Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18148, for Henry Parcher, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16.
Parcher, Henry
S. 18148
CONTENTS
carded

919. New Hampshire Henry Parker
of Portsmouth in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dearborn of the Regt commanded by Col Dearborn in the N H line for 6 Mos & 24 Days 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 20 Dollars 44 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of October 1832 and sent Benjamin Perhallow Portsmouth N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 30.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 10.22 $40.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk. Book D Vol. 1 st Page 176.

1520 Henry Samuel Pacher
Pawah
A Roll of Entitlements from Portsmouth, entered the service 27 June 1780 discharged 30 Dec 1780. 6 Months & 4 days
Adm J. E.
$20.44-
Payr Pinkhallow E Portsmouth N H
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BRIEF in the case of Henry Parcher of Portsmouth in the State of N.H. (Act 7 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? 69 1/4  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.     In 1780 June 6 As a private Gen. Capt. John Dennett, Col. Henry Dearborn, Brig. Gen. Root. Gen Washington. Was at Tappan or Orange town New Jersey, at the time Andross was executed; next day marched to West Point this charged  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Portsmouth N.H. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By affidavits of Rev Fishley of Hawkins' Comy & Capt. Thomas Harvey of Capt. Saul Cherry's Comp'y, of Dearborn Regt. 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no certificate of general belief 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M c Ward Examining Clerk.

Henry Parker's
Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June, 1832.
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham S.S.
On this seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature Henry Parker a resident of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire Aged 69 1/4 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780. in June with Nathaniel Holson and served in the Regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named Officers: to wit Captain John Bennett Com- manded the Company, and Col. Henry Dearborn commanded the Regiment to which he belonged I, Henry Parker now of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire. Enlisted at Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid, in the month of June in the year 1780. but I do not recollect the exact day, but was enlisted by Mr. Nathaniel Holson of Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid, who was a Gentleman employed to enlist men to serve in the Continental Army, for Six months, to fill the vacancies of Soldiers, whose time of Enlistment in the Continental Army had expired, and I served faithfully, for the Six months, for which I enlisted, and left the service, in the month of December in the year 1780. The exact time, I do not recollect, but I do recollect that I got home to Portsmouth as aforesaid, about the last of December in the year 1780. And I served for only one Term of Enlistment, and under the following named Officers viz z . in Captain John Bennetts company of Foot, as a private, and in the Regiment commanded by Col o . Henry Dearborne, in the Continental Service. And a few days after I was enlisted at Portsmouth as aforesaid, I marched with the other Soldiers enlisted with me, from Portsmouth to Kingstown New Hampshire, at which place the names of all the Soldiers present were enrolled, and from thence to Worcester Massachusetts, and from thence under command of a Lieutenant by

the name of Hill, I think, to Springfield Massachusetts, and Redding in the State of New-York, and then to West-Point, in New-York. The Brigade to which I belonged, which Brigade, was commanded by General Poor, marched into the Jerseys, to a place or Village called Tappan, or Orange Town, and General Washington was our commander in chief. And I was at that place at the time Maj r Andre was Executed, some time I think in the Fall of the year 1780. but the exact time I do not recollect; but I recollect that the next day after Maj r Andre was executed, the companies of Foot, under Col t Dearborne, were ordered to march to West-Point, and from there, we went over the Ferry at West-Point, on the East-side of the River, at which place the Soldiers who enlisted to serve for Six Months, were there discharged, and went home. I was not in any Battle during my enlistment.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity, except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the Pension-Roll of any agency in any State.
Henry Parcher Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest D r Chadwick Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
By order of Court D r Chadwick Clerk J. Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Henry Parcher for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this said Court this 8 th day of August Anno Domini 1832
Chadwick Clerk of the Court Roxbury County

