Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20383, for Edward Lay, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Lacy, Edward Dott
W 20383
Patty
B.L.Wt. 27586-160-53-
CONTENTS

59.932 Apr. 12/50 10/50
Sir. S. Daley Sept 29/55
Patty Lay said: Edward Lay 10/50
"Summer"
86% May Rev. Mar.
27 NW Feb 48. 100 511
ad:160 aa May 17/52 B D R
MR
Seth. Daley. Chatham N York
Vol L. page 11.

571. New York Albany. Patty Lay widow of Edward Lay, Conn. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri. Corp. & Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of June 1848. and sent to
Am. N. White Hof R
recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 2, 1848, Page 118 Vol. 4.
Reported
J A Dickens, Mar 26/55

8694
New York
Edward Lucey
of Chatham in the State of New York who was a pr. Corp't in the Company commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Reg't commanded by _____ in the Ct. me.
time for 2 mo for 3 " Corp 3 " Sergt
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April 1833 and sent to A. Vanderpool Kinderhook
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $65.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 16.33
$81.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 24

Josephus R. Lary was Born in June 28 th on Friday 1811 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
Delana Lary was Born in June 3 rd on Thursday 1813 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
Robert Lary was Born in June 10 th on Saturday 1815 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
Emy Lary was Born June 10 th on Wednesday 1815 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
Bethany Lary was Born in June 29 th Sunday 1818 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
John Lary was Born in March 14 th on Friday 1787 in Chatham in the County of Columbia
Mark M. Lary was Born March
The first: on Saturday in the year 1819 in the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia and the State of Kentucky

July 1811 Stephen Doherty Dr P.D.D
  So a Mended a spinning wheel 0 6 3   So a has to work 6 Days 0 12 0   So a has to go to mill 0 1 0   So a horse handle 0 1 6   So a has to Wickens and to mill 0 2 0   So a has to go to mill horse 0 2 0 
Mar 1812
  So makes soap 0 6 0   So Apple has five gallons 0 10 0   So leather for a pair of shoes 0 8 0   So a pair of taps 0 2 0 
June 1813
  So Butter four pounds 0 9 0   So two gears 3/- 0 6 0   So washen one day 0 2 0   So Butter 2 1/2 pounds 0 2 6   So mended two wheels heads 0 6 0   So one fish 0 1 0 
Mar 1814
  So woven six yards of factory yarn 0 6 0   So a wash board 0 6 0   So mended spinning wheel 0 12 0   So two fish 0 1 0 

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York,
Columbia County } ss. On this, twenty day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county and state aforesaid Patty Say aged eighty four years, a resident of Chatham, Columbia County in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Edward Say deceased, who was a private, Corporal and Sergeant in the Revolutionary war, that the said husband was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty two dollars and fifty six cents per annum under the act of February 2, 1848. That her Pension Certificate is recorded in the Pension office on the roll of Pensioners under act February 2 d 1848 page 118 Vol. 2.
She further states that she was married to the said Edward Say in Chatham Columbia County on the day of February, or March, A. D. 1836, by one Rev. Mr. Stephens a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Patty Southwell that her said husband died at Chatham Columbia County on the 10th day of November A. D. 1847, and that she is now a widow, and cannot write her name as she never learnt to write
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to Seth Dacey, Chatham N.Y. and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.
Patty Say
We Russell D. Lester and John G. Grandin residents of Chatham Columbia County in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Patty Say, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Russell D. Lester
John G. Grandin
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Seth Dacey, Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
Columbia County }
county, do hereby certify that date of the foregoing certificate, a
I Daniel C. Magius Justice of the Peace
Clerk of the said was, on the day of the within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 10 th day of April A. D. 1855.
D. C. Magius Clerk
59.932
Application of
Henry L. Jay
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.
DECLARATION

