Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26848, for Amos Parker, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Parker, Amos
Polly
NUMBER  W. 26848
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Massachusetts 3107 
Polly Parker Widow of Amos Parker who was a Sergeant &c in the Connecticut Militia 
for 14 months private, 
2 Months Sergeant 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Sixty three Dollars thirty three Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the Second day of December 1843 and sent to Henry Morris Springfield Massachusetts 
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A .Vol 1 Page 51
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letter to George Colton Oct 21. 1833 
G.C. 
70 Hampden 
21.159
Massachusetts 
Amos Parker of Hampden in the State of Mass who was  a Sergeant &c in the Comp commanded by Captain Griswold of the Reg commanded by Col. Enos in the Ct. line for 
16 mos priv 
2 mos Sergeant 
Ct State Troops & Mila 
Inscribed on at the rate of the Roll of Mass at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug 1832 and sent to  G. Colton Springfield 
Arrears to the 4th of Ma. 33   $126.66 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 16.66  
$133.33 
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G C Stiles  
Book E.  Vol. 3  Page 68
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9285
Amos Parker declaration with Depositions of Benj Cole & James Parker Also a Sergeants Warrant a Discharge Company Rolls &c &c
Geo Colton Springfield Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss 
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Oliver B Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Springfield Amos Parker a resident of Longmeadow in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five 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, 1832.  
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated  
1st. That he enlisted in a company of Connecticut State Troops under Lieut. Avery in the month of December 1775, as he believes, and marched to the vicinity of Boston Mass. where he served three months in a Regiment commanded by Col. Enos, General Putnam commanded the Brigade or division and General Washington was Commander in Chief.  That he worked nights in company with many others on Dorchester point building a fort just before the British army evacuated Boston and was there at the time the town was evacuated by the British and taken possession of by the American army, but does not know that there is any person now living who served with him, that his brother James Parker whose deposition is annexed knew of his service near Boston three months but was not with him.  
2d   That he enlisted again in the month of May 1776, for the term of eight months under Lieut Rust of Coventry Connecticut, in Col. Wells Regt of Connecticut State Troops and marched to the City of New York where we remained some time, and were then ordered to pass over to Long Island that after they went on to Long Island the British army lay only a few miles from them and that two Guards called a Colonels Guard were on duty, that on the morning of the day when the battle was fought Col. Wells Commanded the Guard to which I belonged, and Col. Huntington the other guard, we were nearly surrounded by the enemy before the alarm was given, and then retreated fighting with the enemy in front and rear untill we reached a ravine through which a part of the corps escaped and gained the intrenchments of the american army.  I saw General Washington dismount take a spade and throw three spades fall of earth and heard him say, spring too it boys for all he’s at Stake. I then stood about six feet from him - soon after the battle our Regiment went to West Chester from there to White Plains and then into the State of
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New Jersey, I was taken sick and sent to the hospital and did not go with the Regiment to N. Jersey but remained in the hospital until the end of my term and then received a written discharge which is lost.  His brother James Parker whose deposition is annexed knew that he enlisted and served eight months at and in the vicinity of New York, he does not know of any person now living who actually served with him.  
3d  That he enlisted in the month of January 1777, in Capt. Griswold Company and Col. Enos regiment of Connecticut State troops and went to East Chester where he served three months and has a weekly return of said Company which is hereunto annexed.  That he was often put on guard in plain sight of the British Guards on the N. York side of the tide water stream over which Kingsbridge was erected, and does not know of any person now living who served with him.   
4th  That he was drafted in the year 1778, and sent to New London in a Compy commanded by Lieut. Eliphas Hunt, Col. Ledyard commanded the forces at New London and Groton where he served one month & was dismissed.  Does not know of any person now living who served with him.   
5th That in the fall of the year 1778. he served one month as a substitute for Timothy Brown in the fort at Groton Connecticut, but does not know that there is a person now living who served with him.   
6th That he was drafted in the month of November 1781, and went to Fort Griswold where he served two months as a Sergeant in Capt. Robbins Company and Col. Samuel McClellans Regiment of Connecticut State Troops. His sergeants Warrant, a Muster roll of the Company, a written discharged and the deposition of Benjamin Cole who served with him and all hereunto annexed.  
That he served in all fifteen months as a private soldier and two months as a Sergeant.  
That he was born in the year 1757, at Coventry in the State of Connecticut and has the record of his age in his Fathers family bible now in his possession. 
The certificate of Sundry inhabitants of Longmeadow is annexed.
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That he lived in Coventry Connecticut when called into service.  That since the revolutionary War he has lived in Sharon State of Vermont until within a few years past when he removed to Longmeadow Mass, where he now resides. 
