Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19954, for William Parker, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Parker, William Ruth
NUMBER
N. 19954
CONTENTS

11.343 R
New York
William Parker 1 st
of NY in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Conn ch line, for the term of 3 years . 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of May 19 and sent to Munson Buell at S. Hill  Frank Co. NY
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  23 3/8
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19 48 2 22 3/8 87 1/2 48
2 22 3/8 87 1/2 48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
A Correct certificate making pension to commence on the 31 October 1818 instead of 7 th Dec r 1818. issued the 26 th Dec r . 1820 & sent to Munson Buell Lexington Heights N.Y.

Date of death not on A B.
Albany 928 C
Ruth Parker Widow of William Parker Conn. who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. Nov. 1818 and who died on the 5. October 1827 of Greene Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Conn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov. 1838 and sent to Henry Goslee Lexington Heights, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 97

William Parker private Colonel Douglas's Regt afterwards commanded by Col. Meigs Regt Connecticut line 1777 to 1780
Correct by Rev Adam Hall

State of New York
Green County ss On the thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York personally appeared William Parker aged fifty eight years resident in the Town of Cummington in the County of Green and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations In order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he the said William Parker in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at the Town of Springfield or Westfield in the state of New Jersey depones & says that he was at that time in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Backus in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Douglas afterwards Colonel Meggs in General Parsons Brigade Connecticut line that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in the month of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty when he was discharged from said Service at or near Springfield in New Jersey and that he was in a number of skirmishes at different places and that he has no deed of any real property but lives on a small leased farm and that he is old and infirm and has a large family to support and has no other way or means to support them but by his labor and is so old and infirm as not to be able to do but very little and has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Service but such as herewith these proceedings sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Munson Buel
State of New York
Green County ss I Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York do hereby certify that from the oath of good and reliable Witness under oath I am satisfied that the said William Parker did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War

pursuant to the citation to the execution of the aforesaid act of Congress
Munson Buel
State of New York
Frank County ss I Munson Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Frank and State of New York do Certify that from testimony before me on oath I am satisfied that the said William Partner is poor the man and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Munson Buel
I William Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Frank do certify that Munson Buel & Thomas Barker were Judges of said Court at the time of taking
the within affidavit that I am well acquainted with their hand writing & that the signatures of the said Munson Buel & Thomas & Barker are genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid this 7 th Day of Janr 1819
William Bergen

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by First Natl. Bk. Bk. in City of New York.
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
This certificate is issued in lieu of one, in which the commence- ment of the pension was in- correctly stated as on the 7 th of December 1818, and which has been returned to the War Department. —
Registered, by M m Gorton Clerk, in book B, volume 5. page 62.
William Parker

State of New York Greene County ss }
I William T. B. Keenance Clerk of the said County do certify that Henry Goske before whom the annexed documents were sworn to as at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signa- ture thereto is his genuine signature - Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this Eighteenth day of September 1838.
William T. B. Keenance Clerk

State of New York } County of Greene } 85-
On the fifteenth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned Henry Gosslee, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Greene, Ruth Barker a resident of the town of Lexington, county of Greene and state of New York aged seventy, 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 William Parker who was a private in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution. That the said William Parker if now living would be 78 years of age, that she has always understood from him, that entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War when he was about 16 years of age and served one campaign in the Connecticut Militia in 1778 & that shortly after he enlisted into the Regiment commanded by Col. Meigs Connecticut Line, that he served in Capt. Potters company. That the said William Parker applied for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 and received a certificate bearing date December 20, 1820, and drew but once when his pension was stopped under the act of 1820. This deponent has been informed & believes to be true that said William Parker resided in Wallingford state of Connecticut at the time he entered the service. This deponent further states that she knows of no one by whom she can prove his services, but would refer to the evidence of his services furnished at the time of his application, deponent first became acquainted with

said William Parker, about Three years before her marriage with him at the town of Stockbridge county of Berkshire and state of Massachusetts where they both then resided.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Parker on the twenty sixth day of March 1789 at the town of Stockbridge officiated by the Rev d Stephen West. That her husband died the aforesaid William Parker died at the town of Lexington on the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated; that deponent by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open court to make the declaration and that she has no documentary or other evidence of the service of her husband, or of her marriage to him than that hereto annexed. and further that she is still the widow of said William Parker & has not been married since his death -
Truth Parker
Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned on the day & year first above written & I certify that the said declarant is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in open court to make the above declaration.
Henry G. Gage
Judge as aforesaid

