Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,465, Joseph Wait, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Wait, Joseph Judith
NUMBER
W. 15.465
CONTENTS

Massachusetts. 5013
Judith Wait, widow of Joseph Wait, decd-
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 d of Dec r 1831 of Hampshire in the State of Mass ts - who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Chapin of the Reg t commanded by Col l Follen in the Mass ts line for 8 months private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Febru- ary 1840 - and sent to S. L. Hinkley, Northampton, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March, 1840 $10 6.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept r 13.33
$119.97
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. L. Hinkley Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 185.

I Charles Wait of Williamsburgh in the County of Hampshire & Common- wealth of Mass ts aged fifty five years do hereby say that I am the eldest and only child of Joseph Wait who died at Williamsburgh aforesaid on the second day of December (1831) Eighteen hundred & thirty one and of Judith his wife who is now living at Williamsburgh aforesaid & has remained unmarried since the decease of s d Joseph Wait and is the identical person, who has this day made her declaration before the Hon. Stephen Conkey, Judge of Probate for s d County, in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1839 "granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"; widows"; that said Joseph Wait died on the day & year above stated, to wit; Second day of December 1831
State of Mass ts Hampshire County ss } Charles Wait On this third day of Dec r 1839 The above named Charles Wait personally appeared & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit and credits may be given to him as a person of truth and veracity before me S. L. Hinckley Jus. Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Remembrance Bardwell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Remembrance Bardwell and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

I Israel Morton, Town Clerk of Hatfield in The County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massac- husetts of lawful age, do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of two entries in the records of said town, with the exception of the date viz.
Salmon Wait and Lemina Ellis, were married, and that said date is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows " January 20 th , 1780 "
Joseph Wait and Judith Morton were married, and that said date is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows " June 29 th 1780 "
Israel Morton, Town Clerk
I Israel Morton above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extraction from the records of said town of Hatfield, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Israel Morton { Clerk of the town of Hatfield
Hampshire ss November 21 st 1839
Sworn and subscribed before me
Remembrance Barstow Justice of the Peace

16425 Judith Wail
Mass.
att 7. July 38 m 80. d 31.
Vol. 14-84 on 8mo (75)
Adm 8mo pr 26.66/100
No dissection
S. L. Ainkley Northampton Mass.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss
On this third - day of December Eighteen hundred & thirty nine Mrs Judith Hail widow of Joseph Hail late of Williamburg in said County, and a resident of Williamburg aforesaid aged eighty six years personally ap- peared before the Hon. Nathaniel Cooke Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now in session, and 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 Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay Pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Joseph Hail late of Williamburg aforesaid deceased who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army & served eight months in the Army aforesaid at Dorchester Mass in Capt Chapins Comp y . in Col l Fellows Reg t - in the year Seventeen Hundred eighty five; that her husband enlisted in the month of April in the year aforesaid - to wit, 1775 & continued in the service eight successive months.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Hail on the (29 th ) twenty ninth day of June (1780) Seventeen Hundred & eighty; that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Hail died on the second day of Dec r Eighteen Hundred & thirty one, that she was not mar- ried to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. Judith her Hail sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written mark
Before me Nathaniel Cooke Judge of Probate

I, Sam d F t Lyman Register of Probate in and for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Judith Wait for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of December A.D., 1869
Sam d F t Lyman Reg t Prob.
6425

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15465
Judith Wait Widow of Joseph Wait Priv Rev War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Samuel L. Hinchley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Samuel L. Hinchley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Elisha Hubbard Esquire , whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Elisha Hubbard Esquire and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Samuel Wells Clerk.

I Solomon Snow of Williamburgh in the County of Hampshire and Common- wealth of Massachusetts - Yeoman, of lawful age, do depose and say, that in April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, I enlisted as a soldier, to serve eight months in the Army at Dorchester, in the vicinity of Boston, in Capt. Chapins Company, Col. Fellows Regiment, and did serve all said term, and was mustered with Joseph Wait of Hatfield in the County of Hampshire and Com- =monwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid, and do know, that said Joseph Wait did serve all said time, as a private soldier in said Company and Regiment
Solomon Snow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. December 2 d 1839 - Then the above named Solomon Snow personally appeared before me, and made oath that the deposition by him above subscribed is true -
Elisha Hubbard Jr. Justice of the Peace
This may certify, that I have been mustered, for many years, with Solomon Snow, the above named deponent, and in my opinion, he is a man of truth and veracity
Elisha Hubbard Jr. Justice of the Peace

Dec. 9. 1839 6425
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7 July
1838
Judith Wait
mid: Joseph
Colborne of Pains Nantucket

Ms. B. Northampton Dec 4 1839
Rev. J. L. Edwards
Comm. of Passions
Washington
Sir
I enclose the declaration - tion of Mrs. Judith Hall with the evidence in the case. If a pardon be granted to her, please transmit it through
Yours &c. &c.
Very respectfully
J. L. Hinckley