That he enlisted three times, was drafted twice and served as a substitute once.  That he received written discharge twice, one is annexed and the other lost.  That he never received a commission.
He hereby relinquishes every 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.  
Amos Parker
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
We Oliver Bliss Esq. and Levi E. Taylor both residing in the town of Longmeadow hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Parker, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  
Oliver Bliss
Levi E. Taylor
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
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 certifies, that it appears to them, that Oliver Bliss Esq. and Levi E Taylor who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents of Longmeadow, that they are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to full credit.   
I Justin Willard Register of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original  proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Parker for a pension.    
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August AD 1832 
Justin Willard Register
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9285 
Amos Parker 
Private 16 months 
Sergt 2 
18  
1406 
May 14 1833 
P. 395 
53.33
10
Geo Colton
Springfield Mass
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BRIEF in the case of   Amos Parker of Hampden Cty in the State of  Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?   75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Decr ‘75   Duration of Service.  3 Months  Rank.   Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Lt. Avery, Col Enos, Genl Putnam
Period.  May ’76  Duration of Service.  8 Months  Rank.  private Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Lt. Rust, Col. Wells
Period.  Jany ’77   Duration of Service.  3 Months  Rank.   Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Griswold, Col. Enos
Period. ‘78  Duration of Service. 1 month   Rank.  private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Lieut. Hunt, Col. Ledyard
Period.  Fall ’78   Duration of Service.  1 Month   Rank.  substitute   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  -
Period.   Nov ’81   Duration of Service.  2 Months    Rank.  Sergeant   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Robbins, Col. McCellan
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Long Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Coventry Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    Sergeant’s Warrant, Muster Roll & Written Discharge – two living Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk
18 Feb 1833
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1592 
Polly Parker of Ames Massachusetts 
admitted 
Sergt & Pr.  
$63.33/100
Henry Morris Springfield
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126.66
31.66
158.32
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampden County } ss On this Eighth day of September A.D. 1838, personally appeared before Oliver B Morris Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampden, Polly Parker a resident of Longmeadow in said County aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn  according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled “an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Amos Parker dec’d who was a Private and a Sergeant in the Connecticut State troops and the militia in the war of the Revolution and served as stated in the declaration of said Amos by which he obtained a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, to which declaration this declarant refers.  She further declares that she was married to the said Amos at Coventry Conn on the fourteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two by Squire Root of Coventry (Conn) that her husband the aforesaid Amos Parker died on the first day of May eighteen hundred & thirty six that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place prior to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. 
Polly Parker her mark 
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that the said Polly being unable to write her name made her mark in my presence, and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend the Court. 
Oliver B. Morris Judge of said Court
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And I the said Judge do declare my opinion that the said Amos Parker was a soldier of the Revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration, that on the fourteenth day of February Seventeen hundred and Eighty two he was married to the said Polly that he died on the first day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty six leaving the said Polly his widow, that she has not again been married and now is the widow of said Amos Parker deceased.   
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and cause the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this Eighth day of September AD 1838 
Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampden 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Hampden } ss  Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that the Hon Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court and that his signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate, also to the certificate of the execution of the annexed Deposition of Ira Parker is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this twelfth day of September AD 1838 
Justin Willard Clerk
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I Ira Parker of Longmeadow in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged forty seven years depose and say that I am the son of Amos Parker deceased & Polly Parker; that I have in my possession an old account book of my late fathers, containing in his hand writing a record of his marriage with my said mother and of the births of their children. That part of said record relating to said marriage is as follows, viz. “Coventry February the fourteenth A.D. seventeen hundred and eighty two Amos Parker and Polly Corkins was married to each other February fourteenth seventeen hundred and eigh (Blank)” 
The above is a true extract from said record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. "Febuary th 14. A.D. 1782” and again "Feby 14 AD. 178” (torn off).
I further depose & say that I have made diligent search at the town Clerk's office in Coventry Conn for a town record of the marriage of said Amos & Polly, but without success. 
I further depose and say that my father the aforesaid Amos Parker died the first day of May eighteen hundred & thirty six and that since his death, my mother, the aforesaid Polly, has not been married, but remains his widow.   
Ira Parker 
Hampden ss. September 8th (Eighth) 1838    Then personally appeared Ira Parker the aforesaid deponent, whom I certify to be a credible witness, and exhibited the record above stated & made oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.  
Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for said County -
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[unreadable] AD 1783 
Amos Parker & Polly Corkins was Married to each other Feby 14th 17 [unreadable]
[unreadable] AD 1782
[unreadable Polly was Born in Sharon Oct [unreadable] 1784
[unreadable] was Borne January [unreadable] AD 1787
Thean [than] Daughter Lensing was Born March the 18 AD 1789
Thean [then]  Son Ina was Born May the 3 AD 1791
Thenan [then] son Almon was Born May the 18 AD 1796
Thean [then] Son  Joseph was born August the 1 AD 1798
Thean [then] Daughter Sele was born May the 12 AD 1801
Silas George was Born December 28 AD 1808
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Sharon October [unreadable] 1809
Doct Balden Dr [unreadable]
Dr. To Two Days work [unreadable]
Dr. To Three Shillings [unreadable]
By the hand of [unreadable] X-62-0
Dr. To Jane Yard of [unreadable] X-0-0
Plane Cloth X – 0 – 0 
Dr To maken one band & half of Sloan  190
Dr. To fifteen Pound & Three [unreadable] of Tobacto  X2-20-0
Dr To Two Days work Dryen Taters  1-0-0
Dr. To my [unreadable] To family   0-58
Dr. To one Share      X 20-0-0
Dr. To maken 6 Barrels of Liver  0-67-0
November the 29 AD 1804
Roland Burton Dr To Two Days work [unreadable]  
Dr. To half a Days work measuring X 2-0
0-50-00
Tobacco 
2 pounds
5  13
2  15 1/3
4 10 3/1
9 2/3 6 2/3
9 1/2
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Amos Parker (Conn.) 
W. 26848 
A weekly Return of Capt. Edward Griswold’s  Co, in Col. Enos’ regt. signed Edward Griswold Capt. dated March 7, 1777 and 
A mutilated morning Return & 2 mutilated lists of names have been removed from this claim to be sent to the War Dept. 
D G 
June 9, 1911  
sent to the War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913
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January the 10 AD 1791   1 2272
John Wedge Jun dr To going after Capn Strig    £ 0-11-0
Dr. To my Hay & Mare To Squire Bliss  X 0-1-6
X
Ballance Due on the olde Book  0-5-0
To one Days work masuring X 0-6-0
To Fetchen up a load of Boards  X 0-3-0
1X 6 6
June the 9 A 1802
Ebenezer Carpenter dr. To For Five days & quarter of work at masoning   X  £ 1-11-6
Ebenezer Carpenter Cnt To one Doller  X £ 0-6-0
Dr. To one Bushel of Taters   0
One Bushel of Turnips   0 X 3-0
To half a Bushel of Taters & half a Bushel of Carets  X 0-3-6
Sharon May the 26 A 183
Ebenezer Carpenter Dr. To one Chease Pnes  X   8-2-0-0
John Williams Dr. To masen  X £ 0-80
January the 10 A 1810
Geo Conkins Dr to Eleven Pounds & quarter of old chease
To Two pound of Taters
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June the 15 1801   2
Ruben Farkins Dr 
To one Days work masuring X  £ 0 - 6X – 
December the 16 AD 1801
R. Emerson Dr to Two Bushels  of Corn & one of Rye  £ 0-10-0
Dr. To Eighteen Pounds of veal 0-4-0
Dr. to Six Pounds of Butter  0-4-0
Dr. To Two Fowles   0-1-2
Dr. To Nine Pounds of veal  0-2-3
Dr. to One Chease  0-6-3
Dr to 12 3/1 of veal  0-3-2
April the 13 AD 1803
Elisha May Dr to one Days work Masuring  £ 0X-5-0
Due to Mehitabel Ritch  X £ 0-18-4
June the 16 AD 1803
Solomon Curtis Dr. To one Bushel of Wheat by the hand of Biley Handy £ 05
Mehetabel Ritch Dr. to flax   £ 0-3-0
To five shillins Paid to Ripley X 0-5-0
To Nine Shillins & two pence paid to Mr. Worker X 0-9-2
February the 20 AD 1803
Elvin Day Dr to one Days work £ 0-2-6
To fetchen Don from over the mountain   0-7-6
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Dr to Three Days work gitten out Timber for the Sidermill
Dr. to one days work 
Dr. to Half a days work 
Dr. to half a days work
October 20 th 1803
Wilnum Presson Dr to Two Ton Tater [unreadable] X D 0-66
October the 12 AD 1804
Peter Wilson Dr to One Dollar Due to Polley Parker for Tayloring  £ 0-6-0
To Five Bushels of Taters   0-4-0
To one Bushel of White Beans  0-5-0
Sharon February the 28 AD 1806
This Day settled with Peter Willson on All Book accounts & found Due to him one Doller & Ninety three cents
Peter Willson
Amos Parker
July the 8 AD 1803
Charles Kent Dr to Smith & Smith * $ 0-75
February the 10 AD 1806
Yoha Sabin Dr to me Ton of hay £ 2-0
To Two Days & half work masoning
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Sharon January the 20 th1803 Then 4 
