Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21901, for John Parker, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (R.D.) Mass.
Parker, John Joanna
W 21901
CONTENTS

9360
A New Hampshire John Parker
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the R. Island line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of April and John L. D. D. D. Concord N H
Arrears to 4th of March 83.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1818 50 30 35  83 96 "                      " "                      "
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Wohentit...
Notification sent through Secy of War to Mr. Burges, Embrook Office, N.H.

John Parkers claim for a pension 1818
Private Varnums Ohio Island Regt
Jany 1776. one year a am Mt
April 20 th 1818

I John Parker of Pembroke in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & declare that in April 1775. I enlisted into the United States Army in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy. was at Lexington Battle. & at Bunkerhill Battle under Captain Benjamin Farnum in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Fry. in Massachusetts line. served eight months faithfully & without Intermission I En- listed again into the continental service in the said revolutionary war against the common Enemy in January 1776. for one Year in the Company Commanded by Captain James Farnum in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James M c - Kel Farnum in Rhode Island line. Joined the Army at Cambridge. marched to New York. we were stationed at Long Island. from thence were ordered to retreat to the City of New York. & from thence we went to White Plain. & to Battle Bunkerhill. I was in the flying Camp when Genl. Lee was taken I was in the battle at Trenton had to retreat. went to Prince- town where we took several hundred of the Enemy prisoners. I served said one Year out faithfully and without Intermission enlisted again for six weeks and served said six weeks out & was honorably discharged have lost my discharge. have no other evidence in my power to offer as to the foregoing statement. excepting what papers are herunto attached I was out at several other times in said service. was at one time a Waggoner in said service as will appear by the Pass herunto attached. I am now sixty five Years of Age. I am in reduced circumstances in life

& am in need of assistance from my country for Support
Allenstown April 20 th 1818
John Parker
Draft April 23 th 1818
This certifies that M c John Parker enlisted with me in the year 1746 and served in Col James Mitchell's Regiment of
John Parker buy a Wagon July 80 John Parker
I Spofford Ames of Pembroke in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify and say that In 1775 I enlisted into the United States Army in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy I served in said war twenty three months was wounded & now draw a pension of $60. I know that John Parker (the above signor) was in the same service with me all the time I was in the army & some more for he enlisted once after our time was out & I went home.
Allenstown April 20 1818
Spofford Ames
Rockingham Feb April 20, 1818
The foregoing Affidavit, subscribed & sworn
to before me Hall Burgin Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Rocking- ham

& am in need of assistance from my country for Support
Allentown April 20 th 1818
John Parker
Draft April 23 th 1818
This certifies that M c John Parker enlisted with me in the year 1776 and served in Col James Mitchell's Pennsylvania Regiment of Philadelphia for one year and served as a faithfull good soldier
James M c Varnum Capt in the 9 th Regiment
I Spofford Amies of Pembroke in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify and say that In 1775 I enlisted into the United States Army in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy I served in said war twenty three months was wounded & now draw a pension of $60. I know that John Parker (the above signor) was in the same service with me all the time I was in the army & some more for he enlisted once after our time was out & I went home.
Allentown April 20 1818
Spofford Amies
Rockingham Feb April 20, 1818
The foregoing Affidavit, subscribed & sworn
to before me Hall Burghin Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Rocking- ham

& am in need of assistance from my country for Support
Allenstown April 20 th 1818
John Parker
Rockingham April 20 1815
The foregoing declaration submitted & sworn to before me
Hall Burgin
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Rockingham
I Spofford Ames of Pembroke in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify and say that In 1775 I enlisted into the United States Army in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy I served in said war twenty three months was wounded & now draw a pension of $60. I know that John Parker (the above signor) was in the same service with me all the time I was in the army & some more for he enlisted once after our time was out & I went home.
Allenstown April 20 1818
Spofford Ames
Rockingham April 20, 1818
The foregoing Affidavit, subscribed & sworn to before me
Hall Burgin
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Rocking- ham