8589
Direct to Kinderhook Col. Co. New York A. Vanderpoel
admitted.
3 mo. Sergeant 15- 3 do Corporal 12.00 2 do  Quartermaster 8.00 2 do Private 13.25
$

State of New York Columbia County ss.
On this first day of September personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the City of Hudson, now sitting, Edward Lay, a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia & State of New York aforesaid, aged Seventy 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 7 th 1832, That he was born in the Town of Lime, New London County & State of Connecticut, went from there to the Town of Norwich, lived there when he first entered the service - In the month of September 1777, (under Captain Lott) he was drafted, in a Company of Militia & formed part of the Garrison of Fort Trumbull, New London - That he remained there, at the fortification, for three months, the time for which he was drafted; when his term of service expired, he returned home; there were no regular troops there at the time; while at Fort Trumbull, he acted as Sergeant in the Company -
Thinks it was the next fall, he was drafted from the same place, into a Company of Militia under Captain Edgerton as a private, & marched again to New London, was stationed near the Light House, to watch the British Fleet, which laid out side of the Harbor, where he remained about two months, when his term of service expired.

John Larn
-pired and he returned home-
This period of service was aboard State vessel
Sometime in 1779 he enlisted aboard the Schooner Fox, commanded by Capt. Lathan of Groton, ordered by Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, for the protection of the inhabitants. While aboard of the Fox, this deponent acted as Gunner. They cruised on the East River and occasionally on the sea. Deponent remained aboard the Schooner for about two months and was regularly dismissed, and again went to live with his connections at Lime. Afterwards in the same year, he enlisted aboard the Sloop Randolph under Capt. Forster, and served aboard of her for four or five months, in which time they made several cruises & had engagements with the enemy, & took two British vessels. Sometime in the month of October 1780. he again enlisted aboard the Sloop Revenge under Captain Parker, fitted out from Norwich Landing, was out two or three weeks, when they were taken by the Rumbly & Roebuck, two fifty two gun ships of the British line, & carried into New-York, and was confined aboard the Prison Ship Good Hope for six months and in April following was taken to Newport Rhode Island and with a number of others was exchanged.
In September 1781, was drafted again from the Town of Lime, in a company of militia under Capt. Fish, marched into Fort Griswold, and remained in the Fort until to November of the same year. While there he acted as a Corporal and was

engaged in repairing the fortification During the course of the war has was engaged in almost continual services upon alarms throughout the country where he resided but is not able to specify the times with any degree of accuracy but thinks they would amount to several months
He hereby relinquishes any 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
Edward Lay
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid William Milbur, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that David W Patterson & Flosca Binge who have sworn & subscribed to the annexed certificate, are residents of the town of Chatham and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit and personally known to the board -
William Milbur Clerk of the Justice Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Lay for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto

set my hand & seal of office this first day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two -
Hiram Wilson. Clerk
Columbia County. ss
We David W Patterson and Hosea Binge residing in the Town of Chatham, hereby certify, that we are well acqu- ainted with Edward Lay, that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the 30th day of August 1832 before me Giles Clark Justice Peace
David W Patterson Hosea Binge

State of New York Columbia County 3 ss. I Joseph L Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Gates Clark Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the said Affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this first day of September 1832.
J. L. Monell 614

In answer to the interrogatory prescribed by the War Department he answers that he was born in the Town of Lime in the Coun- ty of New London State of Connecticut in the month of June 1762
He has a record of his age in his home which was copied from the Town Record when he was Born
He lived when called into service in the Town of Norwich in Connecticut and remained in Connecticut during the War of the Revolution - and then moved to the Town of Chatham where he now resides and has lived there since for the term of Forty Years last past
Was first Drafted and afterwards Volun- teered in the service - never went as a substitute in any of the service above stated
Was well acquainted with General Parsons of the Continental Army - Saw him near Govn- nor's Island and has guarded him sev- eral a night at his the Governor's Request There was several Continental Regiments does not recollect the No. of any Genl Parsons Commanded an Division or Brigade
The General Circumstances of his ser- vice are stated in his application - he was as will be perceived they were an land and water he was in prison and at liberty
months, when his term of service ex- pired

set my hand & seal of office this first day of September one thousand eight
And is satisfied that he has not been able to recollect all the time he served so as to be able to state it with any degree of precision Sworn & Subscribed this first day of Sept 1832 before Me Hiram Wilson, Clerk
Edward Lacy