Settled all Book Accounts with James Parker & Ballence the Same us witness our hands
James Parker
Amos Parker
Feb the 20
James Parker Dr to Nine Shillins & three pence Paid to Polly Parker £  0-9-3
Dr. to Two Days work 0-5-0
Dr. to a Shel for the Shop  0-1-0
Dr to hald a days work to the Widder Wedges   0-1-6
Dr. to Two days work   0-5-0
Dr to one days work   0-2-6
Dr to cillen hogs   1-5-6
January the 13 AD 1804 Then Settled all book Accounts with James Parker and Ballenst the same as witness our hands
Amos Parker
James Parker
April the 10 AD 1804
James Parker Dr to work in the shop £  0-5-0
Dr to [unreadable] of wheat go the college  0-6-0
To half days work  0-1-6
Dr. to my self & one day 0-4-6
Dr to Tree Days work masuring 0-18-0
Dr to half a day work 0-1-6
11-16-6
[unreadable] Mar 1 1805 Then Settled all Book Account with James Parker & Ballenst the Same as Witness our hands 
James Parker
Amos Parker
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Sharon august the 6 AD 1804 
Charles Kent Dr. to Trhee Shilbans by the w Ridge £ 0-3-0
Dr. to the Cabbin  0 
Dr To fetching up a load of Shingels 0-6-0  
Dr To going to mill   0-9-0
April  10 1810 Ashel Ladd Dr To Seven Pound & half of Tobaco $ X 10-0-0 
Sept the 6 1810 Ashel Ladd jr  Dr To three pounds of Tobacco $0-40-0 
Dr To one Bed cord  1-0-0
to one Thousan & half of Shingels 3 - 50 -  0 
to work at masening 1-33-0 
To one Thousan of Shingel   2-37-0
To Four Bushels of appels  1-0-0  
Sharon June the 20 AD  1805 
Ashbel Ladd jun Dr To my oxen one day to the River  £ 2-0-0 
Dr. Two bushels of Appels   0-5-0
To the use of my cart & oxen half a Day 0-2-0 
To my Cart one Day 0-2-0
To one barrel of cider  0-12-0
To Seven Pounds of Gallen 0-5-0 
June the 20 1808
Walton Hamelton Dr to fourteen Pound of meal 0-56
Dr. to one Day & half work masenin  $ 1-50
Dr to four yards of Cloth   2-0
Dr to fifteen pounds & quarter of veal 0-61
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July the 16 AD 1803 
Marvy Wedge Dr To Two Days & Half work hoen [hoing] Corn £  0-7-6
Dr To my self & two one Day X  0-5-0
Dr To four Days work Picken Corn  0-12-0
Dr To mowen hun down to my house  0-6-0
Dr to fire wood   1-4-0
21-4-6
Dr To one peck & half Salt 
To one quart of Rum to Col Chamberlans 
To my Revs to Benny 0-4-0
Dr To a Job   
3-4-6
0-3-0
3-7-6
August the 20 AD 1803
Doc Bolden Dr to One Bushel of Wheat  £ 0-6-0
Dr to Three gallons of vinegar  0-6-0
Dr To Two Pound & quarter of mutton  0-0-7
Dr To Three Pounds and half of Butter   0-2-7
Dr to one Bushel of wheat   0-6-0
Dr to Two Pound of Butter  0-1-6
[unreadable] 10 AD 1804
Doctor Botom Dr to One Peck of flaxseed  £ 0-2-0
Dr to one bushel & half of Taters   0-3-0
Dr to my oxen one day   0-3-0
Dr to one Bushel of appels  0-2-0
Dr To one Bushel of corn   0-4-0
Dr to Three Shillins on [unreadable] 0-3-0
Dr to Killin a hog   
[unreadable] bushel & half of oats & peck of peas  0-4-6
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7 Rachel Parker Conct
To fourteen pound & half of veal   $ 0-58-0
Cr to Twenty seven pound of veal   0-81-0
Cr to Eight Pound & half of cover skin  1-6-0
Cr to one calf   3-0-0
Cr to one bushel   3-0-0
Cr to fifteen dollars cash   15-0-0
Cr to one Calf skin   1-48-0
Cr to 17 Pound of veal   0-15-0
Cr to Twelve Dollars Cash  12-0-0
Rachel Parker Dr to 9 ½ mutton 0-28
To Six pound of mutton  0-18
To keein a Cow one year   14-0-0
To one pint of wine   0-3-3
To 9 shillen paid to Bonnet   1-50
June the 10 1817
Three years house rent & paid board  55-0-0
To keepen a cow from the first of year to the first of March 11-0-0
To one pig   0-50
To keepen a cow from the first of June to the first of March  11-0-0
To house rent & taken cair of mother one year 50-0
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July 10 AD 1815  Oren Day Better
To one days work Laing [laying] stone  41-0-0
To almon from Days work   3-0-0
To one day work  0-75-0
To my oxen half a day   0-10-0
To one day laing sorber wall  1-0-0
To five Dollars cash 5-0-0
To my cart one day   0-17-0
$ 11-04
March the 19 AD 1817 This day Settled all Book & Accounts & found Due to Orrin Day Seventy Three Cents
Orrin Day
Amos Parker
James Parker Dr to 0-76
Dr to Half a Day work for Asnin 0-33-0
To one days work mason  1-0
To Two Days & half work masening  3-12-0
