Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,852, for Bani Parmele, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Parmele, Bani or Parmalee
N. 6,852
B.L.W. 31 565-160-55.
Charity
CONTENTS

Reported
170977
Connecticut 724 Nancy Parmalee widow of Ben Parmalee
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Dec 1850 and sent to
Jonathan Barry Middletown Connecticut
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 64 Vol. 1 Bartlett

Connecticut
Bani Parmalee
Middletown in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt commanded by Col Selden in the Connecticut line for 3. Mo - and in other Regts 3. Mo -
Enscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of $33 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 - day of November 1832 - and sent to Hon W. L. Storrs - Middletown - Cont
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1832 $ 49.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833 - 16.66
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book 8 Vol. 3 - Page 61

170.977 Act Nov. 3/55
170.977 June 18/55
Parmalee, David Charity Parmalee wid. of Barn Parmalee Pri.
Pro 31 565-18
Rev. War
Receiver a pension. Under act of 1848 - No. 726
Conn July 48 - 726 Ad: 160 acs from 21/56 B. P. D.
Vol Page Page 16
Rev. Charity Parmalee Middletown Conn.

Bani Parmelee's pension papers
№ 1460
Whit
private 10 1/2
33.33
Dr. W. L. Parsons
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 112

State of Connecticut } ss. Town of Middletown County of Middlesex } August 11 th A.D. 1832
On this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate in & for the District of said Middletown, now sitting, Bani Parmelee of said Middletown, aged 74 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the year 1776 when I resided in Killingworth, in this state and county where I was born and had before that time always lived, I enlisted for the term of seven months in the Connecticut State troops, Col. Selden's regiment and Capt. Elisha Chapman's company and served therein from the latter part of May in said except the time I was sick as herein after stated year 1776, until the latter part of December of same year, a period of seven months - Our first Lieut. was Elisha Hart of Saybrook in this state; your second Lieut. was Job Wright of said Killingworth - We sailed from Killingworth to New York and there remained until the retreat of the Army from that place - We retreated over Kingsbridge

to East-Chester, where I was then taken sick, about the last of September and became unable to attend to do my duty and was was lodged with others, who were on the sick list in a barn in said East Chester, until I was taken back to said Killingworth. I did not recover from my sickness until some time after the Company was discharged, which was in December of said year 1776. —
In May 1777, I served at New Haven in the Connecticut militia, in Capt. Job Wright's company the period of one month, as my father's substitute and in Capt. Chapman's Company another month, By draft making together a period of two months —
In the fall of said year 1777, was drafted for I served a period of one month, By served that time in the Connecticut Militia, in Col. Worthington Regiment and Capt. Samuel Gale's company. We marched to across the country from said Killingworth to Fishkill on the Hudson, & were employed on the Hudson, until the defeat of Burgoyne rendered our presence unnecessary —
In the latter part of the year 1779, I was drafted into Capt. Aaron Hildreth's

company, in Col. Wetherington's  regiment in the Connecticut Militia - and served two months in said company, at Stratford & New Haven - That was the dreadful hard winter - 1779 & 1780 --
In the year 1780, I was drafted in Capt. Josiah Baldwin's company in Col. Wetherington's regiment, in the Connecticut Militia and served therein the period of one month, on a tour to Providence, Rhode Island --
I was born in said Killingworth in the year 1757 on the 6 th day of December and resided there until 1796, when I became a resident of Meriden in this state; and I resided in said Meriden until 1808, when I removed to said Middletown, where I have ever since resided & still reside -- I have no documen- tary evidence of my said services nor do I know of any person living, whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my said services, except Laben Lane and James Buel and Nathaniel Griswold, whose depositions are subjoined -- In the fall of
that place -- We retreated over

the year 1781, I was  was drafted in the Connecticut Militia, in an Ensign's Guard Stationed on the coast at said Killingworth and served in said Guard, a period of a month or more - Our Ensign's name was Thomas Francis -
The said applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Brans Parmele
In answer to the first interrogatory the said applicant says that he was born in Killingworth in this county, Dec 6 th 1757 - ; and to the second that there is a record of his age in said Killingworth, a certified copy of which, is hereto annexed - ; In answer to the third & fourth fifth he refers to his statement for particulars - ; in answer to the sixth, that he never received any written discharge - : in answer to the seventh, he names Rev. Joshua Litchfield his

