Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,210, for Samuel Parris, Massachusetts
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Service:  

Continental
Mass
Mass Sea Service

Parris, Samuel

S.11210
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To District of Columbia from 4 March 1837 - 10 July 1837

May 4 Albion K history prior
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Dist Columbia (Maine struckthrough)
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Samuel Parris

of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a St & Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Crane of the Reg't commanded by Colonel Jacobs in the Massachusetts line for the term of from January 1776 to 1779
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 220 Dollars per month to commence on the 4th day of march 1832
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of August 1832 and sent to Hon A K Parris, Portland, Me
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Amount due on 4th of March 1832:  $220
on 4 Sept 1832  $110

Total $330

Revolutionary Claim Act 7 June 1832

Rec Book D Vol 1 Fol 78

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Mass and Continental Sea Service.  Records Completed  May 6/05
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United States of America 
Maine District

On this twenty eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in
open Court before the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, now sitting, Samuel Parris, a resident of Hebron in the County of Oxford, and State of Maine, aged seventy six 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 - That soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, and not far from the first of July 1775 at Halifax in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, where he then resided, he voluntarily enlisted as a non-commissioned officer into a company of State troops commanded by Capt. James Keith, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Paul Dudley, Sargent, and marched to Cambridge where he continued to serve near Boston until the last day of December 1775 when he was verbally discharged, his term of enlistment having expired. That before the close of the last term of service he re-enlisted as orderly Sergeant, for one year viz the year 1776 into the same company, it then belonging to the continental line, and that he continued to serve under the second enlistment as orderly Sergeant from the first day of January 1776 until some time in the summer of the same year, but he is unable to ascertain the precise period. while serving under this enlistment he was stationed at Cambridge, until the British troops left Boston, that he then marched into Boston and continued to do duty there and on Bunker Hill until he was regularly discharged.
Sometime in the summer season of 1776 but he is unable to fix the time precisely, he was regularly discharged for the purpose of entering the naval service, and did thereupon in the same summer viz, 1776 at Swanzey in the State of Massachusetts, enlist in the Naval service in an armed Brig called "The Freedom" fitted out by the State of Massachusetts, commanded by Capt. John Clouston and served therein as
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follows, viz. Their cruising ground was in the Guelph Stream, and in the route of the British vessels bound from Halifax in Nova Scotia to New York and back, which last place was then in possesion of the enemy. After taking and sending in several prizes, they took a large British Ship bound from New York to Cork, and ordered her into the first safe port; that this applicant, the said Samuel Parris, was detached to assist in bringing her in, and one David Bowers was detached as prize master; they laid their course for Boston and when nearly in with Cape Cod, was blown off by a severe gale into the neighbourhood of the West Indies, where they were recaptured by the enemy, put in irons and carried into the Island of St. Croix, where they were set at liberty. At that time, the applicant understood St. Croix to be a neutral Island and whether they were carried in there by mistake of the officer having command, or intentionally that they might be landed from the versel, the applicant does not know. He immediately returned to the States in the Letter of Marque Schooner Mars of Philadelphia, commanded by Capt. Copper, came into Chesapeake Bay and was landed in the winter of 1777 about the first of January, he thinks, at a small place called Pinkateague, or Chinkateag, which he understood was in Maryland.  from thence he travelled to his home in Plymouth County in Massachusetts where he arrived in February 1777.  Soon after he arrived home he was taken sick with the small pox, and on his recovery, about the first of July 1777 the applicant again enlisted for the term of six months as orderly Sergeant in a company of State troops raised for the defence of the New England States, commanded by Capt. Joseph Cole, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Robinson, and continued to serve as orderly Sergeant under that enlistment until the last day of December 1777, when the full term of his enlistment having expired he was regularly discharged. During this service he was stationed at various places within the
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State of Rhode Island, to prevent the landing of the enemy on the main, they then having possession of the Island. On the first of January 1778 the applicant was duly and legally appointed a Lieutenant in the company of State troops raised for the defence of the New England States, commanded by Capt Abner Crane in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, and continued to serve as Lieutenant in said Company for the term of one full year, when he was regularly
discharged, that being the period for which the company was raised. The company, when first raised, was commanded by Capt. Crane, but he soon left the service, whereupon it was put under the command of Capt. Calvin Curtis, who continued in command for the remainder of the year, the applicant serving as Lieutenant under him. During this period of one year the applicant served on the main in the State of Rhode Island and was engaged in the siege or attack on Newport which siege was conducted under the command of Gen Sullivan. The object was to drive the enemy from the Island, but on account of the withdrawal of the French Fleet, the expedition was unsuccessful.
And the applicant further states that he well recollects having a Sergeants warrant signed by Paul Dudley Sargent, as Colonel while in service in 1776 as before stated, but that the same has been long since lost, and he is unable to produce it, not knowing where it is or whether it is in existence, and that he does well recollect having a commission as Lieutenant in the service of 1778 signed by the Executive Council of Massachusetts Bay but that it is not now in his possession and that he does not recollect of ever having received any written discharges, but believes they were verbal only. The said Samuel Parris, the applicant, 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.