44-5
76
5-21
Had of James Parker one half bushel & four quarts of sead wheat
Had of Pina Day two Bushel & Three pecks of Sead Wheat Paid Said Wheat
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9 March the 20 AD 1820
Siles Paul Dr. to one barrel of liver $2-00
To Forth Cents Cash   0-40
Ira Parker Dr to One Barrel of Liver   $2-00
Dr to half a bushel & four quarts of Salt  1-50
[unreadable] 0-20
2-20
0-40
2-30
1-09
Things  1-11-0
March the 25 AD 1820
Moses Ladd Dr to Cappen his boats  $ 0-41
Dr to one Pair of Stockins  0-50
Dr to Soleleather & makin a pair of shoes  1-25
Dr to a Note given up to him $ 15-75
Dr to Twelve yards of To Cloth 3-00
To maken to [unreadable]  0-80
To one Tap  0-12
Dr to Soleleather for a pair of shoes  0-67
22-50
9-50
3-33
9-00
74-33
Moses Ladd sick last three days
Lost one Day to Tranen 
Lost one day to Stafford for Moses
Lost one day to maken shoes & goin to Court
Lost one day maken shoes
Lost one day to commencement
Lost three days with a bile
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May 6 AD 1819
James Parker Dr St Two days work [unreadable] 1-50-0
Dr to one pig  0-84-0
Dr to four Bushels of Turnips 1-0-0
Dr to Half a Bushel of French Turnips  0-33-0
3-79
July 23 AD 1817
Orrin Day Dr to Two Days work mason  $ 2-0-0
Dr to One Day & Half work Lain Stone  1-50-0
Dr to Eight Pound of Tobacco   1-0-0
Dr to one Corn Broom  0-28-0
3-67-0
March the 10 AD 1819
Thin Rcord with Orrin Day & Settled all Book Accounts & Ballanst the Same as witness our hands Amos Parker
[unreadable]
To five Dollars cash
To my cart one day
March the 19 1817
All book accounts To Orrin Day Seventy
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11 August the 20 AD 1803
Doct Dill Dr to the Youse [use] of my mare one week  £0-19-0
Money wedge [unreadable] Eighteen yards & half cloth  0-9-3
Credit [unreadable] Stockens  0-2-6
Cr to Nitten Stockins  0-2-0
Cr to Shinnen pine run 0-4-0
Cr to work 0-3-0
Cr Tubs & Esther Things  1-0-9
1-11-0
2-10-9
Sharon August the 12 AD 1812
Dr to Keeper a six weaks at Two pence per weak   $ 0-17-0
Sharon November 10 AD 1804
Shades worker Dr three days & quarter work masen  £ 0-19-6
William Miller Dr to my Cart half a day £ 0-1-0
Robin Masher Dr to one Days work £ 0-6-0
Roger Wallridge Dr to one axe handle  £ 0-1-0
Juen the 1 AD 1806
Nathaniel Brown Dr to my cart one Day & half  £ 0-3-0
To my Cart Two days  0-4-0
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Sharon March the 6 AD 1805  12
James Parker Dr to Kepen a yoke of oxen one weak  £ 0-5-0
Dr to two days work sawing Timber  0-8-0
To Graften appel trees 0-1-6
To one Day & half work framen  0-6-0
To half a days work killen hogs  0-2-0
To manen a quart Juney & Ex  0-6-0
To foar Days & three quarters of a day work of masening 1-8-6
0-17-4
1-8-8
5-3-0
Sharon July the 30th AD 1806
Then Settled all book accounts with James Parker & Ballenced the same as witness our hands
James Parker
Amos Parker
Sharon November 10 AD 1806
James Parker Dr to two Days work Masening £ 0-12-0
Sharon Feb the 23d AD 1807 then reconed with James Parker on all book accounts & Ballanced the same Witness our hands   
James Parker
Amos Parker
April the 14 AD 1807
James Parker Dr to maken a paire of workkenpans £ 0-9-0
To one days work fixen the well 0-3-0
To framen the College  0-4-6
1-10-0
2-6-6
3-04
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13 Sharon January the 8 1808 then [unreadable] with James Parker all Book Account & settled the same as witness our hands
James Parker
Amos Parker
Sharon January the 15 AD 1808 
James Parker Dr to half a days work farmin wheat £ 0-1-6
Dr to Two Days & half work 0-4-6
Dr to half days work maken sisal 0-2-0
[unreadable] 2-1-6
[unreadable]  0-3-9
[unreadable]  0-3-0
[unreadable] 0-2-0
[unreadable]  0-2-0
[unreadable]  1-9-9
February the 7 aD 1809
Then settled with James Parker on all Book accounts & settled the same as witness our hands
James Parker
Amos Parker
May the 20 1809
James Parker Dr to my oxen foar days 0-8-0
To one days work holden plow   
To two days work framin 0-8
To foar days & half work on the barn  10-18-0
0-1-0
0-2-0
1 dy
Sharon March the 5th 1810 then settled all Book accounts with James Parker and Ballanced the same witness our hands
James Parker
Amos Parker
