Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8213, for William Parker, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Parker, William
Hale, Mary
(Former widow)

NUMBER
W 8213

CONTENTS
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Reported

Letter to Mrs. Hale
with forms  Nov'r. 26 49
also Lett. to J.W. Kelly

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1721
New Hampshire Concord
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Mary Hale
widow of William Parker
N.H.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Surgeon
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
565 Dollars ----- Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
2d day of Sept. 1848
and sent to S. C. Badger
Concord
N.H.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 73   Vol. 1
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss

On this fifteenth day of August AD 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate holden at Exeter in and for said Ccounty by and before the Honorable John Harvey Judge of said Court

Mary Hale a resident of said Exeter aged seventy five years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congrefs passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows":

That she is (if the facts herein after set forth will justify her in so saying) the widow of William Parker who was a surgeon in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution:  That, according to her best belief and knowledge the said William Parker entered the army in the summer of 1775 as Surgeons mate being the mate of Doctor Spofford a surgeon, but in what Regiment the applicant doth not know:--That in the Fall or Autumn of 1775 the said William Parker was appointed Surgeon of a New Hampshire Regiment--she believes the Second NH Regiment commanded by Col Enoch Poor--in the service of the United States:--that he served in said capacity about the term of three
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years--as she believes in the same Regiment; that he resigned his said appointment and commission in consequence of lamenefs and was honorably discharged about the year 1778 or 1779--And for the evidence of his service as aforesaid the Applicant respectfully refers to the Books and records touching the service of the New Hampshire Regiments now in the Department at Washington

And she further declares that her maiden name was Mary Tilton--that she was a native of said Exeter that she was married to the said William Parker on the fifth day of December AD 1780 by the Rev W Rogers of said Exeter at said Exeter--that she lived with her said husband at said Exeter till his death which occurred 16th September 1798:--That subsequently to wit on the 6th day of May AD 1802 she was married to Jonathan Hale of Coventry NH by the Rev Mr Rowland of said Exeter and that the said Jonathan Hale died on the 12th day of December AD 1836 and that since said 12th day of December 1836 she hath remained and still is a widow
Mary Hale

Sworn to and subscribed the day month and year first aforesaid
John Harvey   Judge of Probate
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I John Kelly Register of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of Probate for said County in the matter of the application of Mary Hale for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of August AD 1838
John Kelly   Register of Probate

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Elizabeth Adams of Exeter in New Hampshire aged seventy five years and upwards testify and say that she was a sister of Dr William Parker who was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary War.  The said William Parker I ["also" stricken out] well recollects was a Surgeon in the Army of the revolution for several years.  and was afterwards in the Naval Service.  After his return from the Naval service he was married to Mary Tilton to whom he had been attentive for some time, and was so while a Surgeon in the Army.  I was well acquainted with her.  She was a neighbor of mine.  I did not attend her wedding but saw her soon afterwards (I was out of town when they were married)--They lived together in Exeter so long as he lived--and he died in 1798.  Of their marriage there was no doubt.  Her fathers family and my fathers family were always intimate with each other and with my brothers family.  The marriage of my brother the said William Parker with the said Mary Tilton was in 1780 towards the last of the year according to my best recollection and belief.  After my brothers death his widow married Jonathan Hale who died in December 1836 and Mrs Hale ["is still" stricken out] has since been and still is a widow
Elizabeth Adams

Rockingham fs   August 19, 1838.  Sworn to and subscribed by said Elisabeth Adams who I certify is a credible person
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and her statement entitled to credit
Before me
John Harvey   Jus Peace

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham fs.