Saml Parris

Signed & sworn to before
Arthur Ware
Judge of the United States for the District of Maine
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and the court do hereby declare its opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

Ashur Ware
Judge of the United Staes for the District of Maine

I John Mussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Parris for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this twenty eighth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

John Mussey, Clerk U S D Court
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O. W. and N. Division

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Washington DC, April 1893

Sir

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Parris, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT  |  LENGTH OF SERVICE  |  RANK  |  OFFICER NAMES  |  STATE

July 1775   |  6 months  |    |  John Keith, Paul D Sergeant  |  Mass
Jan'y 1776  |  12 months  |  Orderly Sgt  |  same officers

Summer 1776  |  transferred as Seaman at Swanzea Pass on board Brig Freedom; captures several prizes and final taken prisoner in W Indies in July 1777; enlisted for 6 mos with Capt Joseph Cole and Col John Robinson; Jan'y 1778 app't Lieut, Served 1 year with Col John Jacobs in R.I.

Batttles engaged in:  when capturing prizes at Sea
Residence of soldier at enlistment:  Halifax, Plymouth County, MA
Date of application for pension:  July 1832
Residence at date of application:  Hebron, Oxford County, ME
Age at date of application:  76 years

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Mr Edward K Parris
2397 Eighth Ave
New York City
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Abstract of proof contained in the annexed papers.

The applicant served,

6 months in 1775, as non commissioned officer proved by the depositions of Josiah Parris page 8, Israel White, page 6, and Joseph Besse, pages 12 & 13, Latter clause

6 months or thereabouts, as orderly Sergeant in 1776 proved by depositions of Jabez Churchill page 10, and Joseph Beese page 12

6 months as private seaman in 1776, proved by the official certificate of Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of State of Massachusetts, page 1 and deposition of Ebenezer Reed, page 4

6 months as orderly Sergeant in 1777, proved by depositions of Josiah Parris, page 8, Nathan Warren, page 14, and Jonathan Record, page 16.

1 year as Lieutenant, proved by official certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, page 1 and the depositions of Jacob Loring, page 2, Josiah Parris page 8, and Nathan Warren, page 14

The applicant has thought it proper to state and prove his whole service, and to claim a pension for one years service as a Lieutenant, and one years service as an orderly Sergeant.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretarys office, July 14 1832

I hereby certify that upon an examination of the Military papers relating to the Revolutionary War which remain in this Department; I find the name of Samuel Parris borne on the following Rolls, viz

On a roll of the Brig Freedom commanded by Capt. John Clouston in the service of the State of
Massachusetts Bay, and that he is therein stated to have served as a private seaman from June 18. 1776 to Jany. 1. 1777.

Also on a Roll of Capt Calvin Curtis' Company in Col. John Jacobs Regiment of the Massachusetts State
and that he is therein stated to have served in the capacity of Lieutenant of said Company, for one year, or from Jany 1778 to Jany 1 1779

Edward D Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Jacob Loring of Halifax in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy years and upwards, do on oath testify and declare that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the company hereto commanded by Capt. Abner Crane and Col. Jacob's Regiment in the year 1776 - That I well know Samuel Parris, who was usually called Parishes, who then belonged to this county, but now is said to reside in Hebron in the State of Maine in Said service was a Lieutenant in said Company and performed the duties of that office from the first day of January 1778 to the first day of January 1779 to my certain knowledge - I know him I cooked for him all the time throughout the whole year - The first part of the year the company was commanded by Capt. Crane, but before the expiration of the year Capt. Crane left the service and the Company was commissioned the remainder of the year by Capt. Calvin Curtis.  Said Parris continued in the company and performed duty as well before said Crane left the company as afterwards, and throughout the whole year I knew said Parris long before the war commenced, having been brought up in the same neighborhood, and I entered Crane's company when he did, which the first of January 1778, and I continued to
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serve with him as aforesaid throughout the time during this year we were stationed first at Gormer's Neck near Slade's Ferry; then we went on to Rhode Island under General Sullivan, after retreating from the Island we were stationed at Seacrest points in Rhode Island state.