never received any discharge - in answer to the seventh, he named Rev. Joshua Williams, his
minister and Joseph R. Wilcox and almost any other individual in his neighborhood in said Middletown.
We, Joshua Williams a clergyman, residing in said town of Middletown and Joseph R. Wilcox residing in said Middletown, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bani Parmelee, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three  four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore said -
Joshua Williams
Joseph R. Wilcox
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said,
And the said court do hereby declare their its opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated -
And the court further certifies, that it appears to said court, that said Joshua Williams, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Middletown and that Joseph R. Wilcox, who has also signed the same is a resident of said Middletown and is a credible person and has been examined and found to be

that their statement is entitled to credit. —
Attest, Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
I, John Gisk, clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the said District of Middletown, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Bani Parmelee for a pension —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832 —
John Gisk Clerk

I James Buel of Killingworth in the county of Middlesex and state of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say That I am well acquainted with Bari Parnell of Middletown in the county and state aforesaid and that sometime the latter part of May 1776 said Bari Parnell and myself in listed into the company of state Troops in the Connecticut line commanded by Capt Elisha Chapman 1 st Lieut Elisha Hart 2 nd Lieut Job Wright and Ensign Jones and in Col. Selden's Reg t said Parnell went by Water from Killingworth to New York City and remained there until the British army landed and then the American Army retreated over Kings Bridge soon after which said Parnell was taken sick and sent to Killingworth and remained there until unfit for duty until the company was discharged which was on the 17 th day of December 1776
James Buel
State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss Killingworth the 8 th August AD 1832 Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid James Buel a credible witness who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition, appeared before me me, and after being examined and cautioned to speak the whole truth, made solemn oath to the same deposition
Before me George Carter Justice of the Peace A.

I Jabez Lane of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Bazil Parnell of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid and that said Bazil Parnell sometime in the forepart of the month of November 1779 was drafted at Killingworth to serve in the Company of Militia in the Connecticut line under the command of Capt. Aaron Halsey, Lieut. Daniel Hubbard and Ensign Johnson. The name of the Col. in command I do not recollect but the Major's name was Smith, said Parnell with myself and others marched from Killingworth through New Haven and other places to Stratford and remained there one week, from thence marched back to New Haven and served on Guard at that place until the first of January 1780 and was discharged Jabez Lane
State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss Killingworth the 8 th day of August AD 1832
Be it remembered that on the day afore- said Jabez Lane a credible witness who hath subscribed the for- -going deposition, appeared before me, and after being examined and cautioned to speak the whole truth, made solemn oath to the same deposition
Before me George Carter Justice of the Peace State of Connecticut Middlesex County & Middletown
I John Dike Clerk of the County Court of the County of Middlesex do Certify that George Carter Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex as per Court on file in my Office &

that his name subscribed to the preceding bequests mark? A. B. are his proper Hand Writing & signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Geo. Brantley

I hereby certify that it appears from the Records of the Town of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex & State of Connecticut that Bani Parmele was born December 6 th A.D. 1757. Elisha Halsey Town Clerk

I Nathaniel Griswold of Killingworth in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say. I am well acquainted with Barni Parmelee of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid and that my Brother Ebenezer Griswold enlisted into the Company of State Troops in the Connecticut line commanded by Capt. Elish Chapman and according to my best memory the best of my memory the said Barni Parmelee aforsaid was brought home from the Army sick by Mr. Levi Hull of said Killingworth
Nathaniel Griswold
State of Connecticut Middlesex County, ss Killingworth the 9 th August A.D. 1832 Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid Nathaniel Griswold a credible witness who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition, appeared before me and after being examined and cautioned to speak the whole truth, made solemn oath to the same deposition.
Before me David S. Kelsey Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss Middletown
John Park Clerk of the County Court of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that David Kelsey Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex as
ny 2 u of

It. Count on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certifi- cate is his proper Hand Writing & signa- ture. — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of the Court this 11 th day of Augt. A.D. 1832.
Mr. Rich Clerk
Bani Parmelee's Pension Papers
No 1460
advised
private letter
33. 33
Mr. N. L. Brown