I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Parker did serve in the Revolutionary war as he has declared & now transmit the testimony together with other papers to the secretary of the Department of War.
Hall Burgin } Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Roxingham
By order of the Judge Attest L Beevick Clerk of said Court
I hereby certify that I am not well enough ac- quainted with the circumstances of said John Parker to state whether he is needy or not. but four of his neighbours signed a certificate declaring him to be in reduced circum- stances & needing assistance tho. not sworn to. I think him not forehanded at all
Hall Burgin as before

ss.] STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ON this twenty sixth day of June A. D. 1820 personally appeared
before me Hall Burgin a
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the
county of
being a Court of Record, in and for the said county,
having the power of fine and imprisonment,
John Parker
aged
sixty seven years, resident in Rumford
in said county, who be-
ing first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: viz. In 1775 I served eight months in the United
States Service Army & in 1776 I enlisted in January for one
year in the company commanded by Capt. James Farnum
in the Regt. commanded by Col. Farnum in the Rhode-
Island line. in the Revolutionary war against the
common enemy & I faithfully served said one year out to
was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey
also a number of months in 1777 & in 1780 I served more
than four years in said war
1820 67 1753
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 20 day of April
AD 1818 The number of my pension certificate is 9860 I have re-
ceived a Pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so
to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not,
nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me;
nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by
me subscribed. My occupation is cordwainer & am not of sufficient ability to pursue it for a lively tood to any considerable use
in family residing with me a wife only who like myself is unable to perform much labour as we are both aged & infirm
Their capacity to contribute to their support
Sworn to and declared at Rumford in said County District, on the day of June A. D. 1820, before
Hall Burgin a } Judge of the said Court.
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Rockingham , do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I
do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is 649 dollars and cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this day of July A. D. 1820
P. Chadwick } Clerk of the said Court.

John Parkin
9360
Not Ent.
16 ap '19
Sept 1819
of the... in the... SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of John Parker (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscrib- ed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Rockingham in the State of New-Hampshire, on the fourth day of 1820 , and annexed to his oath, viz.
July -
  Real Estate valued at $500 -   Household furniture 40 -   Cattle & Swine 85 -   One Bld has nearly twenty years to go 12 -   Farming Utensils 12 - 
John Parker
I owe one four hundred & eighty dollars & have no other means of paying said sum but by the property above mentioned & by my handicraft money
John Parker
3

State of New Hampshire.
Munimack ss. On this thirty first day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me, Aaron Whittenson, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Munimack, Joanna Parker, a resident of said Pembroke, aged eighty years the eighth day of August last, who being first duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Con- gress, passed July 4. 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
to certain willows: That she is the widow of John Parker, late of said Pembroke, deceased, who was a Private in the Massachusetts or Rhode Island Continental line in the army of the Revolution, for his services in which capacity he was placed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, under the act 18th March 1818, on the 16th April 1819, as appears by the certifi- cate of J. C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War of the United States, dated on said day, and numbered 9360 ; reference to the declaration of said John Parker, and the accompanying evidence, upon which said certifi- cate was granted, being had for a more particular description of his ser- vices -
The further declares that she was married to said John Parker on the twenty eighth or twenty seven the day of June in the year nineteen hundred and eighty two, by the Rev. Phinehas Adams, then minister in that town, at Haverhill, in the State of Massachusetts, where she was born and had till then resided; that her husband, the said John Parker was a native of Andover in said State of Massachusetts, where he resided before his marriage to herself; that in March subsequent to their marriage, her said husband and herself removed to Pembroke where she now lives and has ever since resided, and where her said husband continued to reside until his death; that her husband, the aforesaid John Parker died on the eleventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine, since which period she has not intermarried with any other person; that she was not married to her said husband prior to his leaving the services, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seven ten here dead and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated. Joanna X Parker.
Witness, Ara Fowler.
Joanna
X Parker. mark
Given to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me,
Aaron Whittmore { Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Merrimack, New Hampshire.

State of New Hampshire.
Union ack ss. July 31. 1838. I hereby certify that the witness named Joanna Parker is a credible witness, entitled to belief, and by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court.
Aaron Whittmore { Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Merrimack, N.H.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Horace Chase is an acting Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the eighth day of January 1833 and will expire on the fourteenth day of December 1858 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 23 d day of October, 1851
J. L. Hadley Secretary of State.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William P. Hoston is an acting Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the first day of January 1851 and will expire on the first day of January 1856 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 23 d day of October 1851.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Merrimack ss. }
I, William P. Foster
Register of Probate for the County of Merrimack, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Joanna Parker was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Sixty Six dollars & 66 cents per annum was a resident of the County of Merrimack, in the State of New-Hampshire, and died in the town of Pembroke in the State aforesaid, in the year 1857
on the 29th day of January that she left four children whose names are Benjamin Parker, Baily Parker, John Parker and Asa Parker and that they are all and the only surviving children of said deceased. And that they are still living
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Concord, this 8th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty one
W. P. Foster
REGISTER OF PROBATE.

