Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,791, for Amasa Parker, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N.H.
Parker, Amasa
NUMBER
S. 43791
B.L. 97-768-100
CONTENTS

New-York.
17. 1820
Amasa Parker,
Tioga Co! in the state of New-York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scamnel, of the New-Hamp. Line, for the term of five years, - war.
Enscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8, of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. of Sept. 1820 and sent to Grant B. Baldwin, agent, Elmira, New-York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $223.26
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. March, 1821. 18 "
27 mo. 24 } 1821. $271.26 31 } 4/30. }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cash?
Philip Schuyler, late May 16th 1821, at Albany N.Y.

17.268.
Amasa Parker Tioga County, N.Y. Affidavit
for Pension for Revolutionary Service -
8 th May, 1818.
Col: Scamnel's regt. New-Hampshire line 1778 to 1783.
found on the rolls -
Admitted.
Grant B. Baldwin, agent, Elmira, N. York. 16. Aug 1 . 1820.

State of New York } Tioga county, ss. }
I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the county of Tioga
Do Hereby Certify that Henry Wells — whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed application, affidavit or instrument in writing was on the day of the date of the said certificate a Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for the said county, commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgments of Deeds, &c. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Wells Judge and verily believe the sig- nature of Henry Wells Subscribed to the said
certificate is his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this fourth day of January 18 20
Thos. Maxwell Clerk.

United States
State of New York
Tioga County ss
Amasa Parker of the town of Catherines in the county of Tioga and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith he entered into the service of the United States in the month of May 1775 previous to the Battle at Bunker Hill as a private soldier in Captain Jonathan Whitcomb's company in Col. James Reed's Regiment in the New Hampshire line and that he continued in the said company until after the battle at Bunker Hill & until the month of September of the same year when he enlisted volunteered in Capt. William Goodrich's company in Col. Benedict Arnold's Regiment & was marched with the said Regiment to Redbank at which place he was present and in the battle in which the brave Montgomery fell - That on the sixth day of May 1776 he left the plains of Abraham with the army and returned home to his native state New Hampshire, & continued from that time in the service of his country from time to time as a private soldier in different companies until the Spring of 1778 when he enlisted in the Continental Service for three years in Captain William Ellis's company in the third New Hampshire Regiment, and continued in the said service as a private soldier until the Battle of Monmouth on the 28 th of June following. And that on the day after the battle of Monmouth he was chosen sergeant in the said company & Regiment last mentioned & continued therein doing the duty and service of sergeant as aforesaid until the termination of the Revolutionary war, and that he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York on the eighth day of June 1783 - And that he has continued to reside in the United States ever since the war of the

Revolution, and now is a resident of the county of Troy in the State of New York, that he was sixty years of age the tenth day of August last past. And that from his reduced circumstance he is unable to afford and is in actual need of the assistance of his country for subsistence himself a comfortable support; And that he has lost the discharge which he received when he was discharged from the service of the United States.
Subscribed , & sworn to upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God the 8 th day of May 1818. Before me
Amasa Parker
Henry Mills one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Troy County. N.Y.

State of New York
Troja County ss. John J. French of the town of Spencer in the said county of Troja being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he became acquainted with Amasa Parker in the annexed affidavit named in March 1776 at the Hospital near Dubuque where the said Amasa Parker & this deponent both had the Small pox - And that this deponent after-wards frequently saw the said Amasa Parker in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war, and that he was discharged at the time mentioned in the Affidavit of the said Amasa Parker herunto annexed - And that from his acquaintance with him during the said service, this deponent verily believes that all the facts stated in the Affidavit of the said Amasa Parker are substantially true -
John J. French
Subscribed & sworn to upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God the 8th day of May 1818 Before me Henry Wells Judge of Troja Com Pleas. N. Y.
United States of America ss. I, Henry Wells one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Troja & State of New York do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Amasa Parker in the annexed affidavit named late a soldier in the Revolutionary war served in the said war against the Common Enemy at the times & in the manner therein stated, and that he is absolutely in need of the assistance of his country for support. As Witness my hand this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen -
Henry Wells Judge of Troja Com Pleas. N. Y.

Copy of Oath Schedule of Anasa Parker
Fees $0.75
17.120
Ent. March 10 th 1921 J.S.E.
Stephen Mack, Esq. Ithaca, N. York