Jacob Loring


State of Massachusetts, Plymouth ss.
July 17th, 1832  Then the above named Jacob Loring to me well known as a person of truth personally appeared and made oath to the  truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before.

Obadiah Lyon
Justice of the Peace


Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County  
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of Record in the County of Plymouth hereby testify that Obadiah Lyon Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth and know that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial at Plymouth on the twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

John B. Thomas
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I Ebenezer Read of Dighton  in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years, on oath depose and say that in the  year 1777 I served on board the Brig Freedom, John Clouston, Commander in the service of the State of Massachusetts Bay against the common enemy; that I recollect one Parris, I think his name was Samuel, who served as a private seaman on borrd said vessel.  He was with us when we commenced our cruise, which was as early as June, and continued with us on board the Freedom while we took three prizes, two loaded with molasses, and one with oats.  After that we took a large ship bound from New York to Cork, and put a prize crew on board.  I recollect one David Bowers Junior was put on board as prize master, and the said Parris went on board as seaman.  I understand they were recaptured before they got the prize in.  I do not know how long the said Parris continued in the service, after he went on board the prize ship, and I was
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discharged from the Freedom, the ensuing winter.

Ebenezer Reed

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
July 10, 1832.

Then the above named Ebenezer Reed, to me well known as a person of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence.

Before me -  Barzillai Crane 
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.

I James Sprout Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Barzillai Crane Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two.

James Sprout
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I Israel White of Raynham in the County of Bristol, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years, and upwards do on oath declare and depose that in the year 1775 I served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary army against the common enemy, in the company commanded bu Capt. James Keith in Col. Sargent's Regiment.
I then well knew Samuel Parris who it is said now lives in Hebron in the State of Maine.  I entered the company sometime in the summer as a substitute for another soldier, and when I joined I found said Parris there doing duty as a non-commissioned officer -how long he had then served I do not positively know, but have no reason to doubt but he joined the company when it was first raised - I continued to serve until discharge at the end of the year, and to my certain knowledge the said Parris continued in said Company performing the duty of a non-commissioned officer from the time I joined the company until we were all discharged on the last day of December 1775.  We were stationed at Cambridge near Boston.  I knew said Parris well.  There was an intimacy between our families which made  us more acquainted while in the company, and enables me
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to testify as to his service without hesitation.

Israel White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.  July 10, 1832

Then the above named Israel White, to me well known as a person of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence.

Before me

Ellis Hall 
Justice of the Peace


Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.

I James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol do hereby certify that Ellis Hall Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.

James Sproat
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I Josiah Parris of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Maine being seventy one years of age do on oath depose and declare that I am brother of Samuel Parris of Hebron in this county, who has made application for a pension on account of military service performed during the Revolutionary war, and that I resided in the county of Plymouth in Massachusetts in hte same family with the said Samuel at the commencement of said war - Soon after Bunker Hill battle in 1775 the said Samuel Parris enlisted as a non-commissioned officer in a company commanded by Capt. James Keith for six months. 
and marched with the company for Cambridge.  I accompanied him a part of the way, and assisted in carrying his pack. After his arrival at Cambridge and during the campaign, I visited him in camp and tarried with him a number of days, and when I went home he got a furlough for a short time, I think not more than a week and went home with me, but returned to camp at the end of his furlough, and did not return home afterwards until the expiration of his enlistment at the close of the year.  I fully believed that he served six months under that enlistment. 
And I do further depose and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary army in the year 1777 in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Cole in Col. Robinson's Regiment.  I enlisted for the time of six months.  The aforesaid Samuel Parris had the enlisting orders, as orderly Sergeant of the Company, and I enlisted under him, and I know that he served in said Company as senior or orderly Sergeant from the first day of July until the last day of December 1777, being the term of my enlistment.  During this six months we were stationed at Providence, North
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Kingston and various other places in the State of Rhode Island. After the expiration of this term of enlistment, I enlisted again for one year, and the said Samuel Parris was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Abner Crane in Col. Jacob's Regiment.  He continued to perform the duties of Lieutenant in that company from the first of January 1778 until the first of January 1779, when his term of engagement having expired, he was duly discharged, and I left the service and went home with him. During this campaign we were stationed at several places in the State of Rhode Island, and were engaged in Sullivan's expedition to discharge the enemy at Newport.  And I do further testify that the said Samuel Parris was at that day usually called and known by the name of Samuel Parish, and that he is the same person who served by that name, although always spelling it Parris, and that he is now known as well by the one name as the other.