State of New Hampshire Merrimack County ss
On this twenty third day of September Anno Domini 1851.-before the Hon. Horace Chase Judge of Probate for the county aforesaid now holding its session at Concord in said county, personally appeared Bailey Parker of Pembroke in said County Gentleman, in open court and makes oath in due form of law that he is one of the children of Joanna Parker late of said Pembroke deceased, who was the widow of John Parker, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution, - That the said Joanna Parker before and at the time of her death was a pensioner of the United States under the act of February 2 d 1848 at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum; that her said husband received a pension at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, the evidence of his service being now filed in the office of the Pension Department at the City of Washington; - That the said Joanna Parker was entitled to full pay of ninety six dollars per annum from the time that her first pension commenced, until her death which happened on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1851 instead of the sum of sixty six dollars & sixty six cents the annual amount received by her, as will fully appear by the accompanying additional testimony, in connection with the evidence now on file as aforesaid.
Wherefore the said Bailey Parker for himself and in behalf of John Parker, Benjamin Parker and Asa Parker, the only children of said deceased, asks for the increase of Pension the said Joanna Parker would have been entitled to, if she were living, may be made payable to them and that a certificate may issue accordingly. - Bailey Parker

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above and before written before me
Horace Chase Judge of Probate for the County of Merimac

Miss Fowler Esq -
Concord
New Hampshire
Single

I, Asa Fowler , of Concord in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that on the twenty third day of July last, Bailey Parker of Pembroke in said county called upon me to assist him in procuring a pension for his mother Joanna Parker, widow of John Parker, late of said Pembroke, his father. I told him I would assist him in making out the papers, and that the first thing to be done, as his father had been a pensioner and of course had proved his services in the army of the revolution, was to procure the evidence of the marriage of his father and mother. He informed me that they were married at Haverhill Massachusetts, on the twenty sixth or twenty seventh day of June seventeen hundred and eighty two, by the Rev. Mr. Adams, then minister in that town. I suggested to him that there was then probably a record of their marriage on the Records of that town, a copy of which could easily be obtained by writing to the Town Clerk. He requested me to write for that purpose; and I accordingly on the same day addressed a letter to the Town Clerk of said Haverhill, requesting him to furnish me with a copy of the record of the marriage of John Parker of Andover and Joanna Bailey of Haverhill, which I was informed took place on the twenty sixth or twenty seventh day of June seventeen hundred and eighty two; if the record of such marriage was contained in the records of said Haverhill. This letter was addressed to the Town Clerk of Haverhill generally, as I was ignorant what person held the office. In reply, on the twenty fifth of July last, I received the annexed communication, and, from the nature of its contents, was induced to advise my employer, the said Bailey Parker, that no record proof of the marriage of his father and mother could probably be obtained. Asa Fowler.
State of New Hampshire. Merrimack ss. August 1. 1838. Personally appearing, the above named Asa Fowler, whom I know to be a credible witness, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true. Cyrus Barton, Justice Peace. Before me,

John Parker of Andover } Married June 27 th 1782. of Hannah Bailey of Haverhill }
Thereby certify that the above is a true copy of record taken from the records of Marriages, Births & Deaths of the Town of Haverhill (Mass.) Folio N o . 5. page 50.
attest L. White Town Clerk.
Haverhill July 25: 1838.
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 23 rd I have this moment rec d of herewith forward you a certificate of the marriage of John Parker of Hannah instead of Joanna Bailey. I do not find any record of the publication or the minister's return of the marriage, but only the above record which of course was re- corded from the minister's return to the then Town Clerk
respectfully yours L. White
Fees 25 C ts which you can pay when convenient