State of New York Tioga County ss
+ (Copy)
On this 2 d day of January 1821 person- al appeared in Open Court being a court of record for said County proceeding according to the course of common law, with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings & having the power of fine & imprisonment, Amasa Perkins aged sixty four years resident in the town of Cayuta in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: From the month of April 1775 for the term of eight months: and after this for the principal part of the time till December 1778. On January 1779 at which time he enlisted during the war, in a company then commanded by Captain William Ellis but afterwards by Captain Benjamin Ellis in a regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn in the New Hamp- shire Line - That he served till the close of the war & was regularly discharged - That in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 relative to revolutionary pensions he made application on the 8 th day of May 1818 for a pension that a Certificate was granted in his favor which bears date the 21 st day of September 1820 - No. 17.820
Sworn & declared this 2 d day of January 1821 in Open Court before me Gamaliel H. Bastow (Signed)
Amasa Perkins do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States On the 18 th 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolution- ary War" passed on the 18 th 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 hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.
Personal Property, I have as follows to wit: one Iron pot 1 Baking Kettle, 3 Knives & Forks, 6 Cup, & Saucers, 6 Earthen Plates, 2 Tin Cups, 2 Old Chairs, 2 old axes - 2 old Bands, 1 Pork Barrel partly filled with meat. 1 Small Hog - 1 Tin Cup. 4 Tin Basins, 1 Tin Teapot.
Debts due to me. From John & Lemuel Fulkerson Twentyfive
Dollars. - I have no regular occupation, by which to support myself. I am afflicted with the gravel & a Rheumatic complaint, which render me unable to do any labor of consequence. My family consists of Four in number to wit: myself, my wife whose name is Ellen whose age is 49 years, and who being of a tolerable good constitution, is able to do considerable towards supporting herself. My daughter Elsey aged Eleven years, and my son Clinton aged Nine years, both of whom possess good constitutions but are too young to be able to contribute much towards their own support. They need, victualling, clothing & schooling. I have no means of supporting myself & family other than what are above set forth, I think I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support.
Signed
Amasa Parker
Sworn & subscribed this 2 d day of January
1821 before me In open Court
(Signed)
Gamaliel H Barstow first Judge
State of New York
Tioga County, Clerk's office Jr. I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the above Herewith are truly copied from the originals schedule on file in this office; and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court as entered of Record that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule of Amasa Parker is Thirty Seven Dollars In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 10 th day of April 1821.
Thos Maxwell Clerk

43 791
INVALID.
Reg
File No. 43 791
Amasa Parker
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 888
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 768
Amasa Parker —
priv:
New Hampshire line
Warrant issued March 3 d 1879
Hon. Jno. R. Drake

The Honble
Marcus Morton
Taunton
County of Bristol
Massachusetts
Sir,
Department of War
Section of bounty lands
August 30 th 1879
In reply to your several enquiries
relative revolutionary land claims

Amasa Parker's Revolutionary Claim for Land
W. June No 768
The authority is deemed sufficient to recapt for the warrent S. B. C.

State of New York } fe N o 21.043 - Broome County, }
I certify that Stephen Mack Esq: was on the 24th day of February A.D. 1819 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified - and that Full Faith and Credit should be given to his official acts as such
Broome Clerks office } A. D. D. D. D. February 24. A.D. 1819 } Clerk

State of New York } Broome County } ss - Amasa Parker being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was a soldier in the Continen- tal Army of the United States in the revolutionary war that he enlisted, (according to the best of his recollection) some time in December 1778 - or in January 1779 - into a company commanded by Captain William Ellis in the 3 d Reg t Infantry in the New Hampshire Line commanded by Col. — Dearborn, known by the name of Scammon's Reg t That he enlisted to serve during the war. That the first part of this term he served as a private, & the latter part as a Sergeant in said Company. That he served till the close of the war, & was honorably discharged near Newburg in the County of Orange in the State of New York, at the close of the war in the summer of 1783 - and that he had never rec d from the government of the United States, a patent for his bounty land -
Amasa Parker
Sworn & subscribed this 24 th day of Feb y 1819 before me Stephen Mack Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents, that I, Amasa Parker, a continental soldier in the revolutionary Army, do here- by constitute & appoint John R. Drake Esquire, my true & lawful Attorney, for me & in my name, to ask of & receive from the Government of the United States, a Patent Deed, for so much land as I may be entitled to receive from the said Government, as such grantee as aforesaid. And I further empower my said Attorney to do whatever may be required of him in the premises. In witness where- of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 th day of February in the year 1819 -
Amasa Parker
New York State } Broome County } ss - On this 24 th day of February in the year 1819 - the above named Amasa Parker acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be his voluntary act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned -
Stephen Mack
Justice of the Peace

Town of Spencer County of Tioga and State of New York Personally came before me Joshua Ferris Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County Tioga John French and Being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith That He the said John French served in the Third Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War and was personally acquainted with Amasa Parker now present and is knowing that the said Amasa Parker served during said war as Serjeant in Captain Benjamin Ellis company in the New Hampshire Line and was Honorably Discharged from the Army near Newburg in year 1783 and further more the Deponeth saith Not
Sworn & Subscribed this 22 day of Febry 1819.
Before me
Joshua Ferris
John French
Tioga County Blakes Office
I certify that the above named Joshua Ferris Esq. is duly commissioned and sworn and now is and was at the time of taking the above affidavit an acting Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tioga and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such and that I am personally acq- uainted with the signature of the said Joshua Ferris and verily believe the above to be his same hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 22 nd day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen
Michael Winter Esq.