days from the Date of this.
Sep. 9 th 1779 — per the  Benja Church Director-General of American Hospitals.

1-6-50 1-6-50
Prospect Hill Camp Sept 9 1875 The within mentioned Josiah Wait is permitted absent 12 Days
P Woodbridge Col
Regiment is very strong, and much reduced Peculiar Attention being necessary to the his Disc, Lodging, and Rations, I recommend that we have a Furlough for from the Date of this
Director General of American Hospitals

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 14 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Josiah Wait served under Capt John Granger in Col o Learned's Regiment from May 5 th 1775 Three months one week & one day, also, he served under Capt n Thomas Lord's Company in Col o Nathan Sparkhaws Regiment from the 21 st of August to the 16 th ditto 1777. & five days including the whole time of service is 300 days. He also served under Capt n John Oliver in Col o the Militia who served in the Reinforcement to the Northern Army at the Reduction of Burgoyne beginning the 28 th day of September & ending October 18 th with the addition of seven Days to return being 140 miles from home, There is no other Roll of Capt Granger's Company found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs

26736
Jerick Want Map
Prats 9 Month & 10 days Capt Francis Campy Col Learned's Regt Map
30 1.12
31.12 2
62.24 15.36
77.80
Hn Jo G. Kendall Worcester Map

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate now sitting at Templeton a resident of Royalston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He states that he was born in Sutton in said County of Worcester that his birth is recorded in said town on the town records in the town of Sutton and that he has a record of his age in his own house - he states that he was living in the town of Athol in said County when called into service, and has lived in said Athol and Royalston ever since that part of the town of Athol in which he lived having been set off from Athol and annexed to Royalston about thirty years ago. He states that in the month of April or some of the last days of said April in the year 1775 he volunteered into the service in the War of the Revolution under the command of Capt Dexter, (the lieutenants name was Goodney) for the term of eight months, said Dexter's Company was annexed to Col. Woodbridge's Regiment and stationed in Cambridge near Boston - some time after at the request of Noah Bates and mutual consent of the officers exchanged places with said Bates and took Bates place in Capt John Pray's Company in Col. Learned's Regiment and Bates took my place in Capt Dexter's Company in Col. Woodbridge's Regiment - the lieutenants name was Gray - Ensign none was none  none said Regiments  Regiments and Woodbridge's Regiment was stationed in Roxbury. That he served in said Regiments during the whole term of eight months and was discharged on or about the first day of January 1776 by the verbal order of the officers no written discharge is being given out to his knowledge - he further states that in the month of August 1777 an alarm was fired in said Athol that he immediately repaired to the place of rendezvous that on being informed that soldiers were wanted to go to Bennington in the state of Vermont he volunteered and enlisted in to Capt Thomas Lord's Company of said Athol - that he was marched to Williamstown and halted there while his Captain went over to Bennington and returned with information that his Company would not be wanted - upon which he was marched home after an absence of about ten days - he further states that in the month of September 1777 Orders came for the town of Athol to furnish soldiers, that he immediately repaired to the place of rendezvous and volunteered into the service for one month in Capt John Oliver's Company - that he was marched to Fort Edward in the state of New York and served in said Fort and vicinity guarding against the Troops of Burgoyne for said term of one month or thereabouts - he further states that he knows of no man living who can testify to his personal service - and refers to the certificate of the director Genl for a further and likewise the certificate of E.D. Bangs Secretary of State proving part of the eight months service and services under Captains Lord and Oliver. He states that the Rev Abinzer Perkins and Solomon Brooks can testify to his character and veracity and their belief that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before NATH Paine Judge - Jonas H. Wait of Probate for the County of Worcester.

We Ebenezer Perkins a Clergyman residing in the Town of Royalston and Solomon Crocker residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonah Wate who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Nath l Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Ebenezer Perkins Solomon Crocker
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatoriēs prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Ebenezer Perkins who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Royalston and that Solomon Crocker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nath l Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Shephard Wheeler Reg d , Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonah Wate for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 d day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three
Sheph d Wheeler Reg d of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

✓ 30189 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30189
Josiah Wait Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]