John Parker son of John Parker and his wife was born May 20 th 1783 Benjamin Parker son of the above was born November 3 rd 1788 Bailey Parker son of the above was born September 19 th 1790 Hannah Parker daughter of the above was born May 18 th 1795 Asa Parker son of the above was born July 27 th 1797 Recorded for John H. Merrill Town Clerk October 19 th 1817 A true copy from the records of the town of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack and state of New Hampshire taken July 31 st 1838
Attest Benjamin Cushing Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. Pembroke July 31, 1838. I, Benjamin Cushing, of said Pembroke, in said County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, do depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said town of Pembroke, and that the foregoing record of the births of the children of John Parker, late of said Pembroke, and his wife, is a true ex- tract from the records of said town of Pembroke, as then in existence in letters and figures, and recorded in the hand writing of John H. Merrill.
Said record, with the dates written out at length in words is as follows:
"John Parker, son of John Parker and his wife, was born May twentieth seventeen hundred and eighty three.
Benjamin Parker, son of the above, was born November third seventeen hundred and eighty eight.
Bailey Parker, son of the above, was born September nine- teenth seventeen hundred and ninety.
Hannah Parker, daughter of the above, was born May eighteenth seventeen hundred and ninety five.
Asa Parker, son of the above, was born July twenty seventh seventeen hundred and ninety seven.
Recorded for John H. Merrill, Town Clerk, October nineteenth eighteen hundred and seventeen."
Attest Benjamin Cushing Town Clerk of Pembroke

State of New Hampshire.
Union ack ss. July 31, 1838. Personally appearing, the witn- er named Benjamin Cushing made solemn oath that the within written certificate and affidavit by him sub- scribed. are just and true.
Before me,
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
State of New Hampshire.
Union ack ss. July 31, 1838. I hereby certify that the within named Benjamin Cushing is a credible witness a man of respectability, and that he now is and has for several years been Town Clerk of Pembroke in this county.
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.

Key  WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 21901
Joanna Parker Wid of John Parker Priv Rev. war
Act: Feb. 2 nd  1/48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Concord N.H. Nov. 20. 1855.
Sir.
I herewith forward evidence in support of the claim of Joanna Parker, widow of John for pension.
S. J. Brown Esq of Washington City has had charge of this claim, but he has failed to apprise me of the present condition of this case: I have however procured such evidence as was called for and which I think will be satisfactory to locate the husband of the said Joanna in Andover.
By reference to the papers on file you will perceive that the age of John Parker as stated in the declaration

corresponds exactly with the record of said town of Andover.
The said Joanna Clarins person under the Act of July 7 1838 & Supplements.
At the time of her death she was in receipt of a pension under the Act of Feb. 2 1818.
I am respectfully Your Obedt Servt
L. D. Stevens.
Hon. J. McIntosh Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

I, Dorcas Abbot , of Pembroke, in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty nine years the tenth day of February last, depose and say that I was acquainted with John Parker late of said Pembroke, deceased, and his wife Joanna Parker, from the year seventeen hundred and ninety, until his death several years since; and have continued to be acquainted with his widow since his death. In September seventeen hundred ninety, I nursed Mrs. Parker during her confinement subsequent to the birth of her third son Bailey Parker. The reason why I recollect more distinctly the date of said Bailey's birth, is that I was married the May following, that is in May seventeen hundred and ninety one. Immediately after my marriage in May 1791, I came to reside and have since continued to reside within about one half mile of said John and Joanna Parker. Mrs. Parker has continued a widow since the death of her husband.
Witness Bailey Parker
Dorcas her X Abbot. mark
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. July 31, 1858. Personally appearing, the above named Dorcas Abbot made solemn oath that the above deposition by her subscribed in my presence, is just and true. Before me,
Ara Fowler, Justice Peace.
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. July 31, 1858. I hereby certify that the above named Dorcas Abbot is entitled to full credit as a witness.
Ara Fowler, Justice Peace.

I, Mehitable Fowler , of Pembroke in the county of Kennebec and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty two years the ninth day of March last, depose and say that I was acquainted with and resided in the immediate vicinity of John Parker, late of said Pembroke, deceased, and his wife Joanna Parker, until his death in the fall of the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and since then have continued to reside in the immediate vicinity of said Joanna Parker, who has not intermarried since the death of her said husband.
I distinctly recollect when said John and Joanna Parker removed into Pembroke, although I was quite young. I also recollect the time when their children, John, Benjamin and Bailey were born, though I could not tell the year but I do remember the period of the births of their children, Hannah and Asa, for my oldest child was born about five or six weeks after said Hannah, viz: on the twenty fourth day of June seventeen hundred and ninety five - and my second child was born on the sixteenth of March seventeen hundred and ninety seven, about four months before the birth of the said Asa Parker.
The reason why I recollect when said John and Joanna Parker came into Pembroke is, that they came first to my father's, who lived the next house and within a few rods of Mr. Parker's house, and took dinner there. A peculiar head dress worn by Mr. Parker fixed my attention, and informed the event so strongly that I have never forgotten it. Mehitable Fowler
State of New Hampshire.
Kennebec ss. July 31, 1838. Personally appearing, the above named Mehitable Fowler , whom I hereby certify to be entitled to full credit as a witness, made solemn oath, that the above deposition by her subscribed in my presence, is, to the best of her knowledge and belief, just and true. Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.