Ira Parker Begun to work for Connel Chamberlan April 29 work 1 weak 13 March May 27 work one weak More work 3 days
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John Donner maid 15 Barels of Sider
Amos Rust maid 3 ½ barels of Sider  14
Nicholas Moser maid 5 barels of Sider
John Hyer maid & Barels of Sider
Sharon March the 25 AD 1806
James Barnard Dr to a Pare of Looms £  2-2-0
Benjamin Libbey Dr to a Prea of Looms £   2-2-0
June the 10 AD 1806
Sam Page Dr to foar days work of Masening  £   1-9-0
One Day Dr to two days & two thirds of a Days work £  0-16-0
To half a days work 0-2-0
To one bedsted  0-12-0
Sharon October the 10 AD 1806
Nathaniel Wilson Dr. to work £   0-4-8
Sharon October the 10 AD 1806 
Axel Pasafield Dr to a Tenent Saw £   0-12-0
Sharon November the 21 AD 1806
Israel Nobels Dr to one days work 0-6-0
October the 20 1808
To Two days work fixen the Sider Mill
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18 Sharon June 4 AD 1806
Took Charles Kents cow to pasture 1-0
To my oxen & cart to Libbens Mills 0-2-0
To Tina & oren Things & cart to white River after boards
To Ira & oxen gitten wood  0-2-6
To one ax halve  0-1-6
To Rent 0-4-0
To Ten Baswood Boards   0-6-0
0-10-6
1-12-0
Sharon November the 28 AD 1806
Due to Charles Ken foar Thelens 0-4-0
Sharon November the 20 AD 1806
Doctor Bolden Dr to Eighty pound & half od Beans $ 3-22
To half days work Pesen Conn 0-33
To half days work Reuben 0-33
To eight pounds of Tallen  1-11
Dr & the oxen & teams one day  1-0-0
Dr Two pounds & half od hemp  0-3-6
To cash
April the 20 AD 1807
Charles Kent Dr to 18 days work 
Dr to one Days work masen $ 10-0
Dr to oxen Shanes White 0-75
Charles Kent cr to one days work Credit to one hundred and five pounds of beef  $ 3-15
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May the 8 1808
Redman Moswar Dr to Weaven thirty one yards of Cloth $
Dr to weaven Theirty foar yards of cloth
Dr to weaven seventeen yards of Cloth
Dr to weaven Sixteen yards & quarter of Hueabuck
Dr to weaving Seventeen yards of Cloth
April the 20 1808 Cown hens Dr to one pare of looms  $ 70-0
To one ax halve   25-0
To two bushels of Taters  0-67-0
To one Keg 4-0-0
To Eleven pounds of Cheese  0-92-0
To one pound of Cowpens  0-15-0
Orrin Day Dr to Weaven twenty five yeards of Cloth $ 2-8
[unreadable] Dr to half days work Laing Sollon wall £ 0-3-0
To one days work & half work 0-9-0
To half days work 0-3-0
Dr to my wagin to Limary 0-4-0
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April the 10 AD 1809 Orrin Day To maken one pare of Looms $60-0
To maken a small Coffin  0-50-0
To one Day [unreadable] 0-66
To fixen the Sider Mill  1-14
To Two Days work   1-34
To one days work  0-66
To maken a pare of workers boots & cover 2-50
To one Bushel of Taters & one pakc of beams 0-50
0-80
March the 10 1809 Amasa Rust [unreadable] Bealo £ 0-10-0
Oliver Ladd Dr to maken barels of Sider  
Roger Ladd to maken three barels of Sider
Dr Rolen Day to Maken 1 Barel & half of Sider
Amaza Chamberlan Dr to maken fifteen Barels of Sider
Oliver Ladd Dr to maken 4 Brels of Sider
Roger Ladd Dr to Maken 2 barels of Sider
Zohar Downer Dr to Maken 2 Barels of Sider
Redmon Moser Dr to maken 2 barels of Sider
Samuel Ladd keep my oxen two weeks & my Stears & Cow Six weeks
Zohn Hiland Dr to maken 6 Barels of Sider
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June the 20 AD 1809 Captain Parker Dr 18
To Weaving twenty one yards & half of cloth at sixpence a yard $1-79
To Weaving Twelve yards & half of Cloth 1-0-4
To weaving Thirty one yards & half of Cloth 2-58
To weaving Seventeen yards of Cloth 1-42
To weaving Eight yards of Cloth 0-67
To Colonel [unreadable] of yarn 1-50
October 10 1810 To John [unreadable] work masening  3-50
March the 4 1811 Foar [unreadable] of Shingels att fourteen Shillings [unreadable] $ 9-34
To Six Days work masinger 6-0-0
To Three days work masinger 3-0-0
To one year [unreadable] 6-50
28-34
March the 5 AD 1800
Jonathan Roark Dr to Six Pound of tobacco at ten pence per pound
Amsa Chamberlan jun Dr to five pound of tobacco
Samuel Root Dr for twenty nine pounds of Tobacco at ten pence per pound
Jonathan Orwel Dr to Six Pound & half of Tobacco $ 1-80
June the 12 AD 1811
Samuel Lampkin dr for taken a letter out of the Post Ofise $ 0-25-0