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by an Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838.
State of New York
On this 24 day of February 1833 personally appeared before me Calvin Pepper Justice of the Peace Patty Lay a resident of the town of Chatham County of Columbia, in Said State aged 77 years old and upwards, being duly sworn, examined, and hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. Entitled "an Act granting half Pay Pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Edward Lay who was a soldier of the United States during the war of the Revolution, and at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and that the pension certificate herewith returned is the identical one upon which her said husband Edward Lay drew his pension. And declarant further saith that she has no positive knowledge of the Revolutionary Services of her said husband as she was not married to him until after he left the Service. She has frequently heard him relate as follows. That he was born in Some town in the state of Connecticut. That at an early age he went to Norwich to learn the trade of Shoe maker of one Baker . That from Norwich he entered the Army, but how long he served or under what officers declarant cannot say. She has heard her said husband speak of serving under or with one Captain Coffin & relates that while serving under him, her said husband was taken prisoner, and that he remained in confinement for many months.
And declarant further saith that she was married to the said Edward Lay in the month of February 1783. That she remembers the precise time

(all the she has no record thereof; from the fact that the same year peace was declared & she was wedded. That she was thus married to the said Edward Lay at Chatham aforesaid where this Deponent lived before marriage & bore the maiden name of Southcland. Where said Edward Lay came to live after his said Service & imprisonment. That she was married by the Rev Mr Stephens who then preached at Chatham, that there were a number present at her marriage, but Deponent believes that none are living except Guy Lester who is still a neighbor of this Declarant. That her husband the said Edward Lay died as aforesaid on the 10 th day of November 1890. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but that she was married to him previous to 1894 to wit at the time above stated.
Subscribed & sworn to the S day & year aforesaid before me G. G. in
Polly her Lay mark
Before me of the Justices of the Superior Court of the City of Albany, in open court,
In witness whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court this 24 th day of February 1893
W. H. Hamilton Clerk

8589 Edward Lay
admitted.
3 mo. Sergeant 3 mo. Corporal 2 mo. Private
S.A. 12. 16. 17. 67.
privates
Sept. 5th. 32 Dec 10 1832
142.
A Vanderpod Kinderhook N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Edward Lay.  of  Chatham  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Drafted In 1777 Sep. 3 Sergt Capt Lathrop.   a-thirty most fall about 2 private Capt Edgarlon   Schooner Fox - 1778 about 2 Gunner Capt Latham.   Sloop Randolph. " 4 or 5 months Capt Fosdick   Sloop Revenge 1780 Oct about 2 or 3 weeks, taken prisoner by Capt Parker.   2 British Ships, & released in 6 months, & exchanged   Drafted - 1781 Sep til November Cpl Capt Park.    and served at Otisburg during the war on Albany, cannot remember, but cannot speak of land.
 5. In what battles was he engaged? engagements at Sea, took two British Cruisers,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norwich, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? David Patterson & David Buge can testify to traditional evidence. & are credible witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Lathrop Examining Clerk.