Greene County ss-
on the fifteenth day of year first above written also appeared before me the said Judge Munson Buel a resident of the town of Lexington county of Greene & state of New York aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he is well acquainted with the above declarant, Ruth Barker, that William Barker her late husband died in the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, that she has remained unmarried since the death of her said husband William Barker and is now his widow.
Munson Buel
sworn & subscribed before me
The day & year first aforesaid & I certify said deponent to be a credible witness & his statements entitled to full credit & also that the declarant Ruth Barker is a woman of truth & veracity.
Henry Goslee
Judge as aforesaid

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, ————— " —————
William Parker, late a Private, in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the thirty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
J. G. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

1829
928
Admitted Private 2 years
Harry Goree Esq. Lexington Heights New York

I Seymour Rockwell of Stockbridge County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town Clerk of said Stockbridge do certify that On page (219) Two hundred and nineteen of the book of records of the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the following record which appears to have been made by John Bacon now deceased who appears by the record to have been town clerk at that time
"William Parker & Ruth Smith both of Stockbridge were lawfully married by the Rev d Stephen West. The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows: "March 26 th A.D 1789."
And I the said Seymour Rockwell do on oath before say that I held the office of Town Clerk of said Stockbridge and kept the records thereof & that the above is a true

extracts from the records of said Town of Stockbridge with the exception above named as certified by me. I do further depose that Stephen West is deceased having died in the year eight hun- dred & nineteen & for long period thereto previous he had been the minister in Stockbridge, being advanced of eighty years of age when he died
Deacon Rockwell
Sworn & subscribed before me this third day of September A.D. 1838
Horatio Byington
Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Horatio Byington Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Horatio Byington — and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Charles Sedgwick CLERK.

April 3, 1939.
Mrs. George W. Gedney 39 Upper Mountain Avenue Montclair, New Jersey.
BA-J/ILL William Parker W. 19954
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Parker, who served from Connecticut and was a pensioner of New York in 1818.
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 19954, based upon service of William Parker in the Revolutionary War.
William Parker resided in Wallingford, Connecticut, at the time of the Revolutionary War.
He entered service in 1776, and served one tour as a private in the Connecticut militia, names of his officers not shown. He enlisted in February 1777, served as a private in Captains Samuel Barker's and Potter's companies, Colonels Douglas', Meigs' and Dimes' Connecticut regiments, was in numerous skirmishes and was discharged in February 1780, near Springfield, New Jersey.
William Parker was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1818, at which time he resided in Lexington, Greene County, New York. He was aged then fifty-eight years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. The soldier died in Lexington, on October 5, 1827.
William Parker married March 26, 1789, Ruth Smith; both parties resided then in Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where they were married by Rev. Stephen West of that place. The names of Ruth's parents are not shown.
Ruth Parker, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her

application executed September 15, 1838, at which time she resided in Lexington, New York. She was aged then seventy years.
In 1818, the soldier, William Parker, stated that he had a large family to support, but he did not give the names of any of the members of his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Ruth Parker, widow of William Parker, Certificate #928 Issued November 9, 1838 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 7, 1838 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Oct 1-1900- Hist C Miss Minnie B. Parker Syracuse NY
1916. Nov. 18. Hist to Mrs. J. C. Squire 1939. April 3. Hist. to Mrs. George W. Sedney - L.H.
19,954 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19,954
Ruth Parker wid of William Parker Prior Rev War
Act: July 7 th /38
Index: Vol. M , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Orange Maroon, Affidavit — for Wm Parker —

State of New-York Green County - ss -
On this 12 th day of December 1818 before me Munson Basel one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Green appeared Orange Munson of Windham in said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law Dath in his oath makes the following declaration - that he is well acquainted with William Parker and according to his best recollection the said Parker served as a Private in the Regiment commanded by Col Meigs in the revolutionary war in the years 1778 and 1779 and that the said William Parker resides in the town of Lexington county aforesaid -
Sworn this 12 th day of December 1818
Before me - Munson Basel -