December the 18 AD 1809
Oliver Ladd Dr to Balance Due at 62
To one Pound & five ounces of Tobacco 17
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Massachusetts
Amos Parker Pr & Sergt $63.33 Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid? 
Pen Office 
Decr 1 1838
Died 1 May 1836 pd to that period JH
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We the subscribers residents of Longmeadow in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Parker a resident of said town, that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age; that he is a person of good moral character; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we have no doubt that those was the fact in Longmeadow Aug 22, 1832- 
Ethan Ely 
Calvin Burt
Wm White 
George Raynolds 
Walter Bliss 
Samuel Kilbon 
Herman Newell 
Israel Gates 
Geo Bliss 
Ethan Ely Junr 
SamL Stebbins 
John Wickworth 
S Williams
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James Parker of Sharon in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of the age of Sixty nine testify and say that in the year 1776 1 lived in Coventry in Connecticut and well remember that Amos Parker a brother of mine, then lived in Coventry and now lives in Longmeadow in Massachusetts and is in his seventy fifth year, enlisted for three months and joined the Army that lay about Boston and was there when the British left Boston and served his time out and in the spring of the same year he enlisted again for Eight months and was at and about the vicinity of new york and served his time out and in the fall of 1781 he Did two months more service according to the Deposition of Benjamin Cole and since the time that he did said service untill within a few years.   I have lived near him and after heard him speak of those campaigns. 
James Parker 
Sharon July the 17th 1832 
State of Vermont 
Windsor County   Personally appeared James Parker the subscriber as above and made solemn  oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me 
Samuel Shuttleworth Justice of Peace 
I hereby certify that James Parker of being the same James Parker who on the 17th day of July 1832 give his deposition before me with regard to the revolutionary services of James Parker of Longmeadow in the State of Massachusetts is a person of veracity 
Sharon May 27th 1833 
Samuel Shuttleworth Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont 
Windsor County } Woodstock County Clerks Office July 17th 1832 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel Shuttleworth and is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his signature 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribe my name, the day of year above 
Benj Swan
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Royalton May 25, 1833 
Geo. Colton Esq. 
Sir 
Your favor of the 21st I duly rec’d in relation to the deposition of Benj. Cole given for Amos Parker a Revolutionary Soldier, where we first made out a Deposition it was not known or suspected that the certificate you have wrote for was required, but since, we have found it to the contrary, I therefore send the [unreadable] as below.  
Your Respectfully 
Oel Billings 
State of Vermont 
Windsor County } Royalton May 25. 1833. 
I certify that Benjamin Cole of Royalton aforesaid is of good character for truth and veracity and is esteemed as a worthy Christian. 
Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
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I Benjamin Cole of Royalton in the County of London and State of Vermont of the age of Seventy one testify and say, that in the year 1781 I lived in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut and my father then of Plainfield aforesaid was drafted in the militia and was ordered to Join Company at Groton fort.  My farther not choosing to go,  I was his substitute and I repaired to said Groton and joined the company commanded by Captain Robbins in Col McClellans Regiment. I there for attached to said Company. Amos Parker who was Sargent of said company who was then from Coventry in Connecticut, but is now living at Long Meadows in the State of Massachusetts.  Said Parker served with me faithfully in said Company two months in the defence of said fort and served said time. I have frequently seen him. 