October 27, 1939.
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Miss Jessie M. Kelley 440 Welch Avenue, Ames, Iowa.
BA-J/CC Edward Lay W.20383
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edward Lay, pension No. W.20383.
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in pension and bounty claims on file under W.20383, based upon service of Edward Lay in the Revolutionary War.
Edward Lay was born in June, 1762, at Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. Names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, Edward Lay enlisted in September 1777, served three months as sergeant in Captain Lothrop's Connecticut company; enlisted in September 1778, served about two months as private in Captain Edgerton's Connecticut company; sometime in 1779, he enlisted on board the schooner "Fox", commanded by Captain Lathan, served two months as gunner, when he was discharged he went to Lyme, Connecticut to live with his "connections"; enlisted in Lyme, Connecticut, during the same year (1779), he enlisted on board the sloop "Randolph", commanded by Captain Fosdick, served for four or five months during which time he made several cruises and had an engagement with the enemy and captured two British cruisers; sometime in the month of October 1780, he enlisted on board the sloop "Revenge", commanded by Captain Parker and was out two months when the sloop was captured by two British ships, they were carried to New York and confined on board the prison ship "Good Hope", for a few months and in April, 1781 they were taken to Newport, Rhode Island and exchanged; enlisted in September, 1781, served as corporal three months in Captain Peck's Connecticut company; was out on other tours, and also a guard to Governor Griswold, details of these services not shown.

Edward Lay was allowed pension on his application executed February 22, 1833 at which time he was residing in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, where he had resided since 1784.
He died November 10, 1840, or 1842, at Chatham, New York.
Edward Lay married in February 1783, or in February or March 1786, in Chatham, New York, Patty Southerland, of Chatham. Date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
His widow, Patty Lay, was allowed pension on her application executed February 24, 1843, at which time she was aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Chatham, New York.
April 7, 1855, Patty Lay, then a resident of Chatham, New York, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Edward Lay, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No.27586, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
In 1843, reference was made to children of Edward and Patty Lay, the only name designated was that of John Lay born March 16, 1787, and in 1843 living in Chatham, New York. The names of his children are shown as follow:
Jonathan B. Lay born June 28, 1811 Delana " " June 3, 1813 Rebard " " June 10, 1815 Ezry " " June 10, 1815 Bethany " " June 23, 1818 Clark W. " " the first Saturday of May, 1819.
The name of John Lay's wife is not shown.
In 1848, one Richard Lay witnessed the widow's signature, by mark, in Chatham, New York, no relationship stated. No further family data are shown.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.

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 Patty Lay, widow of Edward Lay, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Patty Lay, widow of Edward Lay, Certificate No. 511 Issued June 27, 1848 Rate $32.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848, continued from 1843. Act of February 2, 1848 New York, Albany, Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

440 Welch Avenue, Ames, Iowa October 7, 1939
A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir :
Will you please me the records of Edward Lay W 20383 of the County of Columbia State of New York. This information is desired for family records.
Very truly yours,
Jessie M. Kelley Miss Jessie M. Kelley

1939- Oct 27 Unit 25 Miss Jessie M Kelley cc
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20383
Polly Lay wid. of
Edward Lay Sergt. Penn. War.
Act: Feb 2 nd 1/48
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]

27,586
5 Her Ains

Addl. Evidence, Land Act 1855.
59932
Sept
Patty (A. J.) 27586
160
Sept
Edward
N.Y. Sep 48-511
Boynnton
27,586
160
Henry J. Merrill Comptroller Pension Office

C. M. Bennett Present May 12/56.
Encloses authority and asks for re-examination of Suisp. claim No. 59,932
of Patty Say. for land act 1835.

Washington
May 12, 1856.
Hon. J. Minot Chair of Pensions Com.
I have the honor to enclose herewith authority to prosecute the suspended claim No. 59,932 under Act of 3 d March 1855, of Patty Sage widow of Edward.
I would respectfully request a re-examination of the claim under the provisions of the 2 d section of the act recently passed amending the said act of 1855.
Very Respectfully Yours Ob t . Servt. B. W. Bennett,

Payments to be made at New York by Presd. U. S. B. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
34.75 17
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 24 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Edward Lacy of the State of New York who was a Private, Corporal and Sergeant in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty Two dollars and Sixty Five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three Secy of War
Document and Countersigned. §
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Edward Lay and N York Act 7 June 1832 $32 66 100
Patty, widow, ad N York 1848
Mr. Dickens - handed to the Com March 17-55