Josiah Parris


State of Maine
Oxford ss.

July 10, 1832.

Then the above named Josiah Parris to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.

Samuel F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
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I Jabez Churchill of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged seventy eight years and upwards, do under oath depose and declare, that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary army in the year 1776 and belonged to Capt. James' Militia company in Col. Sergeants' Regiment, which was on the continental establishment. Samuel Parris of Hebron in the county commonly known by the name of Samuel Parrish, was our order Sergeant a part of the year.  He was in that office when I joined the company which was the commencement of the year 1776 and I well recollect him in performing the duty especially calling the Roll - He continued with us until some time in the course of the season when he was discharged and left the Company - I am so aged and infirm that I cannot recollect how long he served but I recollect him as performing the duties of orderly Sergeant while the company was stationed at Cambridge, and also after we went into Boston.  We were stationed at Cambridge, Boston, Bunker Hill, and the Castle in the course of the year - Served through the whole year and was the orderly Sergeant of the company when I was discharged. 

Jabez Churchill

Done in presence of - 
David Hutchinson
Joab Churchill
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State of Maine
County of Oxford

July 14, 1832

Personally appeared Jabez Churchill within named, and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed in my presence. And I do certify that the said Jabez Churchill is a credible witness.

Albion K. Parris
Justice Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
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I Joseph Besse of Paris in the county of Oxford and State of Maine aged seventy two years, do on oath depose and say that I entered the continental army in the year 1776 having enlisted in December 1776 to serve during the year 1776.  I belonged to Capt. James Keith's company in Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's Regiment.  When I entered the company on the first of January 1776 I found Samuel Parris doing the duty of orderly Sergeant of said company - I well remember the said Parris used to call the roll and paroled the company and march them to the general parade for exercise - I also remember him as being one of the men I cooked for.  I was cook for the Sergeant's mess.  The said Parris continued to serve as orderly sergeant in said company until we drove the British out of Boston and was with us when we marched in, our's being the first Regiment that marched in after the enemy evacuated Boston. I do not remember how long he continued in the company after that, but according to the best of my recollection he was discharged in the course of the summer.  I think I was with him when we were stationed on Bunker Hill.  
Our company was first stationed at Cambridge in the first part of 1776, afterwards we were stationed at Boston, Bunker Hill, the Castle and other places.  I now live within two miles of said Samuel Parris, and have lived there near him for upwards of thirty years, and I well know him to be the same man who was the the orderly sergeant of Capt. Keith's company in
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the year 1776. When I entered the company he belonged to it, and I understand he joined it in 1775, but how long he served in that year I do not recollect, if I ever knew.

Joseph Besse

State of Maine
County of Oxford

July 14, 1832

Personally appeared Joseph Besse, to me well know as a person of truth and veracity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence.

Albion K. Parris
Justice Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
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I Nathan Warren of Minot in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged about seventy years do depose and say under oath that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary army in the year 1777 and 1778 and belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Cole. While in service  I well knew Samuel Parris who now lives in Hebron in the county of Oxford, who usually went by the name of Parrish.  He was orderly Sergeant in Capt. Cole's company in 1777 and to my knowledge, performed duty as such for the term of six months in that year, viz. 1777 - I think Cole's Company was there in Col. Robinson's Regiment.
At the expiration of the six months service which expired with the year 1777, said Parris was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in Capt. Crane's Company in Col. Jacob's Regiment and to my certain knowledge he performed the duty of Lieutenant in said Crane's Company through the whole of the year 1778.  IN 1777 and 1778 we were stationed in the State of Rhode Island and was engaged in Sullivan's expedition against the enemy at Newport.  Said Parris has lived in the town adjoining the town I live in for upwards of thirty years and I well know him to be the same person who performed six months service as orderly Sergeant in Cole's Company in 1777, and who also performed one year's service as Lieutenant in Crane's Company in 1778. 