Benjamin Cole 
State of Vermont 
Windsor County }  Royalton July 13, 1832   Personally appeared Benjamin Cole  the subscriber as above, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed 
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace 
State of Vermont 
Windsor County}  Woodstock County Clerks Office July 14th 1832 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do. hereby certify that Oel Billings is a Justice of the Peace within off for said County, and that the above is his signature. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, the day of year last above.
Benj Swan
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 26848 
Polly Parker 
widow of 
Amos Parker 
Sgt Rev War 
Act: March  
Index: -- Vol. P Page 116  
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Polly Parker
Massachusetts 
Suspended
See let 4 Decr 1838
Henry Morris
Act 7 July 1838
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Amos Parker (Conn.)
W.26848
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Saml McCellan Esquire 
Colo Comandant Comanding fort Griswold 
to Amos Parker Greeting By the authority and Command that I sustain I. authorise and appoint you Sergant And you are Strickly and faithfully to Observe all the orders that or either of your superior officers shall give according to the Disapline of War and this shall be Your sufficiant Warrant 
Groton December 5th 1781 
Saml McCellan Colen Comandant
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Amos Parker (Conn)
W. 26848
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Sergt Amos Parker is hearby Discharged from the present tower [tour] & has Liberty to return home having served faithfully & is worthy of the Caracter of a good Soldier. 
Groton June 13th 82 
Saml McClellan Col  Commandant
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1446 
Massachusetts 
Polly Parker widow of Amos Parker, decd who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 1 March 1836. of Hampden Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant & in the Company commanded by Captain Griswold of the Regt. commanded by Col. Enos in the Connecticut militia for 
16 mo : private 
2 mo Sergeant 
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec. 1838 and sent to Henry Morris Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. ‘38 - $158.33 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 31.67 
$190.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm M Stuart Clerk.
Book A  Vol. 1 Page 114
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9285
Amos Parker
Geo Colton
Springfield Mass
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those further proof or explanation. answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Amos Parker which require further proof or explanation   
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?   Yes 
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ---  
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?   yes  
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to  their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain No 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No certificate of Credibility  
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how In a case long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year -- months, and --- days, I served as a and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
[unreadable] annexed
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Mr Addison
FREE
[stamp] SPRINGFIELD MASS OCT 9
J. L. Edwards Esqr  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington
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Springfield Mass. Oct 9. 1833 
J. L Edwards Esqr. Coms. of Pensions 
Sir
The agent for paying pensions at Boston stated to the attorney of Amos Parker when he applied for his pension money that said Parkers name had not been returned to his office, will you have the goodness to make enquiry and if his name has not been returned cause the mistake to be rectified 
and much oblidge 
Your friend 
Geo. Colton 
21.159
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3265
P Parker
$63.33 per annum
Henry Morris
Springfield Mass
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
HAMPDEN COUNTY,} ss  On this Fifth day of August appeared before William White Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Polly Parker a resident of Longmeadow in said county, aged 83 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 on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Amos Parker who was a Private & Sergeant and served as stated in his declaration on file in the pension office by which he obtained a pension under the at of June 7, 1832.  Also in the declaration of said Polly by which she obtained a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, the certificate of which, numbered 1446, has been surrendered as required by the Department.   
That she received a pension of Sixty three dollars and thirty three cents, under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Polly Parker her mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before  
William White Justice of the Peace. 
Witness Ira Parker William White 
I hereby certify that Polly Parker  the declarant above named is personally known to me. 
William White Justice of the Peace.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden SS
I Justice Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within & for said County, do hereby certify that William White before whom the within declaration of Polly Parker purports to have been verified, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified to act as such & that his signatures subscribed to the within certificates I believe to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Probate Court at Springfield this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.  Justice Willard
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James L. Edwards Esqr  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington D.C.
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Springfield Mass Apr 3. 1838 
Sir
The declaration of Polly Parker is forwarded by
Your obt sevt 
Henry Morris 
J.L. Edwards Esq
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James L. Edwards Esqr  
Commissioner of Pensions  
Washington D.C.
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Springfield Nov 28, 1838 (Mass)
Sir
Herewith I send you the account book of Amos Parker decd containing on its last page the record of his marriage with Polly Parker now his widow. It is the same referred to in the deposition of Ira Parker in the pension case of said Polly Parker which I forwarded to the Department in September.  
Respy Your Obt Servt 
Henry Morris 
J.L. Edwards Esq-
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME   Parker, Amos    GRADE  Private   LINE     Sappers and Miners
WARRANT NUMBER   13577   ACREAGE   100   ISSUED  November 7 1791 
To Jonathan Tuttle assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.