Patty Lay - Edward M 11 - 10 2 7/14/48
Cole

Washington
21 March 1833
Sir,
Will you be so good as to have the claim of Mrs. Patty Lay (widow of Edward Lay dec d ) under the act 2 Feb. 1848. Albany Agency, re-examined. - She thinks she is entitled to an increase of Pension on account of service not admitted in the Revolutionary Navy. - Enclosed is my power of attorney.
Very respectfully Francis A. Brokins
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

C. W. Bennett Atty
Authority enclosed.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sept 29 1855
Sir:
The claim of Patty Lay for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 59,932 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Edward Lay the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Seth Daley Esq Chatham N. York.

Chatham, Columbia Co N.Y. May 9th 1856.
C. W. Bennett Esq. Sir —
On the other side of this sheet, is a notice from the Commissioner of Pensions, that the claim of Wid Patty Lay, for Bounty Land under act of March 1855, has been suspended for the want of Record Proof of the service of her husband, Edw d Lay, dec d . Mrs Lay has a Pension Certificate and draws a pension, and no doubt is intitled, under the act, referred to, to 160 acres of land. If you can do any thing by way of procuring her warrant, she will pay you for such service —
I have obtained warrants for all I have made application for, except this one, — several have been obtained of the same nature, and upon the proof furnished in this case,
Yours Very Respectfully
Seth D. Dey.

In the matter of the application of Patty Lay for a Pension under the act of Congress Passed July 7. 1838.
Albany June 5 th 1843.
Sir
I beg leave, very respectfully, to solicit your attention to the accompanying Papers.
Edward Lay the husband of Patty Lay received a Pension of $32 66 / 100 under the act of June 7. 1833. I am informed that his original Papers were prepared by the Hon d A Vanderpool of Kinderhook.
Mrs Lay furnishes in proof of her marriage to the affidavit of Guy Lester who was present at the marriage ceremony. Also the family record and affidavit of her son John Lay who was born March 16 th 1787. The affidavit of Doct. Hosea Beebe shows that no marriage record can be obtained.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient
Wm B Pierce
Wm L Edwards Comr of Pensions

Phillip Lay  4015
Applicants for Oneida Pension.
Act March 3. 1843.
$32:66 per an
Agent
Wm B. Lee
Albany
N.Y.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843. granting pensions for the year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York } County of Albany } ss. On this thirteenth day of September. Eighteen Hundred & forty three personally appeared before me Patty Lay a resident of Chatham. Columbia County. N.Y. who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Edward Lay who was a soldier during the war of the revolution entering said service from Norwalk Connecticut, but cannot tell under what officers, but has heard him speak of Captain Coffin & that he was a prisoner many months. And further that her said husband at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 & that this Declarant was late a pensioner under the act of July 7. 1838. receiving the sum of thirty two Dollars & Sixty Six cents under said act. & further that she is still a widow.
Subscribed to and sworn this thirteenth day of September 1843 before me & I certify that said Patty Lay is personally known to me & that she cannot write her name for want of education. R. G. Bameroff Court officer
Patty Lay mark

STATE OF NEW-YORK, City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office, } ss:
I, HENRY B. HASWELL, Clerk of the said city and county, do hereby certify, that A. G. Grand Bancroft whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the City aforesaid, dwelling in said City, and duly authorized to take the same: And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, the thirteenth day of September 1843.
H. B. Haswell Clerk.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1818, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Ulster On this 15th day of May 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly qualified, to me known to be the person described in and who is entitled to be admitted to the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d February, 1818, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution," and that she has been allowed a pension at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month since the 1st day of January last, and that she is still a widow.  Admitted Hon. H. White  H. S. Root
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who represented herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.  John D. Root Justice of the Peace.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF New York Columbia } ss. COUNTY. }
On this Eleventh day of May 1848
personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Patty Lay a resident of The Town of Chatham in the county of Columbia
State of New York , aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Edward Lay who was a Corporal & Sergeant in the Connecticut Militia in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty-Two dollars Sixty-six cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of Richard Lay
Patty Lay marks
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before
Seth Daley Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Seth Daley Justice of the Peace.
James Stone Clerk.