State of New York June County 3/4
On the day of December 1888 personally appeared before me the  the  above  one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin State of New Jersey who being my own first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make known the following declarations that he the said Richard Harford was born and brought up in the same Town of Wallingford in Cambridgeshire, and will draw from information from his office and knowledge that he did some in the revolution war two or three years
sworn the 30 th day of December 1888 before me Morrison Buel
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green State New York
James Lynch for Van Patten

State of New York } ss — Green County
In this 7 th day of December 1818 before me Thomas Thomas D. Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County appeared James Diner of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations — That he the said James Diner was well acquainted with William Parker in the time of the Revolutionary war and knew him to serve as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Barker in Col. Douglass Regiment of the Connecticut line and that he contin- -ued to serve in said Regiment when commanded by Col s Hanning and Meigs and that he well knows that he served at least two years that is a part of 1777 all of 1778 & he believes 1779 And that he this deponent is now acquainted with the said William Parker and knows him to be the same person who served as aforesaid And that he understands the the said Parker resides in the Town of Harnington in said County of Green.
Sworn the 7 th day of December 1818 } before me 10  Thos D Barker }

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of next, in
September 1910 at The Branch Bank of The U. States
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
William Parker late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of December one thousand eight hundred and Eighth
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 4 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

War Department, Pension Office, May 2 nd 1820.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 27 th of March last, relating to the commencement of William Parker's pension, I have to inform you, that if Mr Parker will transmit his certificate of pension to this Department, stating, at the same time, the object for which it is sent, a correct certificate will be issued.
I am, respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t .
J. L. Edwards
Munson Buel, Esq; Lexington Heights New York.

Revolutionary Claims
Bill
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City
1823 Civ sent. Sept 24 NY 7 July 1838.

Glen
411 Irving Ave, Syracuse, NY Sept. 3-1900
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Will you give me what information you can regarding William Barker a soldier in the Revolutionary War . He was born in Wallingford , New Haven Co Conn. and died about 1829. His widow was Ruth Smith .
I have been informed that he received a pension, From these few items and your help I hope to

be able to declare, (with au- thority), myself a daughter of the Revolution.
Very respectfully, Minnie B. Parker

Rev.-1688. Roxbury, N.Y. Box 44 October 30. 1916
To the Bureau of Pensions.
Sir:- Will you kindly tell me if Seth and William Parker, formerly of Connecticut were pensioners of the Revolutionary War? I think they afterwards settled in New York State. The Parker whom I particularly wish to know of, had a number of children, among them being Seth, William, Amos, and Jerimiah.
Yours Truly, (Mrs.) J. E. Squire.

The New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America Mrs. George W. Gedney, President 39 Upper Mountain Avenue Montclair, New Jersey
Veterans Administration - Washington, D. C.
In the records of service of Connecticut Men of the Revolution compiled by the Adjutant General under list of Pensioners on p. 643 is given William Parker, 1st - Private. Act. of 1818 residing in New York -
Will you please send me his complete record?
Yours sincerely,
Edith C. Gedney (Mrs. G. W.)
March 5th - 1939.

The New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America Mrs. George W. Gedney, President 39 Upper Mountain Avenue Montclair, New Jersey
The Veterans Administration The Director - My dear Sir;
Several weeks ago I wrote concerning information of William Parker of Connecticut who served in the Revolution and received a pension according to the compilation of the Adjutant General of Connecticut Hartford, 1889, p. 643 as follows "William Parker, 1st, Private, Act. of 1818 Residing in N. Y."
As I have had no reply I am fearing that I have

not complied with your regulations or have matter to the wrong Bureau.
I would very much appreciate your attention in the matter giving me the information concerning him!
Yours sincerely,
Lida C. Gledney
March 28 th - 1939

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Wm Parker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 Feb. 1777 Feb. 1780 Pvt. (Officers & dates not stated) in military of { Samuel Barker Potter { Douglas Melas Dinon Conn.  
Battles engaged in, in a number of skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallingford Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 31, 1878 His el. al.
Residence at date of application, Lexington, Greene Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 58 yrs. He died Oct. 5, 1827 at Lexington N.Y.
Remarks: Sol. mar. Mar. 26, 1789 at Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass Ruth Smith, both residents of said place. She was el. pens. on her ap. executed Sept. 15, 1838 at which time she was 70 yrs old and a res. of Lexington, N.Y. In 1878 soldier stated that he had a large family to support names and relationships not stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.