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1800 Census living Lyme Township, New London County, CT.
one male under 10 yrs, one male 26-45 yrs; one female 16-26.369

1810 Census living in Third Society, New London County, CT370

1830 living Woodstock Twp, Crawford County, PA. (Looks like it says Waid) 371

1840 Census living Woodstock, Crawford County, PA372

1850 living with Edward T.Burns, Woodcock Twp, Crawford County, PA, age 70. 373

Pember WAID was a ship carpenter, a vocation he chiefly followed until he came to this county, where, after constructing canal boats here for a short period, he withdrew from active life. Our subject has heard Pember WAID say he saw the British troops when they burned the American shipping at Pettibaug (now Essex), Conn. 241


422. Pember7 Waid (John6, Durant5 Wade, John4, John3, Nicholas2, Thomas1) was born January 21, 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT, and died February 15, 1852 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA. He married Anna Lord May 19, 1799 in Hamburgh, New London Co., CT, daughter of Samuel Lord and Elizabeth Bates. She was born May 22, 1776 in Lyme, New London Co., CT, and died February 02, 1844 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA.

Notes for Pember Waid:374,173
There is some confusion as to who Pember's father was. The following statement is in a genealogical chart in the Historical Society Library in Meadville, PA: "Pember, son of John (Revolutionary Veteran) and Elizabeth (Phelps) Waid, of Joshuatown, North Lyme, Conn. born at Lyme Rock, Litchfield County, Conn. (John Wade was the son of Durant and Phebe [Ransom] Wade, son of John and Mercy [Pember] Wade). Pember was a shipwright and built early canal boats used on Meadville area canals. Anna Lord, born North Lyme, his wife. They were married Hamburg, North Lyme, CT." Another position is that he was the son of Josiah (first cousin of John), son of Jonathan and Hannah (Ransom) Waid, son of John and Mercy (Pember) Wade. Celesta Pember Hazen in, John Pember, The Pember Family in America, states, "Prob. grandson of Jonathan b. 1720, for it is known that either his father or grandfather was named Jonathan" (pg. 15). In the Pember Supplement, however, it states that Pember's father was John Waid. Strangely, though there is mention of Anna's parents in the Souvenirs by Francis C. Waid, there is no mention of the parents of Pember. Family tradition has been that Joseph Ransom was the great-grandfather of both Pember and Anna (whose grandmother was Catherine (Ransom) Lord). This identification does not help solve the problem, however, since Durant and Jonathan married sisters. Until further information can be obtained, I maintain the strongest case rest with his being the son of John and Elizabeth. Either way, it appears Pember's relationship with his parents was not strong.

There is also some confusion over where Pember was born. Both the Second and Third Souvenir state that Pember was born in Lyme, Middlesex Co., CT (Lyme has never been in Middlesex Co., though it is across the river from Saybrook, Middlesex Co. from which it was taken). The History of Crawford County, PA 1885, states Lyme, Litchfield Co., CT (again the county designation is incorrect). In The First 100 Years of Townville, it is said he was born in Lime Rock, Litchfield Co., CT (Hazen states that Lime Rock may have been called New Lyme at one time). When Francis records his visit to Connecticut with his parents, he sites Saybrook as the birth place - which would be Middlesex Co. As noted, at one time Lyme and Saybrook were one town.
Pember Waid married at Hamburg in 1799 and raised his family in a house he bought the same year. It was located with a blacksmith shop at Tantomorantum, later named Joshuatown. The house was still standing in 1939 and is about two miles from Hamburg in North Lyme (Hazen, pp. 15-16). By 1817, Pember had reports from his son Ira and his brother-in-law Samuel Lord about opportunities in Crawford Co., PA. He sold his Joshuatown property and moved to Meadville in the Spring of 1817. He first appears to have resided in Meadville. The oldest city map reproduced by the City Engineer in 1879, shows a house lot on the East side of Diamond Park, where the courthouse now stands, to P. Wade. Pember was a ship carpenter, a vocation he chiefly followed until he went to Crawford Co, PA, where, after constructing canal boats for a short period, he withdrew from active life. He reverted to farming and purchased a large farm about a mile west of Blooming Valley. After the death of his wife, he continued to live on the farm, renting it and generally making his home with the occupant until the close of his life (Second Souvenir). Upon his death in 1852, he was buried in Blooming Valley Cemetery.
Based on IGI Record - LDS web site, Pember and Anna had a daughter named Elizabeth. Eliza may be a shorten form for Elizabeth and someone may have assumed a different child, or there may have been another child that died. If the latter is correct, there is no record of her birth in F. C. Waid's writings.
In the 1820 census for Mead Township, (males) 3 2 1 2 - 1 (females) 2 1 1 - 1 - (foreigners) 3. In the 1830 census, he is listed as Pember Ward.
During the War of 1812, the Militia was often called into service as the British ranged along the coast. Pember served several short periods. The first time was as a Private in Captain Charles P. Miller's Company of Lt Col Asa Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia from June 23 to 25, 1813 (Connecticut Men in the War of 1812). Pember said he saw the British troops when they burned the American ships at Pettibaug ([sic. Potapoug Quarter], now Essex), CT (History of Crawford County, PA, 1885). The British raid on the harbor on April 8, 1814, is testament to the importance of this area, as they destroyed 28 ships ($160,000 in value), including 5 being built as privateers. It was one of the worst losses the American side suffered in the War of 1812 (Essex, CT web page). "A party of about 200 men (Royal Marines) in ships barges started up the Connecticut River at 10:00 PM on 7 April 1814 to attack a quantity of shipping laid up six miles above the river's mouth. They brushed off a light Militia attack, but adverse winds and current delayed them reaching their quary until 3:00 AM on 8 April. By 10:00 AM they had destroyed 27 vessels of 5,110 tons, pierced for 134 guns ... By the tine the destruction was done, a rather amorphous defense had formed, which kept up a fusillade from the shore and lit the river with bonfires. Never the less, the ships boats ran the narrows after dark and escaped with a loss of two killed and two wounded" (War of 1812 - J. K. Mahon pg. 253--254). Undoubtedly the local Militia, including Pember Waid was active in this defense. "... earthworks were hastily thrown up at the heights of Mather's Neck and at the end of Ferry Road" (Landmarks of Old Lyme - G. S. Barker, pg. 4). The British continued to harass the coast near New London and Stonington during the next summer. Pember Waid was again called out from August 19 to 25, 1814 with Captain Charles Harrison's Company of Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia (Connecticut Men in the War of 1812) (1812 Vet - Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia 1813-1814).