Nathan Warren

Done in the presence of
Joseph ?
Stephen Packard
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State of Maine
County of Oxford

July 9, 1832

Personally appeared Nathan Warren within named and made oath to the truth of the within depositions by him subscribed.  And I certify that the said Warren is a credible witness.

Albion K. Parris
Justice Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
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I Jonathan Record of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged eighty two years, on oath declare that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary army at different periods, during the war.  I well knew Samuel Parris now of Hebron in this county, having been born and brought up in the same neighborhood with him.  Some time in the course of the war, I think in 1777 said Parris, who generally went by the name of Samuel Parish, enlisted me as a Corporal in a Company commanded by Capt. Jospeh Cole - said Parris, otherwise called Parish, was the orderly Sergeant of said company and performed the duty of that office for the term of six months to my certain knowledge -We marched together to Rhode Island State, where most of the service was performed and when the six months were completed we were discharged together - The said Parris, now lives within a few miles of me; I know him well, and have known him ever since he was a boy, and well know him to be the same person who performed six months service as orderly sergeant in Capt. Cole's company during the Revolutionary war.

Jonathan Record

In presence of  - 

David B. Record


State of Maine County of Oxford ss.  July 10, 1832

Then the aforesaid Jonathan Record, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.

Samuel F. Brown
Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
County of Oxford

I Rufus K. Goodenow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within in said county of Oxford do hereby certify that Albion K. Parris whose genuine signature is affixed to the depositions of Nathan Warren, Jabez Churchill, and Joseph Besse, hereunto annexed, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine; and that Samuel F. Brown, whose genuine signature is affixed to the depositions of Josiah Parris and Jonathan Record hereunto annexed, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Oxford, and that full faith and credit are due to all their official attestations.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State, this twenty sixth day of July one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two.

Rufus K. Goodenow
Clerk of the Courts of Oxford County
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Portland Maine
July 31, 1832

Sir,

Herewith I transmit the application of a Revolutionary officer for a pension, under the Act of June 7, 1832.  
As the applicant is a relative of mine, I have spared no labor to have his claim fully and indisputably established, by unquestionable proof.  I trust it is thus proved, and that you will excuse me for asking, that the certificate may be granted in such season that the applicant may realize the bounty of the Government, by receiving a payment on the 4th of September next.
For your prompt and obliging reply to mine of the 12th inst. you will please to accept my thanks - 
With respect and esteem.
I am Sir your obliged friend

Albion K. Parris

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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Albion K. Parris DC

Revy. March 6, 1890
Samuel B. Parris
(for data)
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Crane, Parris & Co.
Bankers
Washington, DC. March 6, 1890

April 10 wrote for residence being more than on Samuel


Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

For family historical purposes and at the suggestion of the Chief Clerk of your office I beg to inquire if you can give me the regiment or company in which Samuel B. Parris enlisted or served in the "Revolutionary War". The old gentleman was a pensioner and the records are on file I presume.

Yours very truly,

Albion K. Parris
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Samuel Parris
IN July 1832 of Hebron, Oxford Co. Maine aged 76 years