I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that John Harvey Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine, and in his own proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of August AD 1838.
John Kelly   Register of Probate

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Elisabeth R Gilman of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged fifty six years and upwards testify and say that as Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Martha Rogers late of said Exeter deceased I have in my keeping certain books and Manuscripts which were her fathers in his life time;--that her father was the Rev. Daniel Rogers who was the minister of the New Parish in this town from the year 1748 to his death in 1785;--that I am myself a grand daughter of the said Rev Daniel Rogers;--that among his books now in my pofsefsion is an interleaved Almanac for the year 1780--on the margin of the printed Page for December in that year in that Almanac is the following entry in his hand writing

"5.  Married Dr Will'm Parker & Miss Mary Tilton an agreeable couple"

and on the interleaved leaf against December there is some entry for every day of the month--among them is the following

"5.  In the evening I married Mr Will'm Parker and Miss Mary Tilton--Very cold weather"
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The last mentioned entry too, and the whole page in which it is found is in the hand writing of my said Grandfather.--In saying however that these entries are in my Grandfathers hand writing I mean simply that they are in the hand writing which has always from my childhood been shown me as his and is like a great many pieces of his writing which I have in my pofsession--and which I have never doubted to be his--and I have no doubt that the entries above given ["by him" stricken out] were made by him in his own hand and about the time that they purport to be made.
Elizabeth R Gilman

State of New Hampshire  )
Rockingham  fs                )  November 14, 1848

Then the said Elisabeth R Gilman who I certify is a person of good reputation for truth & her statements entitled to credit made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true
Before me
John Kelly   Justice of the Peace
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I Nathaniel Gilman of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty three years and upwards testify and say that the Hon William Parker who for many years was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Register of Probate for said County of Rockingham, moved into said town of Exeter before the commencement of the Revolutionary War.  I believe about the year 1770 and continued in this town till his death about thirty years ago.  From the time he came into this town I was well acquainted with him and was intimate in his family.  Doct. William Parker was on of his sons and I was intimately acquainted with him until his death.  He entered the service early in the Revolutionary war and remained in it several years.  He was a Surgeon in the army and was I believe ["before" stricken out] Assistant Surgeon before he was appointed Surgeon.  I believe that he was in the Service in the Summer of 1775 but cannot say in what capacity.--While in the army he came home occasionally and when he came home I always saw him and
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was much with him.  He was then paying his addrefses to Miss Mary Tilton a daughter of Major Daniel Tilton of this town.  I was well acquainted with and intimate in Maj. Tiltons family.  Dr Parker and Mifs Mary Tilton were married about the year 1780.  I knew of their marriage but did not attend their wedding.--I have this day seen and have now before me an Interleaved almanac of the Rev Daniel Rogers formerly a minister in this town and see in the margin of the Page for December 1780 and also in the leaf against that month entries of the marriage of Will'm Parker and Mary Tilton as on the 5th day of December 1780.  The entries are as set forth in the Affidavit of Elisabeth R Gilman which she has signed & sworn to in my presence--and those entries are in my belief and according to the best of my knowledge in the hand writ-
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ing of the Rev Daniel Rogers who has been dead more than fifty years--with his hand writing I am acquainted--have seen much of it and am perfectly satisfied that the memoranda in said Almanac were made by him.

I further testify that immediately after the marriage of Dr Parker and Mifs Tilton they lived together as man & ["for" stricken out] wife first at her fathers and afterwards in a house by themselves--until his death--He died of the yellow fever in this town about the year 1798.  His widow a few years after his death married Jonathan Hale Esq of Coventry who died five or six years ago--I have been acquainted with Mrs Hale from her childhood--before she was married to Dr Parker while she was his wife--while she was his widow--while she was the wife of Maj. Hale and since his death--She was of a highly respectable family--and has ever sustained a fair and high reputation--Indeed the families of Judge Parker and of Maj. Tilton were ever considered among
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the most respectable in the town.  Doct Parker after he left the army settled in this town and was my family Physician until he died and a respectable and worthy man
Nath'l. Gilman

State of New Hampshire )
Rockingham  fs               )  November 14, 1842

Then the said Nathaniel Gilman Esq who I certify is a person of good reputation for truth and his statements entitled to entire credit made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
John Kelly   Justice of the Peace.
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County fs

I Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for the County of Rockingham certify that John Kelly Esq. who has subscribed his name to the annexed certificate is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County duly commifsioned & qualified, that his commifsion is dated November 25th 1839 and will expire November 24th 1844, and that the signature to the foregoing certificates authenticating the affidavits of Charles Connor, Theresa Orne, Elizabeth R Gilman & Nathaniel Gilman, are his genuine signatures and in his own handwriting--

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this fourteenth day of Noember Anno Domini 1842--
J.B. Hoitt  Clerk

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Margaret Giddings of Derry County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire aged seventy nine years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Judge William Parker of Exeter in said County R and with his son Dr. William Parker; and that my first husband whose name was Peletiah Warren, very soon after the commencement of the revolutionary war, entered the service as Mate to the said Doc. William Parker who was surgeon in the army of the United States, that the said Doc. William Parker after leaving the army was married to Mary Tilton of Exeter, about the year 1780 by Rev. Daniel Rogers; and that I attended the wedding.
Margaret Giddings

Rockingham fs.  November 15th 1842
then the said Margaret Giddings who I certify is a person of good reputation for truth and is entitled to full credit made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
William Choate  Jus Peace
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O. W. & N. Division.
W.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

December 28, 1895.

Sir:

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of *WILLIAM PARKER* a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Column 1]  DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.

[Column 2]  LENGTH OF SERVICE.

[Column 3]  RANK.

[Columns 4 & 5]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN............................COLONEL.

[Column 6]  STATE.

The details of his services are not given in the widow's pension papers but it appears that he was appointed Surgeon's Mate in the 8th. Continental Infantry on the 1st of January, 1778, Surgeon of the 2nd. New Hampshire Regiment on the 8th. of November, 1778, and that he resigned on the 30th. of November, 1778.

Battles engaged in,  None mentioned.

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Exeter, N.H.

Date of application for pension,  by widow,  August 15, 1832.

Residence at date of application,  of widow,  Exeter, N.H.

Age at date of application,  of widow,  seventy-five years.

Remarks:  He married Mary Tilton on Dec. 5, 1780, and died Sept. 18, 1798.  His widow married (May 3, 1802), Jonathan Hale who died Dec. 12, 1838. 

Mr. F. S. Frisbee
838 Tremont St.,
Boston, Mass.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

870blm
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.  8213

Mary Hale
Wid
William Parker
Surgeon  Rev  War

Act:  Feby 2  1848.

Index:---Vol. A,  Page 205

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dec. 28, 1895
Mil. histy sent to
F.S. Frisbie
Boston, M.

Jan. 9, 1896
Cong Widow and
Children.  to
F. Senter Frisbie
Boston, Mass.

1920-Mch 18.  Date of death etc.
to Henry D. Warren in cl. S. 4574
Emerson,--also carbon copy of
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9001 [line drawn through]

Mary Hale
N.H.

Act 7. July '38.

adm'd
22 mo. 18 ds  Surgeon
_________________________
452.$
________________________

Joshua Woodward
Haverhill
NH
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congrefs of the 7th July 1838 and the 23d August 1842.

State of New Hampshire )
Grafton County               ) SS

On this twentyeth day of April eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before me D C Churchill a Judge of the Court of common pleas within and for said County of Grafton Mary Hale a resident of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire 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 acts of Congrefs pafsed July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war--That she is the widow of William Parker a volunteer and surgeon in Col. Enoch Poors regiment in the New Hampshire line that he was a resident of the town of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid when he entered the service that according to the best of her knowledge and belief he served from the Autumn of seventeen hundred and seventy five untill sometime in the month of November seventeen hundred seventy eight when he was discharged but she has not been able to obtain any documentary evidence of his service previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven although she has taken unwearried pains so to do and must therefore rely (according to the rules of July 17th 1838) upon the affidavits (which are now
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in the pension office of Nathan Gilman and Margaret Warren for evidence of his service previous to seventeen hundred and seventy seven for she knows of no other persons living who are acquainted with the facts and they are persons of known respectability;  that he was in one or more battles and that he had a severe sicknefs while in the service which settled in one of his legs and troubled him at times very much durring life.