I, George Fishley of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, of the age of Seventy two years, Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Henry Parker of Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid, and have known him well, from his youth, and knew him while he was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the year 1780. and was with him in Col. d Henry Dearbornes Regiment, and at that time, I was a Private in Captain Hawkins's Company of Foot, and I know that the said Henry Parker was a private in Captain John Dennetts company of Foot, of the same Regiment, and both of us were in that part of the Army under command of General Washington, at West-Point in New York, and I very likely believe that he the said Henry Parker enlisted as he stated to me, in Portsmouth, in the County and State aforesaid, and that he the said Parker, has often told me, that he enlisted for Six months in the Continental Service, in the month of June 1780. and marched to West-Point in the State of New York where he joined the Army, and I the said George Fishley saw him frequently while he was there, and sometime in the year 1780. the Brigade to which we both belonged, which Brigade, was commanded by General Poor, marched into the Jerseys to a place or Village I believe called Tappan, or Orange Town and we were both of us there, at the time Maj r Andre was executed, I think it was sometime in the Fall of that year of 1780. but I do not recollect the exact time, and I well recollect, that the next day after Maj r Andre was executed the Companies of Foot to which said Parker and I belonged, under Col d Dearbornes, were ordered to march to West-Point, and I well knew that said Parker went with them.
George Fishley
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham S.S.
Portsmouth July 17 th 1832. Then the above named George Fishley, personally appeared, and made solemn Oath to the above Deposition, by him subscribed
Before me
Benjamin Pinhallow Justice Peace.
I certify that the above named George Fishley, is a Reputable Man. Benjamin Pinhallow Justice Peace.

I Thomas Harvey of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, of the Age of Seventy Two years, Depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Henry Parker of Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid, and have known him well from his youth, and knew him well while he was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, in the year 1780. and was with him in Col. d Henry Dearbornes Regiment, and I was in Captain Samuel Cherrys company of Infantry, and know that the said Henry Parker was a Private in the Company of Foot, commanded by Capt. John Dennett, in the same Regiment with me, and both of us were in that part of the Army under command of General Washington, and I knew that the said Henry Parker enlisted in Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid, in the month of June 1780. to serve for Six months, in the Continental Service. And the said Parker then informed me that he marched from Portsmouth to Kingstown New Hampshire, at which place the names of all the Soldiers present were enrolled, and from thence marched to Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, and from thence to Springfield in Massachusetts, and Redding in the State of New York, and then marched to West-Point in New-York, and after he the said Henry Parker, arrived at West-Point, I the said Thomas Harvey saw him every day while he was there, and some time in the year 1780. The Brigade to which we both belonged, which Brigade was commanded by General Poor, marched into the Jerseys to a place or Village called Tappan, or Orange Town, and we were both of us at that place at the time Maj. r Andre was executed, some time in the same year 1780. I think some time in the Fall of that year, but the precise time, I do not recollect; and the next day after Maj. r Andre, was executed the Companies of Foot under Col. d Dearborne were ordered to March to West-Point, and I well knew that said Parker went with them, but the Company which I belonged to, being Infantry, did not go with the Foot-companies. —
Thomas Harvey
State of New-Hampshire
Rockingham ss. ~ 3 Portsmouth July 17 th 1832. Then the above named Thomas Harvey personally appeared, and made solemn Oath to the above Deposition by him subscribed. Before me
Benjamin Pinhallow Justice Peace.
I Certify that the above named Thomas Harvey, is a reputable man.
Benjamin Pinhallow Justice Peace. —

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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Benjamin Penhallow before whom this and the annexed Affidavit of George Fishley were taken and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham; and that I believe that the signatures to the certificates on said Affidavits to be in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of August Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

18148 INVALID.
File No. 18148
Henry Parker
Prv Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 426
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Esquire.
War - Department: Pension Office
Washington
City.

J. L. Edwards Esquire. Pension Office, War-Department-Washington City) Portsmouth New Hampshire August 14 th 1832.
Sir. I received yours of the 28 th ult o returning inclosed therein, the Pension Papers of Nathaniel Hoyt, an Invalid Pensioner, and shew your Letter to Mr Jacob Sheafe the Clerk of the Pension Agency here, and he observed to me, that he had received a Letter from you, and that an answer would be written to you, and explain the business of Nathaniel Hoyt to you, which I presume, has been done, and which, I hope will be satisfactory to you, and that further direction will be given to the Agency here, to pay Mr Hoyt, what is due to him as a Pensioner, up to the 4 th of March last.
I also rec d the Printed regulations you inclosed me, for the guidance of claimants for Pensions under the Act of 7 th June 1832. as containing the necessary instructions for Mr Thomas Runnels. for which please accept my thanks.
The present Letter, serves to enclose you the Papers for Mr Henry Patcher of Portsmouth New Hampshire, an applicant, for a Pension, under the New-Act of June 7 th 1832. which I hope you will find correct, and such as are required by the War-Department, to have his name placed on the New-Pension Roll of this Agency.
Any communications for him Sir, you will please direct to me, and they shall be immediately attended to, and communicated to him.
I am Very Respectfully Sir,
Your Most Obed t Serv t !
Benjamin Pinhall.