1800 Census living Lyme Township, New London County, CT.
one male 16-26, one male over 45; one female 16-26 one female over 45369

Revolutionary War Solder

184. John6 Waid (Durant5 Wade, John4, John3, Nicholas2, Thomas1) was born June 09, 1749 in Lyme, New London Co., CT, and died August 01, 1823 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He married Elizabeth Phelps February 06, 1770 in New London Co., CT, daughter of Charles Phelps and Elizabeth Tiffany. She was born Abt. 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT, and died Bef. 1820 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for John Waid:
It is possible that John was in a party with his cousins, children of Jonathon, who went to northern Litchfield County about 1770, probably with his new bride. It may also be that his son Pember Waid was born there in 1774 (F. C. Waid in his Souvenirs repeats several times that his grandfather's birthplace was New Lyme or N. Lyme in Litchfield County. In the Supplement to the Pember Genealogy, it states that this may have been an early name for Lime Rock, Litchfield County a mining territory opened shortly before the Revolution). With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, John and his family returned to the Joshuatown area.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 (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).
John Waid and his wife Elizabeth on November 24, 1789 sold to Nathan Tiffany (her uncle) land in Joshuatown "formerly belonging to our honored mother Elizabeth (Tiffany) Phelps" (Lyme Land Records, 20:144). The family resided near Joshuatown Pond and the foundation and cellar of the house are still there, though badly over-grown with brush and weeds. This property, about one half acre, was sold on February 22, 1803. On the same day, John purchased a house and two acres about a mile or so further north on the same road. This house is still standing when C. P. Hazen visited, but was in bad repair I tried to locate the property in the Fall of 2002, but was unsuccessful. On September 18, 1803 he conveyed this property to John Wood, reserving the house thereon during his lifetime (Letter, Town Clerk of Lyme in Pember Supplement, p. 4).
According to his application, by 1820 he was 72 and alone: his wife had died and his children had left the area (Pember Waid's family left in 1817). There was by his statement "an idiot child" still living who was being supported by the town. Upon his death on January 30, 1822, his estate apparently amounted only to his pension arrears. Bond was furnished by Charles and Henry Wait and is on file at Hartford in the Connecticut State Library. Their identity with John is not know, though they may be nephews residing in the area or the clerk may have misspelled the last name and they may be sons of John (Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files; Pember Supplement, p. 4).
Connecticut Pensioners of 1835 page 72
County: New London Co.
Name: John Waid
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 96 00
Sums Received: 511 98
Description of service: Connecticut line
When placed on the pension roll: May 6,1818
Commencement of pension: April 2, 1818
Age: 76
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: Died August 1, 1823
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1790 census for Lyme
John 1-1-4

More About John Waid:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14 - Wade
Burial: August 1823
Pension File: April 02, 1818, S35378 - Revolutionary War

More About Elizabeth Phelps:
Birth Record: Lyme Land Records, 20:144

More About John Waid and Elizabeth Phelps:
Marriage: February 06, 1770, New London Co., CT

Children of John Waid and Elizabeth Phelps are:
419 i. Phebe7 Waid.

Notes for Phebe Waid:
A possible daughter of John. Lived at Joshuatown in 1803 in a leased home.

420 ii. Lyman Waid.

Notes for Lyman Waid:
A possible son of John. Lived nearby in 1810, and was called a son of John by cousins. A Lyman Wade/Waide of Lyme married Sarah Beckwith of Waterford on Feb. 21, 1836, by Rev. Squire B. Hascall (Barbour Collection).

421 iii. Idiot Child Waid.

Notes for Idiot Child Waid:
When John applied for his military pension in 1820, he stated that he had an idiot child living who was being supported by the town of Lyme, CT.

+ 422 iv. Pember Waid, born January 21, 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died February 15, 1852 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA.

Revolutionary War Solder 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 (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