I, John Parker , of Pembroke in the county of Washington and State of New Hampshire , aged fifty five years the twenty fifth day of May last, depose and say that I am the son of John Parker , late of said Pembroke, deceased, and Joanna Parker , his wife, with whom and in their immediate vicinity I have resided from the period of my earliest recollection.
I have always been informed by my said parents, John and Joanna Parker , that I was born on the twentieth day of May in the year nineteen hundred and eighty three, and have received the same information from others; and have no reason to doubt that such was the period of my birth.
I do further testify and say that my father the said John Parker died in said Pembroke on the eleventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine; and that my mother, the said Joanna Parker has not intermarried since my father's death, but continues single and now resides with my brother Orville Parker in said Pembroke.
I do further testify and say that I have often heard my said father, John Parker , speak of his services in the army of the Revolution, and think the whole period of his service as mentioned by him was about five years. I remember his telling me of his being in the battle of Bunker Hill , at the taking of Burgoyne , in the battle of Brandywine and Stillwater , and at the taking of Saratoga .
I further testify that my said father, John Parker , was placed on the Pension List in April 1819, under the act of March 1818, and continued a Pensioner until suspended under a subsequent act.
John Parker
State of New Hampshire.
Washington ss. July 31, 1838. Personally appearing the above named John Parker , whom I hereby certify to be a witness entitled to full credit, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence is to the best of his knowledge & belief just and true.
Before me,
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.

I, Briley Parker , of Pembroke in the County of Maine and State of New Hampshire, aged forty seven years the nineteenth day of September last, depose and say that I am the son of John Parker, late of said Pembroke, and Joanna Parker, his wife - That I have always understood from my said parents and from others, and have no reason to doubt that I was born on the nineteenth day of September seventeen hundred and ninety. I have always resided in said Pembroke with my father and mother, or in their immediate neighborhood, from the time of my earliest recollection, with the exception of temporary absence in the summer season at work in Massachusetts.
I further testify that my father the said John Parker died at said Pembroke on the eleventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and twenty nine, since which time my mother, the said Joanna Parker, has remained unmarried. For the last six and a half years she has resided in my family and still continues so to reside.
I further testify that I have frequently heard my father speak of his services in the Revolutionary army, and remember his stating the whole period of his services at different times to be about five years. He often spoke of being present at the battles of Bunker Hill, Princeton and Ticonderoga and Bennington, and at the taking of Burgoyne and Cornwallis.
My father, the said John Parker, was placed on the Pension List in March 1819, and received a pension of ninety six dollars per annum for nearly two years, when he was suspended by the act of Congress making want of property a requisite for continuing a pensioner.
Briley Parker
State of New Hampshire.
Maine ss. July 31. 1858. Personally appearing, the above named Briley Parker, whom I hereby certify to be entitled to full credit as a witness, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true.
Before me, Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
Justice Peace.

Joann Parker. dec o
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N.H. Concord Oct 24 th 1857.- To the Commissioner of Pensions -
Sir. - I herewith forward the papers of Bailey Parker for an increase of Pension of Joanna Parker late of Pembroke deceased.
Be pleased to communicate to me in relation to the fact matter as soon as acted upon. -
I am very respectfully Your Ob dt Serv t . G. L. Badger

Signature of Parker Sister of John Parker August 1838
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Washington City D.C. June 25. 1855-
Sir,
I enclose a certificate from the Town Clerk of Andover, Mass. setting forth that there was but one "John Parker" in that town during the Revolutionary war. This I should think ought to satisfy any reasonable man that the Certificate of the Secretary of State at Boston covered the services of the same person, and that he was the husband of Joanna Parker, the wife of whom claim an increase of Pension under the Act of 7th July 1838.
Truly Yours &c S. J. Bowditch
Rev L. P. Waldo Com of Pensions

2676 Aug. 25 '43
Low
W.H. Mar 3 '43
Joanna Parker
S.
$66:66 per ann
Edward Hos. Pierce, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
FREE