She also declares that she was married to the said William Parker on the fifth day of December seventeen hundred and eighty that her husband the aforesaid William Parker died on the sixteenth day of September seventeen hundred and ninety eight that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of Jany seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated   She further declares that after the death of the husband aforesaid she was married to Jon'a Hale Esq then residing in Exeter on the ----- day of May eighteen hundred and two that he died on the twelfth day of December eighteen hundred and ninety six and that she is still a widow.
Mary Hale

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written   before me
D C Churchill  J.C.C. Pleas

I certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said applicant cannot attend the Court
D. C. Churchill  J.C.C. Pleas
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton County sct--

I Nathan B Felton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that David C Churchill is an acting Judge of said Court in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 24th day of November AD 1834, and will expire on the 16th day of December AD 1860, and that his two signatures above written (on the last prceeding page of this sheet) are genuine

Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 21st day of April AD 1843
NB Felton  Clerk

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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Rep'd  see letter

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265
Concord.  N. Hampshire
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Mary Hale, who was
widow of William Parker
who was a Surgeon
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
565 Dollars ---Cents
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Increased from $452.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
26. day of August 1844
and sent to H.H. Sylvester,
Charlestown, N.H.
===========================
[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1,  Page 251
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Mary Hale
form'y Widow of
William Parker
NH

Rej'd.--Married after
the death of her husband
on acc't of whose service
she claims a pension
See let--M. Kelly
Nov 20  1838

to Joshua Woodward  Nov 2, 1842
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Rej'd   1499.
NH

Let to Joshua Woodward  Nov 25.  42

Letter to Joshua Woodward  Feby 21th  1843

Acts 7 July  '38
&  23 Aug  '42
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Rep'd.  see letter

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7304.
New Hampshire
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Mary Hale, who was
widow of William Parker
["who was a pensioner under the Act of" stricken out]
and who died on the 16. Sept'r. 1798
of Grafton in the State of N.H.
who was a Surgeon in the--------------
commanded by Captain--------------of the
regt. commanded by Col. Poor in
the N. Hampshire line for
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 565 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.  Increased from $452.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of
August 1844 and sent to H.H. Sylvester,
Charlestown, N.H.
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Total amount,   $

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by D Brown  Clerk,
Book D.   Vol. 1.   Page 31
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7304
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New Hampshire
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Mary Hale, formerly the
widow of William Parker
["who was a pensioner under the Act of" stricken out]
and who died on the 16th: Sept. 1798--
of Grafton in the State of N.H.
who was a Surgeon in the ---------------
commanded by Captain---------of the
Regt commanded by Col. Poor in
the N. Hampshire line for 22 mos: 18 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord--
at the rate of 452 Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of
May 1843 and sent to Joshua
Woodward--Haverhill, N.H.--
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Total amount,........................................$2200.00
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[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by W M Stewart  Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 1-- Page 43--

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Rep'd  June 1
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Rep
265 ┃
New Hampshire Concord
Mary Hale, formerly
widow of William Parker
who was a Surgeon
in the New Hampshire line
for 22 months & 18 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
452
Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of
March, 1843.
Certificate of
Pension issued the
and sent to
day of June 1843
Joshua
Woodward
Haverhill N.H.
Vol.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 117.
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
I Josiah Stevens, Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Choute is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rockingham only, Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twenty fifth day of November 1839 and will expire on the twenty fifth day of November 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this fifteenth day of November [unclear] 1842 
Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State. 
By John Town, Deputy Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
I, Josiah Stevens, Jr. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Russell Kimball is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Grafton only, commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the Thirteenth day of June 1840. and will expire on the thirteenth day of June 1845, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of said state this twenty-first day of November 1842

Josiah Stevens Jr Secretary of State
By John Town Deputy Secretary of State