N 571 Charles Parmelle m of Bari con
act 29 July 1848

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex. } ss. Probate District of Middletown.
On this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State (the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of said State by which it was created) personally appeared Charity Parmelee a resident of Middletown in said District in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848; that she is the widow of Bani Parmelee late of said Middletown now deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and, as such, was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum as nearly as the deponent remembers, and for proof of the revolutionary services of the said Bani Parmelee, she begs leave to refer to the Records of the War Department, having no personal knowledge thereof.
She further declares that she was married to the said Bani Parmelee on the twelfth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine; that her husband the aforesaid Bani Parmelee died at said Middletown on the Twenty second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred, to wit, at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Charity Parmelee
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me,
Elihu Spencer Judge of Probate

State of Connecticut }
County of Middlesex } ss. Probate District of Middletown.
And now on this Twenty second day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, before the court of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State, personally appeared Charity Parmelee, a resident of Middletown in said District, aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following addition to her declaration made before said court on the thirteenth day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty nine in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848; that she was married, as stated in said declaration, to her husband the late Bani Parmelee, on the twelfth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine; that she was married at Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, where she then resided, by Oliver Stanley, Esq. then a Justice of the Peace for the said County of New Haven; that the said Oliver Stanley and his wife and daughter, who were present at the marriage, are all dead; that none of the family of the said Oliver Stanley are now living, to the knowledge of the declarant, except George W. Stanley, who is a Counsellor at law now residing in Cleveland in the State of Ohio; that the declarant has caused letters to be written to the said George W. Stanley respecting the said marriage and the records of his Father the said Oliver Stanley; that the said George W. Stanley has replied to these letters stating that he has no personal recollection of the said marriage, and that after the decease of his said Father he deposited his records with the Town Clerk of said Wallingford; that the de-

deponent has caused diligent search to be made, and has ascertained that the records of the said Oliver Stanley are in an imperfect state, and that they furnish no evidence of the said marriage; that the deponent has no evidence of the same in any Family Bible or other domestic records; that the name of the deponent at the time of her said marriage was Charity Peck, and that she had three children by a former marriage, namely, Henry Peck then about fifteen years old, Clarissa Hart, then thirteen years old, and Harriet Porter, then eleven years old; and that in confirmation of her statement, she annexes hereto the depositions of the said Clarissa and Harriet.
Sworn to and subscribed this 22 d day of November A.D. 1849
Charity Parmelee
Before me
Elihu Spencer Judge. of Court of Probate
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
ss. Probate District of Middletown.
I Thomas G. Mather, Clerk of the Court of the Court of Probate for the said District of Middletown, do hereby certify that the same is a Court of Record by the Laws of the said State by which it was created, that Elihu Spencer, Esquire, is Judge of the said Court, and that his signatures to the foregoing declarations of Charity Parmelee, are his proper hand-writing and signatures.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 26 th day of November A.D. 1849.
Thomas G. Mather clk

State of Connecticut, } County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown.
I Clarissa Hart of Middletown in said County being duly sworn depose and say, that I am sixty three years old; that I am the daughter of Charity Parmelee of said Middletown widow of Bani Parmelee, late of said Middletown, deceased, by her first Husband, Kiel Peck; that I was thirteen years old when my said mother was married to the said Bani Parmelee, and the marriage took place in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine and according to my best recollection in the month of January of that year; that the said Bani Parmelee and my said mother went together to the house of a magistrate by the name of Stanley in Wallingford in the County of New Haven in said State to be married, as they informed me, and as it was inconvenient to take me with them, I remained at home; that, on their return, I went with said Bani Parmelee and my said mother to Meriden in said County of New Haven and continued to reside with them until I was married at the age of twenty; that the said Bani Parmelee and my said mother lived together as husband and wife from the said month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine until the time of his death, which took place at said Middletown, but being absent at the time of his decease I have no means of giving the exact date thereof.
Clarissa Hart
Sworn to and subscribed } this 13 th day of July A.D. } 1849, Before me }
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that said Clarissa Hart is a credible witness. Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown.
I John Parmelee of said Middletown, being duly sworn depose and say, that I was forty nine years old on the first day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight; that I am the oldest child of Charity Parmelee of said Middletown, the widow of Bani Parmelee late of said Middletown, deceased, by her husband the said Bani Parmelee, who died at said Middletown on the 22 d day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, and at the time of his decease was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and as such drew an annual pension of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents according to my best recollection of the sum, having no memorandum to refresh my memory; that I have always been informed and believe that my said mother was married to the said Bani Parmelee in the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine; that the magistrate, who married them, was, as I am informed and believe, Oliver Stanley, Esq. a justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven in said State, now deceased, and that the marriage took place in Wallingford in said County of New Haven; that, at the request of my said mother, I have been to said Wallingford, and ascertained that the family of the said Stanley is dispersed, none of them residing in said Wallingford, or in said State, as I am informed and believe, and that the papers and records of the said Stanley can not be found; that no record of the said marriage is to be found on the books of the Town Clerk of said Wallingford, and no entry thereof can be found in the books and papers of the said Bani Parmelee; and further I say not.
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of July A. D. 1849, Before me
John Parmelee
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace

I further certify that said John Parmelee is a credible witness.
Jonathan Barnes
Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown, Nov r 22 d A.D. 1849.
I Harriet Porter of East Hartford in the County of Hartford in said State, being duly sworn depose and say, that I was sixty one years old on the fourth day of the last May; that I am the daughter of Charity Parmelee widow of Bani Parmelee late of said Middletown, deceased, by her first husband Hiel Peck; that my said Mother was married to the said Bani Parmelee in the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety nine; that I was not present at the marriage, but I recollect the year from the circumstance that I was eleven years old in the May next following the marriage; that the said Bani Parmelee and my said Mother told me that they were going to the house of Mr. Stanley a Justice of the Peace to be married; that, on their return, I went with said Bani Parmelee and my said Mother to Meriden in the County of New Haven in said State, and continued to reside with them until I was married at the age of twenty two; that the said Bani Parmelee and my said Mother lived together as husband and wife from the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine until his decease.
Sworn to and subscribed this 22 d day of November A. D. 1849
Before me,
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
I further certify, that said Harriet Porter is a credible witness; and that the words "widow of Bani Par-

melee late" were interlined by me before the execution of the foregoing affidavit, and that the word "December" was erased, and the word "November" interlined by me.
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut }
County of Middlesex } ss: I, Elisha Spencer Clerk of the County Court in & for said County of Middlesex (the same being a Court of Record) do hereby certify that Jonathan Barnes Esq is and for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified (as by Commission on file in my office) Also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Jonathan Barnes & that the signature of his name wherever the same appears in the several papers hereto annexed is his genuine handwriting.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court this 22 nd day of November A.D 1849
Elisha Spencer Clerk of County Court

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss. Meriden
I Rebinah Wilcox of said Meriden being duly sworn depose and say that I am eighty years of age, that I was acquainted with Barni Parmelee in his lifetime and am also acquainted with his widow Charity Parmelee, who is now about making application for the pension of her deceased husband under the late Act of Congress entitling the widows of pension- ers married to them previous to the year 1800 thereto,
I resided in the town of Wallingford in said County in January of the year 1799 within one fourth of a mile from said Par- melee, and it was some time in that month he was reputed to have been married to the said Charity, I was in company with them visiting about two weeks previous to the day on which they were reputed to have been married, and at that time it was talked of by them and their friends that they would be married in a few days, and he brought her home with him in about two weeks and they lived together as husband and wife within one fourth of a mile from me for six or seven years, and they then removed to the town of Middletown in Middlesex County this State, where I visited them once previous to his death, his former wife died in the year 1797 in the month of October, I moved into the said town of Wallingford in the month of March 1797 and further I say not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 nd day of August A.D. 1800
Eli S. Fales Justice of the Peace
Rebinah Wilcox

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } G. Meriden 22 nd August 1857
I certify that Reuben Wilcox the person who subscribed and made oath before me to the within deposition resides in the said town of Meriden, to all appearance of sound mind and memory and a credible witness
Eli G. Innes Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Newhaven County. ss. Meriden We Arza Andrews and Edward Linsley both of said Meriden being duly sworn depose and say that there is in the old burial ground in said Meriden a tomb stone with the following inscription engraved upon it - "In memory of Mrs. Temperance Parmlee Consort to Mr. Bani Parmlee who died Oct. 5th. A.D. 1797 in her 42 nd year." and we further depose that said tomb stone is an old and moss covered one and has the appearance of being what it purports to be. further said deponents say not.
Arza Andrews Edward Linsley
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 rd day of August A.D. 1850
Eli S. Jones Justice of the Peace
I certify that Arza Andrews and Edward Linsley whose names are subscribed to the above deposition are both residents of said Meriden and are credible witnesses
Eli S. Jones Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss. Meriden

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That
Eli S. Ives is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signatures of the said Eli S. Ives to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 9 th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
John P. C. Mather Secretary of State.