Concord, N.H. Aug. 22. 1843.
Dear Sir -
Enclosed is the declaration of Joanna Parker, made I believe in conformity with the regulations of the Department.
Please forward her certificate as soon as practicable to my address at this place. And much oblige
Your friend & servt Franklin Pierce By Asa Fowler.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 19 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
George Foster was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
W. M. Wingham
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts, County of Essex S.S.-
Be It Known, That before me George Foster a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Varnum Lincoln and made oath in due form of law, that he is Town Clerk of Andover in the State and County aforesaid, and that the records of said Town are in his possession, that he has examined said records during the period of the Revolutionary War and can find the name of one man only whose name was John Parker, that it appears that said John Parker was born in said Andover on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1753.
Varnum Lincoln
Commonwealth of Massachusetts S.S.
Town Clerk of Andover.
Sworn and subscribed this eleventh day of June A.D. 1855
Before me
George Foster Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 6. 1851.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Parker is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775 in Capt. Benjamin Farnum's Co. Col. Frye's Regt. as a private, of Andover: - on court roll of this Co. Nov. 13. 1775. —
Also on a pay roll of town of Andover, for service from June 26, 1780. 5 mos 21 days. - On a descriptive list of do. as a resident of Andover 26 years of age, 5 ft. 7 in in height, of ruddy complexion. —
1780 26 1754

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Frances Walker, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I am now 94 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this twentieth day of January A. D. 18 67 . Truogthy L. Fowler John Daker Joanna Parker Signed by said Joanna Parker in my presence,
Truogthy L. Fowler JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Joanna Parker  widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack Town of Pembroke
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of John Parker in the war of the Revolution. for an increase of her pension
He was a native of the Town of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of _____ in the County of _____ and State of _____ in the year 17 _____ as a _____ in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in _____ Regiment
and he served as follows, * viz:—That she believes that her said husband served eight Months or more in 1775 and 1776. That he enlisted in the Continental Line of Rhode Island for the term of one year . That he again enlisted and served about six Months from June to December 1780. — and several other times between the commencement & the close of the war. The names of the officers under whom her said husband served she is unable to state very definitely at this time, or the time of his service other than as above stated.
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

Widow's Pension Act 7th July 1838
Joanna Parker John N.H. - d 2 nd Feb 48
asks for increase
Mr Cole
I respectfully request that Mr. Waldo will examine this case himself as to the last service mentioned in the certificate of the Secretary of state. There is no doubt of the fact that both ser- vices were performed by the same man - S. J. B.
S. J. Rowen atty Present
Feb. 28. 1855

Washington D.C. Feby 18. 1855
Sir,
I enclose a Power of Attorney from Ralph Parker a son and heir at law of Joanna Parker, widow of John Parker, dec d , who was a pensioner under the Act of July 7 th 1838 at the rate of $66.66 per annum, on the list of the New Hampshire Agency.
John Parker claims to have served over four years in all . In the original claim only 20 months service was established - 8 mos s in Capt. Bangs Farnum's Co. Col. Fry's Regt. Mass Militia in 1775 and 12 mos s in Capt James Farnum's, Co. Col. Narnum's Regt. B. S. Con. line in 1776. Since the claim was first filed a Certificate from the Secretary of State of Mass. has been furnished showing 5 mos s & 21 days service in 1780, which service with that before allowed makes more than two years.
It appears to me that an increase from $66.66. to $80. per annum is certainly due the heirs in this case and I respectfully request that the claim may be examined and the result be reported to me.
Hon L. P. Waldo } Com of Pensions }
Truly Yours &c S. J. Bowd

State of New-Hampshire Office of Secretary of State. Concord August 1-1838
I hereby certify that Aaron Whittmore is a Justice of the peace of common pleas within & for the county of Merrimack & that Cyrus Boston and Asa Fowler are Justices of the Peace within & for said county of Merrimack and that their signatures arranged are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said State to be hereunto affixed
Jonathan Stevens Secretary of State

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1570 Mrs. Hampshire - Con Joanna Parker widow of John Parker who was a Private in the Pa. Key Stone Btry for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 66 Dollars & 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of August, 1843 and sent to Hon. Franklin Pierce One of the Secy of War
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 20

New Hampshire, 160
Joanna Parker, widow of John Parker, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818 and who died on the 11 th November 1829. of Manchester in the State of N. H. who was a Private in the Capt. commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Parsons in the R. Island line for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Sept. 1838, and added to Asa Fowler, Concord, N. H.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. $166.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 33.33
$199.99
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Bennington Clerk Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 50