He enlisted about July 1, 1775 at Halifax, Plymouth Co. Mass (where residing) non-commissioned officer for 6 months with Capt. James Kieth and Col. Paul Dudley Sergt. marched to the Siege of Boston where he continued until Dec. 1775 and before his discharge he re-enlisted Jan. 1 1776, as orderly Sgt. for one year in the same Company and was stationed at Cambridge until Boston was evacuated (March 17, 1776) when he marched into the city for duty there and at Bunker Hill, the castle etc. until the summer of 1776 he was discharge as Seaman to go into the Naval Service of Swansea Bristol Co. Mass. on board the Brig Freedom filled out by the State Capt. John Clouston which cruised in the Gulf Stream, the route of British vessels passing between Halifax, Nova Scotia and NY City.
After capturing and sending in several prizes, 3 loaded with molasses and one with oats, they took a large British ship bound from NY City to Cork (probably Ireland) she was ordered her into the first safe port to which Samuel was ordered to assist in bringing her in. After arriving near Boston, they encountered a severe gale and were blown off into the neighborhood of the West Indies and re-captured by the enemy, put in irons and carried to the Island of St. Croix when set at liberty which was understood to be executed inland, Whether this was a mistake or intentionally in order to land them, he never knew but he immediately returned to the States in the ? of marque Schooner M? of Philadelphia Capt. Copper and landed in winter of 1777 in Chesapeake Bay at a place called Chincoteague in Maryland and arrived home February 1777 where he was soon sick with small pox - About July 177 enlisted for 6 months as Or. Sgt. under
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Capt. Joseph Cole and Col. John Robinson regiment raised for defence of New England and was stationed at various places (Providence, South Kingston ) in R.I. to prevent the enemy occupying Newport from landing on the mainland. 
January 7, 1778 he was appointed Lt. by Mass in the State Troops raised for defence under Capt. Adam Craned and Capt. ? Curtis and Col. John Jacobs, with whom he served  one year and was stationed on the mainland in R.I. engaged in the Siege or attack under General Sullivan, the object being to draw the British from Newport but on ? of the withdrawal of French fleet the expedition was unsuccessful.


Joseph Parris of Buckfield Oxford Co. Maine aged 71 years, testified in July 1832 that he was brother to Samuel and testified to his service.
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Washington   July 5, 1837


J.L. Edwards Esq.

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

On the 15th of August 1832 a pension certificate was issued to Samuel Parris (who was a Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Revolutionary army) at the rate of $220. per annum, payable at the Maine agency, which pension he has received up to the 4th of March last. 
Since there he has removed to this city and resides in my family.  He is my Father, and I know him to be the identical person to whom the certificate was issued, and who has hitherto
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received the pension under it.
He now requests to have his pension payable in future by the Pension Agent in this City, and for this purpose has desired one to make application to you in his behalf.

Very respectfully etc.

Albion K. Parris
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Albion K. Parris


Revy.  March 6 1890

Samuel B. Parris
F
11.210
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Old War Div.
JNE Examiner


Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Washington, D.C. April 10, 1890

Sir,

In answer to your request of the 6th inst. relative to Samuel B. Parris, a Revolutionary soldier, you are advised that there is more than one with this Christian name and for identification, be please to state his residence during and after the war.

Very respectfully,

G. B. Raum
Commissioner


Mr. Albion K. Parris
Office Crane, Parris & Co.
Present

Samuel Parris
Hebron - Maine


Portland  Maine
Died Washington City 1840
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Crane, Parris & Co.
Bankers
1344 F. St (Ebbit House)




Washington, D.C. April 23, 1890


Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

In reply to the enclosed I beg to say that the residence of Samuel Parris a Revolutionary soldier resided at Hebron, Maine both - before and after the said war - He however died in this city about 1840 during a visit.

Yours respectfully,

Albion K. Parris
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New York, N.Y.
September 2, 1892


To the 
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Sir;

I respectfully ask for the military history of 
Benjamin Parris (and his son)
Samuel Parris

They served in the Army of the Revolution and I think in Massachusetts Troops.
Samuel was a pensioner dying in 1847.
Benajmin was my great-great-Grandfather and Samuel my great Grandfather.
I served in the Union Army during the Rebellion.
Private Co. "I" 1st Iowa Infantry May to August 1861 and Captain 3rd Missouri Infantry Sept. 1861 to Nov. 1864 and am a member of Alexander Hamilton Post No. 182 G.A.R. New York.

Very Respectfully,

Edward K. Parris
2397 Eighth Avenue New York
Page 37

New York, N.Y.
February 9, 1893

Respectfully returned to Hon. Green B.  Raum
Commissioner of Pensions
Samuel Parris during the last years of his life while drawing a pension resided in Washington City, D.C.

Very Respectfully,
Edward K. Parris
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Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions

Washington, D.C. Feb. 5, 1893.

Respectfully returned to Edward K. Parris, 2397 8th Ave., New York, N.Y., with the information that from the data given no record has been found of Benjamin Parris.  For purposes of identification please furnish the place of residence of Samuel Parris at the time he drew pension.  Return all papers.

Inv. 11210


Green B. Raum

Commissioner
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11210

INVALID

Revy. War.


File. No. 11,210

Samuel Parris
Sergeant Rev. War


Act:  June 7th, 1832

Index:-Vol. A, Page 289


[Arrangement of 1870]