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown.
I Sydia Butler of said Middletown, being duly sworn, depose and say, that I am seventy three years of age, and a resident of said Middletown; that I am acquainted with Charity Parmelee of said Middletown, widow of Bani Parmelee late of said Middletown, deceased, who, as I am informed, has applied for a pension on account of the services of her said husband in the Revolutionary Army; that I lived in the family of the said Bani Parmelee in Meriden in the County of New Haven in said State, when his first wife Temperance Parmelee died, which was in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety seven, and, I think in the month of October in that year, but I have no means of stating the precise day; that I continued to reside in the family of the said Bani Parmelee some what more than a year but not exceeding eighteen months after the decease of the said Temperance, and that in the winter of the year Seventeen hundred and ninety nine, the said Bani Parmelee brought to his house the said Charity as his wife, while I resided in his family as aforesaid, and although I can not specify the day, I am satisfied from my recollection that it was not later in the said year 1799 than the latter part of January or beginning of February in that year; and further I say not.
Sydia her X Butler, mark
Sworn to and subscribed the 25 th day of September A. D. 1850, Before me,
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the said Sydia Butler

is personally known to me, and is a credible witness. Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Jonathan Barnes
is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,---having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Jonathan Barnes to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 9 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
John P. C. Mather Secretary of State.
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace

170.977
1885 Oct 2nd I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. A. D. Clerk.
He is by law empowered to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. A. D. has been a Justice of the Peace in and for said Middlesex County, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Certificate and since the fourth day of July last, to be a duly qualified Justice of the Peace in and for said Middlesex County. (The same being a Court of Record) I Clerk of the County Court
COURT OF RECORD

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Cromwell.
On this 18 th day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Charity Parmelee aged — 92 — years, a resident of Cromwell in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Bani Parmelee, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and that, as such widow, she holds a certificate of Pension under the Act of July 29 th 1848, No. 726, by which she is entitled to thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, on account of the services of the said Bani Parmelee in the said Revolutionary War; and, for evidence of such services she begs leave to refer to the files and Records of the Department of War and of the Pension Office.
She further states that she was married to the said Bani Parmelee in Wallingford in said State on the 12 th day of January A.D. 1799, by one Oliver Stanley a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Charity Peck; that her said husband died at Middletown, now Cromwell on the 22 nd day of February A.D. 1839; and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty lands to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855; that she has not received Bounty land under this or any other Act; and she prays that the proofs, which she has heretofore filed in the Pension Office, may be received as evidence in her case.
Charity Parmelee
We Elizabeth E. Woodworth Middletown and Anson Fowler a residents of Cromwell in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Charity Parmelee in our

presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Elizabeth P Woodward Anson Fowler
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Woodward Justice of the Peace }

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Cromwell,
I Atson Atson Fowler of said Cromwell, being duly sworn, depose and say, that I am — 49 — years of age and a resident of said Cromwell, which was formerly a part of Middletown in said County; that I knew Bani Parmelee, deceased; that he died many years since in that part of Middletown now called Cromwell, leaving Charity Parmelee his widow surviving him; that I am well acquainted with her, and know, that she is now living in said Cromwell, and that since the decease of her said husband she has continued to be and now is his widow; and further I say not.
Sworn to and subscribed this 13 th day of June A.D. 1855, Before me,
Atson Fowler
Wm Woodward Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Atson Fowler is personally known to me, and is a credible witness.
Wm Woodward Justice of the Peace
Return made to Wm Woodward Middletown Co.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
ss. Middletown June 15. 1855
I, Waldo P. Vinal Assistant Clerk of the County Court in and for said Middlesex County, (the same being a Court of Record,) do hereby Certify that Wm. Woodward Esq., whose signature, known by me to be his genuine hand writing, is affixed to the foregoing Certificate, and since the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, has been a Justice of the Peace, in and for said Middlesex County, duly elected and qualified, as by the proper return and certificate on file, in my office. And as such Justice of the Peace, he is by law authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgment of deeds.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County Court, at Middletown, in said County this fif teenth day of June A. D. 1855.
Waldo P. Vinal Assistant Clerk.
...was married to the