Know all men by these Presents, That I Bailey Parker of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, Son of Joanna Parker widow of John Parker de- ceased a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner under the Act of 1818: Do hereby constitute and appoint S. A. Brown of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to any increase of pension to which my said Mother Joanna Parker may be entitled under any Act or Acts of Congress: and I authorize my said attorney to examine all papers & documents on file in the Department of Washington relative to the same. hereby granting all powers of attorney to me sincerely attesting Witness my hand and seal this twelfth day of February 1855. Witness L. D. Stevens. Bailey Parker
State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss. Feb. 12. 1855. Then personally appeared the above named Bailey Parker and acknowledged the foregoing affidavit of Attorney to be his act and deed. Before me L. D. Stevens Justice of the Peace.

J. S. Edwards, Esq.,
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Concord, N.H. Aug. 1, 1858.
J. S. Belwards Esq.
Dear Sir -
I herewith transmit you the declaration of Joanna Parker, widow of John Parker, late of Pembroke in this county.
The services of the deceased husband are not attempted to be proved, as I presumed from the instructions you lately sent me in the case of the widow of Thomas Griffin, that reference to the declaration of said deceased, on which the certificate referred to (no. 9360) was granted would be sufficient. The original certificate is now in my possession. Should the whole time of service proved in the evidence on which that certificate was founded, fall short of two years, or enough to have entitled the husband to full pay under the act of 1832, I wish you to write me immediately; as Mrs. Parker thinks more than two years service can be proved now. She is confident her husband was out in the army about five years. But I presume at least two years will be found to have been established.
The only difficulty in this case I apprehend, if any, will be in relation to the proof of the marriage. The certificate and letter of the Town Clerk of Haverhill, Mass. will show you that there is a clerical error in the record of Mrs. Parker's given maiden name, which was Joanna instead of Hannah Bailey. She can be identified by our sending or going to Haverhill, and taking the depositions of several old people there, though Mrs. Parker says she is confident no one who was present at the wedding now survives. The certificate of the Town Clerk of Haverhill is not accompanied by an oath, as when I wrote him I was not aware

that an oath was requisite. But as I understand Mr. White, the Town Clerk, to be a gentleman of the highest respectability, and Cashier of the Manchester Bank there, I thought his certificate of the record, with the accompanying letter, and my affidavit of the manner in which they were procured, might be at least satisfactory evidence of the mistake in the given name of Mrs. Parker; in other words, might go to satisfy you that no record of the marriage of John Parker of Andover and Joanna Bailey of Haverhill, exists on the records of said Haverhill. In case they, with the other evidence herewith forwarded, are sufficient to satisfy you that the record, whose copy is forwarded was intended for, should have been, the record of the marriage of John Parker and Joanna Bailey, then I presume there will be no difficulty. And in case you are satisfied from them that no other record of their marriage exists on the records of Haverhill, as I think you will be, then I have presumed that the evidence of the birth of a child prior to January 1, 1794 will be received as satisfactory proof of their marriage. Of the birth of a child in September 1780, I think the accompanying certificate of the Town Clerk of Pembroke, and the affidavits connected therewith, cannot fail to be satisfactory proof.
I hope and trust the papers herewith transmitted will be all you will deem necessary to establish Mrs. Parker's claim to a pension under the recent act. To procure testimony from Massachusetts would be attended with much trouble and expense, and I am confident there can be no error or mistake in relation to the identity of Mrs. Parker. Until within the last four or five years I have always resided within about twenty rods of her, and I unhesitatingly say that her testimony alone, did the rules of the department permit, might rably be received as proof of all

Be good enough to write as soon as practicable, if further proof is wanting.
The facts to which she testified. Her character is unexceptionable and her memory uncommonly tenacious; as an instance of which I would mention that yesterday, when I called on her after obtaining the certificate of the Town Clerk of Pembroke as to the births of her children, when in the room with her alone; she, after a few moments hesitation upon each, actually told me the day of the month and year on which each of the five were born.
The other affiants are all reputable, credible persons, and the testimony of either would be considered conclusive whenever they are known. The Messrs. Parker, John and Bailey, are among the most enterprising and estimable citizens of Pembroke, possessing in a high degree the confidence and esteem of all about them.
Under all these circumstances, I do hope you will not find it necessary to require further proof. If, however, further proof of the time of Mr. Parker's service or of the widow's marriage shall be deemed necessary, I am confident both can be obtained, though at considerable expense. On both these points, if further proof shall be required, I shall expect to hear from you at an early day.
I will only add, that I can recollect Mr. and Mrs. Parker as long ago as I can recollect any body except my parents, and I very well remember the hardship with which he thought himself heated when he received your letter announcing that he had been stricken from the Pension List. Often have I listened for the hour together to his narration of the perils and novelties of some of his winter campaigns, and his wonderful preservation amidst the bloodiest engagements. I could even now almost repeat his description of the slaughter at Monmouth from the tracks in the street and of the sufferings at Valley Forge.
Your obt servt, Asa Fowler.