I, James Stone Clerk of the County of Columbia, Do hereby certify, That Seth Waley before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 15 day of May 1848
James Stone Clerk.
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

Patty Lay N. widow of Edward Lay N.Y. died July 7, 1838,
J D Woodward Atty,

State of New York , County of Columbia ss.
On this Thirty first day of November - 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Patty Lay a resident of the town of Chatham in said County aged Eighty Seven years and made oath according to law that she is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be due to her as the widow of Edward Lay dec d who was a pensioner of the Revolution as the Van Dink roll. act of June 7, 1832. and she was a pensioner under act July 7 1838. and she hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written.
In the presence of
Seth Daley
Patty Lay mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Seth Daley
Justice Peace.
State of New York , County of Columbia ss. I, the subscriber, Clerk of
said County, certify that Seth Daley before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the thirty first day of November 1853 was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine ; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Hudson in said County this December day of December 1853.
Daniel C. Nafus Clerk.
[L. S.]

Know all men by these Presents that I Patty Lay of the Town of Chatham Colum- mbia County State of New York. Widow of Edward Lay, Deceased. a Pensioner at the rate of thirty two Dollars, hereby constitute and ap- point Francis A. Dickinson of the City of Wash- ington my true and lawful agent and Attorney, to prosecute my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase that may be due. and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and docu- ments in relation to said claim, and file in the department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to myself, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do even I personally present. Hereby ratifying and all that my said Agent and Attorney may lawfully do in the premises. Witness my hand and Seal this 5 th day of March  July 1835 Signed and sealed in presence of Patty Lay Mark J. H. Daly } J. H. Hargrave

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss On this Fifth day of February March A.D. 1855 before me, The Subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Patty Gay and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the pur- poses therein mentioned In Testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid.
Seth Daley, Justice of the Peace
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The words "or increase of pension" and the word "March" in the foregoing Power of Attorney, were inserted before Execution. Also the word "February" erased before Execution
Seth Daley, Justice of the Peace

State of New York City & County of Albany
Doc Hosea Reebe of the town of Chatham in the County of Columbia in said State aged fifty seven  eight years and upwards, being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is well acquainted with Widow Patty Lay of Chatham aforesaid, and was well acquainted with her husband Ed- ward Lay, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832 and who died at Chatham upwards of two years ago. That when this Deponent was a boy he will remember attending School with the children of said Edward & Patty Lay, one of whom was only two years younger than this Deponent. That said Edward & Patty were then man & wife, living together as such, and as such universally reputed. That the Rev Mr Stephens whom Mrs Lay claims to have been married by, was a Pres- byterian Clergyman then preaching in the present town of Chatham, known at that time as New Concord. That the Church Society to which said Stephens preached is now dissolved, and Deponent verily believes that no books or records thereof are in existence. That said Church was previous to the final dissolution of said Society carried into the possession of Mr Anson Pratt a Cousin of this Deponent & Deponent believes that the building which was partly erected from the timbers of the old Church has recently been sold to the Methodists. And depo- nent saith that in later years he has attended the family of said Edward & Patty Lay as their physician and is well assured that they were married as they represent, that they have always lived together as man & wife & that since the death of the said Edward Lay his widow the said Patty has continued her widow's single tenor- said & is still unmarried. And this Deponent further saith that he was born on the 24th day of January

1785 So that he was just 58 years of age last Jan- uary, and as he has before testified one of Mrs. Lacy's children with whom Deponent was a Schoolboy was only two years younger than Deponent So that said marriage must have occurred as early as 1786 or 1787
Subscribed & sworn this
Tenth, fourth, day of February 1843
Hosea Buel
Where me & I certify that
Deut Hosea Buel the
Deponent is a credible
witness
James B Sanders
Comm r of Deeds
State of New York
County of Albany
ss: I Henry B. Haswell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James B. Sanders before whom the pre- ceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the jurat thereto a Commissioner of Deeds for said County - and that his name subscribed to said jurat is his proper hand writing & signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 6th day of June A.D. 1843.
H. B. Haswell Clerk.
Patty Lacy.

