Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30759, Parker Tyler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tyler, Parker
S. 30759
CONTENTS

18389 Massachusetts
Parker Tyler
of Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Peabody of the Regt commanded by Col. Wigglesworth in the Mass. line for 6 months
Cash
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of June 1833 and sent to S. Dana Groton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 10 ~ $30.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
J. Maynard Clerk, Vol. 2 - Page 84
Recorded by Book 6
8 Middlesex

22768
Parker Dyer Massachusetts
Plate 6 Malt,
Alma. Grooton Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Parker Tyler  County of Middlesex  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Und. In 1776 ~ 6 ~ Artificer Gen. Peabody Col. H. H. H. H. H.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Concord  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. L. A. G. H. Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Parker Tyler
22/68
S. Dana Groton Ms.
$21.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex COUNTY ss.
On this sixth day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court, now holden Groton within and for said County,
now sitting, Parker Tyler a resident of Townsend in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts aged 79 years last January 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer from Massachusetts about the first of June 1776, and marched directly to Charlestown N. E. in New Hampshire, and from there to Ticonderoga — that he enlisted in the company of Captain Richard Peabody, of which — Wheeler was first, and Ebenezer Peabody was second Lieutenant. — Pike was orderly serjeant — Colonel Wigglesworth of Newburyport commanded the Regiment to which Capt Peabody's company was attached — That soon after his arrival at Ticonderoga he was with many others, selected to work as a carpenter or artificer in building a blacksmith shop, a bakehouse and floating bridge from Ticonderoga to Mount Independence, and worked on the same, as he thinks five months or more and until about the time he was discharged. That while serving as an artificer, he was for a considerable portion of the time under the direction of Captain Ballard — That he enlisted for, and served six months, and about the first of December following was discharged at Albany and then returned home —
was born at Boxford Mass. in the year 1753 — has no record of his age, but supposes there is one at Boxford — was living at Boxford when he entered the service, and has lived since the war in Sterling & Westminster Mass. and in Mendon

and Wilton in the State of New Hampshire, and now resides in Townsend aforesaid — That he enlisted as a volunteer and served as before stated — That Gen. Gates, Gen. Stark, Col. Reed, Col. Brewer and Major Nathan Hale, afterwards Col. Hale of the N.H. forces were at Ty. some part of the time, and that General Brackett commanded the Brigade to which the company of Capt. Peabody was attached — Never received any written discharge —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Darker Tyler
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. May Prob We, David Palmer a Clergyman residing in the Town of Townsend aforesaid and Josiah Bailey of Townsend in said County hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Parker Tyler — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine 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.
Commonwealth of Mass ts County of Middlesex to wit David Palmer Josiah Bailey
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Sam d Dana per Pease
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 David Palmer is a clergyman residing in Townsend & that Josiah Bailey is a citizen of Townsend & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit & that he has been for many years and that he has been a soldier of the Revolution J. P. May Prob
Isaac T. Perkins of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Parker Tyler for a pension. — I also certify that Samuel Dana whose own proper signature is above written, is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth
day of November 1832
Isaac T. Perkins

30 759 Recy INVALID.
File No. 80 759
Parker Tyler
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 759
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Affidavit of Jon A. Chadwick in the Case of Parker Tyler

I Joshua Chadwick of Bridge in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years last January, de- pose and say that in the year 1776 I served six months in the war of the Revolution at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, in the Company of Capt Samuel Johnson and the Regiment of Col. Wagglesworth — I further say that Park Tyler then of Bedford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted under Captain Richard Peabody and served near where I was stationed, during all the time I served; but he served most of the time as a Carpenter or artificer under Captain Ballard — I further say that I was well acquainted with said Tyler and know that he served as above stated and that he now lives in Townsend Mass — Joshua Chadwick
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss — on this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared the above named Joshua Chadwick and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth — And I certify that the said Joshua Chadwick is well known to me and is a credible witness — Sworn and subscribed before me Asa Parker Justice of the Peace

Churkin p. Aug 20. 1832
I Salma Hale, clerk of the official courts in said county certify that Asa Parker is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county - and that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature.
S. Hale Clerk