The State of New Hampshire. County of Merrimack ss.
On this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three, before Asa Fowler, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Merrimack, personally appeared Joanna Parker, a resident of Pembroke in said county of Merrimack, aged eighty seven 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 third day of March A.D. 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of John Parker, who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and for whose services she was placed on the Pension Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, under the act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. She cannot state the regiment or corps in which her late husband served, but refers to the papers filed when she was placed on the Pension List; her former certificate being dated Sept. 4, 1838. No. 160.
Witness - John Parker
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written to wit, the 19th day of August A. D. 1843.
Before me,
Asa Fowler.
} Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Merrimack, New Hampshire.

I Asa Fowler, Justice of the Peace within & for the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I am acquainted and have been for many years with the within named Joanna Parker , that she is a credible witness and the identical Joanna Parker , widow of John Parker , to whom certificate No. 160 was issued.
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace.
The State of New Hampshire . Merrimack ss. I Stephen C. Badger , Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county and State, do hereby certify that Asa Fowler is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified, and his signatures on this sheet are genuine. This commission bears date January seventeenth A. D. 1842 and will expire January seventeenth A. D. 1847.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court and affixed my signature the twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three S. C. Badger Clerk

Joanna Parker John - att. 8-21-48
FREE
S Hon Josiah Meigs Chairman of Pensions Washington D.C.

Joanna Parker widow of John-
N.H., died July 38 5 years.
Married before 1794
Dec 11. 76. Smo 75- Octobry 12 - 76
20 c adm 20 mpr $66.66-
no deduction
Asa Fowles Concord N.H.

I, Ara Fowler , of Concord in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, do depose and say that on the thirtieth day of July last, the annexed notice was handed me by Bailey Parker of Pembroke, who informed me it was the notice which his father John Parker, late of said Pembroke, deceased, received from the Pension Office of the discontinuance of his the said John Parker's pension.
Ara Fowler,
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack ss. August 1, 1838. Personally appearing, the above named Ara Fowler, whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness, made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is just and true.
Before me,
Cyrus Barton, Justice Peace.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
August 1 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. John Parker
Embrooke
N. H.

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O. E. Badger Concord N.H.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Merrimack ss. }
ON THIS Seventh day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Joanna Parker a resident of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack aged ninety two 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of John Parker who was a
Private in the Army of the Revolution, and that she was a pensioner and received a pension under the Act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow. Witness Truworthy L. Fowler Ruth Parker
Joanna X Parker Mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written—Before
Truworthy L. Fowler Justice of the Peace.
I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the above Declarant is personally known to me.
Truworthy L. Fowler Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire.
Merrimack COUNTY, SS.
I, Abner D. Baker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Truworthy L. Fowler is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twentieth day of May 1844 and will expire on the twentieth day of May 1849 and that his signature above written is genuine. according to my belief and opinion
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this 23 d day of August 18 48
A. B. Baker CLERK.

I know all men by these Presents, That I Bailey Parker of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack State of New Hamp- shire son of Joanna Parker deceased a Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Lyman Stevens of Concord N.H. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of my said Mother for increase of Pension: hereby revoking all former powers of attorney by me heretofore made in the premises. Witness my hand and Seal this seventh day of November A.D. 1855.
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of Arthur F. Fletcher
Bailey Parker
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack ss On this seventh day of November A.D. 1855 before me personally appeared Bailey Parker above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed Before me Arthur F. Fletcher Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 14, 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, George Foster was a justice of the Peace for the County of Essex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Mather Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Essex s.s.
Town Clerks Office Andover Mass June 11 th 1855.
I Varnum Lincoln depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the State, County, and Town aforesaid and that the re- cords of said Town are in my possession, that I have examined said records during the period of the Revolutionary war and can find the name of one man only whose name was John Parker that it appears that said John Parker was born in said Andover on the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1753
Varnum Lincoln Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss.
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me
George Foster Justice of the Peace