J. H. Huntington City
William B. Pierce Esqr
No 1 State St Hall
Albany
Albany

State of New York Columbia County ss
of Rensselaer Guy Lester of the town of Catskill in the County aged eighty two years & upwards being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a soldier of the United States during the war of the revolution and is now a pensioner that he is well acquainted with the widow Patty Lay of Chatham Columbia County who is now an applicant for a pension that said Patty Lay is the widow of Edward Lay who was a pensioner of the United States and who departed this life from Chatham on or about the 10th day of November 1840 that deponent was acquainted with said Edward & Patty Lay before their marriage when the said Patty lived at Chatham and bore the maiden name of Southerland that this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Edward & Patty at least fifty eight years ago that deponent remembered the time from the fact that said marriage occurred about the close of the revolutionary war and when this Deponent was a young man twenty four or five years of age and Deponent further saith that from the time of said marriage untill the said day of the death of said Edward Lay she the said Patty lived with him the said Edward as his lawful wife having Children one of whom John Lay now living in Chatham is at least fifty seven years of age & further Deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn this 28th day April 1843 before me David S Reynolds Justice
Guy Lester
I certify that said Guy Lester is a credible witness
David S Reynolds Justice
Note "Columbia" written on margin & "of Rensselaer" interlined also "Columbia County"
David S Reynolds Justice
Justice

Chatham May 31 1843
In P.S. I have not yet received the letter of the 10th inst. at which time the balance of your acct. was due. I shall be obliged to pay said balance upon receipt. Yours sincerely Raphael M. French 101 State Street Albany
J. H. Huntington Esq.
William B. Pierce Esq. No 1 Stuyvesant Hall Albany

10120 Patty Lay.
applicant for a Pension
Act July 7. 1888.
N.Y.
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2 mo pri
3. Corp.
3. Sergt.
32.66
Agmt.
M rs B. Pierce Albany
N.Y.

State of New York Columbia County p
On this 22 nd day of July personally appeared in open Court before the Justices Court of the City of Hudson now sitting Edward Lay a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Co- lumbia & State of New York aforesaid aged seventy 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 Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832.
His.
I was born in the Town of Lime New London County, Connecticut, I went from there to the Town of Norwich, same state, and lived there when I first entered the service
I was first drafted in a company of Militia, under Captain Lothrop, in the month of September 1777. I formed part of the Garrison of Fort Turnbull New London & worked there at the fortifications I was drafted for three months & remained till my time expired when I was verbally discharged & returned home, I served as Sergeant in the company. There were no regular Troops there at the time.
3 Mo. as a Sergeant.
I think it was in the fall  month of
Sept
1778 I was again drafted from the same place in a company of Militia under Capt n Edgerton & marched to New London, I was stationed near the Light house, to watch the British fleet which laid outside the harbor I remained there for two months, when I was again verbally discharged & returned home, during this period I served as a Private
2 Mo. as a Private