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Bani Parmalee , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 6,852
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 76 7 mos. Pvt. Elisha Chapman Selden Conn.   May 77 { 1 " Job Wright —   { 1 " Chapman —   Fall 77 1 " Samuel Gale Worthington   Nov. 79 2 " Aaron Kelsey —   80 1 " Josiah Baldwin Worthington   Fall 81 1 " Ens. Thos. Francis  
Battles engaged in, /
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingworth Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 11. 1832.
Residence at date of application, Middletown Conn.
Age at date of application, B. Dec. 6, 1757 Killingworth Conn -
Sol. first wife Temperance — died Oct. 5, 1797 in her 42 nd year & was buried at Meriden, Conn.
Remarks: Sol. mar. Jan'y. 12, 1799 at Wallingford, Conn. Charity (—) Peck, widow of Hiel Peck. Sol. died Feby. 22, 1839 Middletown, Wis. appln. July 13. 1849 ae 86
res. Middletown Conn. Cromwell in 1855. Son John Parmelee was born
Dec. 1, 1799.
Very respectfully,

Middletown Conn. April 23 d 1850. Sir,
I inclose additional evidence in the case of Charity Parmelee, which I hope will be satisfactory.
Very respectfully, Your obt. Servt. Jonathan Barnes
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

1850
State of Connecticut. County of Middlesex
} ss Hillingworth
I Lydia Parmelee of said Hillingworth being duly sworn depose and say that I am 73 years of age, and a resident of said Hillingworth; that I am the sister in law of Bani Parmelee late of Middletown in said County now deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and whose widow Charity Parmelee has applied for a pension under the act of Congress of July 29 th 1844; that I was not present at the time when the said Charity was ma- rried to the said Bani Parmelee, but I know that they lived together as husband and wife, and visited at the house of my late husband Eliah Parmelee previous to the second day of May in the year sevent- een hundred and ninety nine; and stated that they had been married a short time previous; and they continued thereafter to live together as husband and wife until some time in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine when the said Bani Parmelee died. I also know that the said Charity Parmelee has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband; and further I say not. Dated at Hillingworth the 18 th day of April A.D. 1850
Sworn to and subscribed this 18 th day of April A.D. 1850. before me
Lydia Parmelee
Wyllys D. Halsey Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Lydia Parmelee is a respectable and credible witness
Wyllys D. Halsey Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ) ss. Wallingford
I Edwin R. Gilbert of said Wallingford, being duly sworn, depose & say, that I am Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in said Wallingford, & that I have examined the Records of marriages celebrated by the former Pastors of said Church, & find therein no entry of the marriage of Bani Parmelee & Charity Parmelee; that the name of the said Charity Parmelee before her marriage with Bani Parmelee, as I am informed, was Charity Peck; & that I find her name on the Roll of the Communicants & members of the said Church as early as the twenty sixth day of August in the year 1882; & nothing further appears in said Records respecting her; & further I say not.
Sworn to & sub- scribed this tenth day of April A. D. 1856. Before me
E. R. Gilbert
Saml H Dutton Justice of the Peace
I further certify, that the said Edwin R. Gilbert is Pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in said Wallingford, & is a credible witness.
Saml H Dutton Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss Wallingford April 10 th 1880
I Lorenzo Lewis of Wallingford in the County of New Haven being duly sworn depose and say that I am Town Clerk of the said Town of Wallingford and Keeper of the records thereof; that I have examined said Records and find sundry records purporting to have been kept by Oliver Stanley Esq r a Justice of the peace for said County now deceased; that it appears the same were left by the administrator on his Estate as the Law requires said State requires but when they came into my possession they were in a mutilated and imperfect state and I find no records of Marriages later than March 8 th 1786 on said Stanley's Records - and also that the records in this Office were imperfectly kept from 1790 to 1805 as regards Marriages they being entered by the Town Clerk entered at the chosen at the latter period - that I have looked in the records of said Justice and in the other records of the said Town and find no entry of the marriage of Beri and and Charity Parmelee and further I say Not
Sworn to and subscribed Lorenzo Lewis Clk.
this 10 th day of April A.D. 1880
Before me Randall Cooke Justice of Peace
I further certify that said Lorenzo Lewis is Town Clerk of the said Town of Wallingford and keeper of the records thereof and a credible witness Randall Cooke Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut.
By His Excellency JOSEPH TRUMBULL , Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That at the date hereof, and since the 20 th day of June last past, Samuel H. Dutton and Randall Cooke are, and have been, Justices of the Peace in & for New Haven county, and Wyllys D. Kelsey is, and hath been, a Justice of the Peace in & for Middlesex County , in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned,
and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestations are in due form and by the proper officers; and that I believe the signatures
for Trumbull
of the said Dutton , Cooke and Kelsey thereto, to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 23 rd day of April , A. D. 1850 , and in the seventy-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor:
Royen H. Mills
Secretary of State.