More About Pember Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Batch 442548, p. 397, Ref. # 8337
Burial: February 1852, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Comment 1: Some sources have August 21, 1774 as birth
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Anna Lord:
Burial: February 1844, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Comment 1: History of Crawford County, PA, 1885
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Pember Waid and Anna Lord:
Marriage: May 19, 1799, Hamburgh, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Batch A456842; Film number 456842

Children of Pember Waid and Anna Lord are:
+ 737 i. Erastus S.8 Waid, born May 24, 1800 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT.
+ 738 ii. Ira Canfield Waid, born August 15, 1801 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died January 27, 1871 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA.
+ 739 iii. Mary Ann Waid, born February 26, 1803 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died April 04, 1890 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY.
+ 740 iv. Martha L. Waid, born May 18, 1804 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died June 22, 1833.
+ 741 v. Eliza Emeline Waid, born January 11, 1806 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died July 24, 1887 in Townville, Crawford Co., PA.
+ 742 vi. Samuel L. Waid, born June 11, 1808 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1862 in MI.
+ 743 vii. George Washington Waid, born January 21, 1810 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died December 04, 1861 in Crawford Co., PA.
+ 744 viii. Phebe Matilda Waid, born September 24, 1811 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died May 20, 1900 in Sanford, Warren Co., PA.
+ 745 ix. Clarissa Ursula Waid, born January 26, 1813 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died June 16, 1853 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA.
+ 746 x. Henry Augustus Waid, born January 25, 1816 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Bet. January 22, 1863 - August 30, 1865 in IL.
+ 747 xi. Andrew Gilbert Waid, born May 11, 1818 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; died Aft. September 06, 1890 in Washtenaw Co., MI.
+ 748 xii. Horace Franklin Waid, born July 12, 1820 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co. PA; died December 29, 1893 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA. 375

Revolationary War Soldier 173

Based on his Revolutionary Pension Application (S 35378 - my copy is very difficult to read), John Waid enlisted at Lyme on January 1, 1776 in Captain Jewett's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Regiment for a term of one year. He was discharged December 31, 1776 at Peekskill, NY. He immediately reenlisted on January 1, 1777 for the duration of the war (see Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 148, 364, 344). After a short leave, he rejoined his unit in February 1777 and served until June 1, 1783 when the Army was disbanded. His service encompassed all the major actions of the Continental Army from Long Island to Yorktown.
His military records, found in the National Archives, indicate that he served in Captain Richard's Company of the 1st Connecticut Continental Regiment. He was promoted to Corporal on July 5, 1780, but reduced to Private on April 16, 1781. In the reorganization of the Army, his company was absorbed into the 5th Regiment on January 1, 1781. In March and April of 1781, he was sick in quarters. He was able to rejoined his company for duty in May 1781 just in time for the final Yorktown Campaign.
After returning with the Army to West Point in April 1782, he was transferred to the elite Light Infantry Company in August 1782. These companies consisted of the best and strongest men of each regiment. In the next reorganization of the Army, he was transferred to Captain Billing's Company of the surviving 2nd Regiment of Connecticut Continentals. He served on duty until April 1783 when it appears he again got in trouble as he was said to be "in Provost." He received his discharge when the entire Continental Army was disbanded at Newburgh, NY in June 1783. He returned to his family in Lyme (Revl Vet - 1st, 5th, 2nd Connecticut Continental Regiments 1776-1783). 173