This period of service was along the state line. Some time in the month of June 1779, I enlisted aboard the schooner Fox commanded by Capt. Lathrop of Groton, ordered out by Governor Trumbull of Connecticut for the protection of the inhabitants, stationed on the East River and occasionally on the sea. I served aboard of the Fox for two months, when I was paid off & dismissed the time for which I enlisted having expired. During this period I served as Gunner. He believes the whole crew, was paid by the State of Connecticut.
For the month of September 1781, I was drafted from the Town of Lime Tree, which place I had again removed after I was discharged from the Fox) in a company of militia under Capt. Peck. I marched into Fort Griswold, while there I was engaged in repairing the fortifications. I remained there for three months, when my term of service expired, & I was verbally discharged. During this period I acted as a Corporal.
I was as Corporal
And I further state that in shortly after the close of the war & before in the year 1784 I removed to the Town of Chatham and State of New York where I now reside and where I have resided ever since. That there is no living man residing in the vicinity of my now residence And that I do not know of a person now living who could testify as to my being in the service, it being near fifty years since I removed from the State of Connecticut where my services were performed and not having been there at all for a period of

twenty years.
He hereby relinquishes any 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 & subscribed,  the day & year aforesaid  Edward Lay before me
McClurg on of Justice
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that David W. Patterson and Hosea Birge who have sworn and subscribed to the annexed certificate are residents of the Town of Chatham and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and personally known to the Court.
I John D. Patterson Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Hudson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application to the application of Edward Lay for a Pension. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Twenty Second day of February one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Sparker Clk

State of New York Columbia County ss
The undersigned David Patterson residing in the Town of Chatham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Lay, that he is a credible person, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the 20th day of February 1833 before me
David Patterson Hosea Bangs
Gates Clark Justice of the Peace
I, Gates Clark Justice of the Peace for the County of Columbia do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Patterson and Hosea Bangs who have subscribed and sworn to the above certificate that they are men of good character and standing, and credible witnesses
Gates Clark Justice of the Peace
State of New York Columbia County ss
ss. I, Joseph D. Morell Clerk of the said County do certify that Gates Clark Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County That I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe and verify his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his hand writing & signature witness my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of February 1833.
J. D. Morell

PAID Paid 12 3/4
J. Van Volkenburgh Esq. County Clerk Hudson N.Y.

State of New York } Columbia County } ss
John Lay of the town of Chatham in said County being Duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a son of Edward & Patty Lay that his father the said Edward Lay died at Chatham aforesaid on the 10 th day of November 1840 since which time his mother the the said Patty has remained his widow single and unmarried and is still unmarried and is now an applicant for a pension that his father the said Edward Lay was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he this Deponent was fifty six years of age on the sixteenth day of March last having been born as he has always been informed by his said father & mother Edward & Patty Lay on the 16 th day of March 1787 this Deponent has the record of his age in his Bible and the above is the true record
Subscribed & sworn this 1 st day of May 1843 before me David S Reynolds Justice
And I certify that said John Lay is a credible witness & is as I verily believe at least fifty six years of age
David S Reynolds Justice
In the above matter of John Lay above written being further duly sworn saith that the accompanying record is his family record above referred to made by him at the time of the births of his children named therein & that the record of his own birth was made between the years 1818 & 1819 as appears from said record & from an account then received from his said Parent. John Lay
Subscribed & sworn this 31 st day of May 1843
before me. David S Reynolds Justice

Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, Schoakin A. Van Valkenburgh
Clerk of the County of Columbia,
Do hereby certify, That David S. Reynolds , before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 5 th day of June 1843
S. A. Van Valkenburgh Clerk.

2234 New York Co. ab.
Patty Lay widow of Edward Lay. who was a Private, Corporal & Serjeant in the Connecticut Ma line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of December 1843 and sent to William B. Pierce
Albany New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 108.

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New York
Albany New York City
Patty Lay widow of Edward Lay
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 10th Nov r 1840 of Columbia  Columbia in the State of New York who was a Pri. Co. in the Company commanded by Captain Lathrop of the 1 st Regt commanded by 2 nd Bn  1 st Co  3 rd Bn  1 st Co  3 rd Bn  1 st Co the Conn. Ma. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany  New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of August, 1843 and sent to Mrs. B. Pierce Albany N.Y.
Whole amount due $163.30.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. L. Smith , Clerk, Book L Vol. 2 Page 88 .