Charity Parmalee wid. of Ban-
6 t
Ac 29 - July - 1848
Ad. Pri. 10 mo
$ 33.33 from 4 -
Mch. 1848 -
See note to Matthew Barry Middleton C.F.

From W. L. Stone
The Honorable Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Washington District of Columbia

Middletown, Connecticut,
August 12 th 1832.
Honorable Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Sir,
I have the honor to enclose on behalf of Mr. Bani Parmelee, Mr. Samuel Galpin, & Mr. Elijah Roberts, their Applications for Pensions under the law of the last Session: — I would respectfully request that the answer of your Department may be communicated to me.
I have the honor to be, with the highest respect,
Your obed t servant
William L. Storrs

Oct 14/69
James L. Edwards
James L. Edwards, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C..
FREE
Chas. H. Drown Esq., 2 mile run, Brown Co. Ky.

571
Novem 28 th 1849. Dear Sir, Charity Parnlee Mid St Rani
1848 Oct 11 Conn Ohio Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Jonathan Barny Middletown Conn.

Middletown Conn. Nov. 26. 1849.
Sir,
I inclose the declaration and proofs of Mrs. Charity Parmelee for a pension under Act of July 29 th 1848. She requests that the certificate, if issued, may be transmitted to me.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Jonathan Barnes
James L. Edwards, Esq. Com r . of Pensions.

April 26. 1850
Add: Lond.
lease, Charity Farmville
James S. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
FREE
Address
Mr. [unclear]

W. Kelly
July 27 37
James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Middletown, Conn. July 16 th 1850.
Sir,
Some time in the month of April last, I transmitted to your Office additional evidence in the case of Charity Parmelee the widow of Bani Parmelee. Permit me to inquire whether the papers have been received.
With much respect, Your Obedient Servant, Jonathan Barnes
James S. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.

Middletown Conn. Octr. 10 th 1850.
Sir,
I send additional testimony in the case of Mrs. Charity Parmelee, which I hope will be satisfactory.
I am, Sir, very respectfully Your O bt . Servant Jonathan Barnes
James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

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[Large cursive flourish] New Years

N 57 1/2 Charity Parmelee Con
Let to Jonathan Barnes. Feb. 11/50.
Let same Aug. 9. /50
at 29 July 1848

Application No. 1
Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER, _____ _____ _____
Co. _____, _____ Reg't _____
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Chief of War. Please send statement of the service of Bani Parmalee Private Conn. Troops, and that widow Charity Parmalee was pensioned. Send same to Mrs. J. Stuart Kirkham, Springfield Mass. Hope to hear

(3-469.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Application No. _____ Widow's file 68525 Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER,
Bani Parmalee Conn Regt Troops Revolutionary war INFORMATION DESIRED. Papers.

Berlin, Conn., March 29 th , 1913
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:-
Do the pension records contain any information about Barni or Barni Parmele who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army. probably from Killington, but in 1832 was living in Middletown?
I shall be very grateful for this information.
Very truly yours, [Miss] Ruth Galpin, Berlin, Connecticut.

East Berlin, Conn.
Jan. 12. 1907.
The Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Sir:
I desire to obtain the service records of Bani Parmelee, a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, whose wife Charity Parmelee received a pension from the Government.
If you are able to furnish me a copy of the Pension Records in this case, or advise me what steps are necessary to obtain same, I shall be greatly obliged.
Yours truly R. C. Baetens.
P.S. Bani Parmelee served three enlistments of 3 mos. each, and was a native of this state and enlisted from Killington or Madison, this state.

Peru
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6852
Charity Parmalee Wid"
Bani Parmalee
Anti Rev War
Act: July 29"  1848.
Index: — Vol. Ms , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

March 8/95 J. S. Kirkham
Wil. H. 1. to Mrs. Springfield, Mass. 1907 Jan. 22. History to R. C. Bastress c 1913 Apr. 5. to Miss Ruth Galfin. c