Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,477, for Levi Parmenter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Parmenter, Levi Hannah
N. 5,477 B.L.Wt. 40703-160-55-
CONTENTS
This woman also applied for Bounty land on account of service of her other husband, Barzillai Howard (Mass) S. 34401

✓ 3704 Massachusetts Hannah Parmenter widow of Maj Levi Parmenter who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 17 th day of Feby 1854 and sent to
Geo: A. Putnam Worcester Mass a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 44 Vol. A
240440
18

240.440. Deed of Murt B Hannah Parmenter wid: of Levi Parmenter Pis April 2 d 55
Hannah Parmenter widow of Benjamin Howland Levi Parmenter Pis. Col. Benjamin Tappan Col. Calvin Smith.
July 53 - 3704
Revolutionary War
Enclosed also is her application as widow of Levi Parmenter her last husband.
Revolutionary Pension
Numbered 240.440 (2) at 160 ac. Sept. 3 d 1852.
Dr. Samuel Taylor
Petersham Mass.
Set Dr Saml Taylor Jan'y 4/59
Vol P-21

Sept. 19 Notification sent to Abijah Dugdale Esq. 19 1820. Worcester, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Roll.
15216
Levi Parmenter
Private
Massachusetts line - 1782. 1 year.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. Isaac Parker, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Service Warrant
4 months 27/30. $ 39. 20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Return, Worcester
Dec. Sept. 18

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } ss
On this sixth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Parmenter aged eighty two years, a resident of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Levi Parmenter, deceased, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson in the war of the Revolution and continued in actual service in the said war for a period of more than fourteen days; and she believes for a period of about three years and was honorably discharged.
She also declares that she is unable to state the name of the captain of the Company in which her late husband served or the time when or the place where he entered into the said service or the time and place of his discharge; But for proof of the said service she refers to the accompanying Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts. She also declares that for the same said service of her late said husband Levi Parmenter, she is now

in the receipt of an annual pension from the government of the United States; And in confirmation thereof she has produced before me her certificate for the same of which the following is a true copy; viz;
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 d section of the act of February 3 d 1853
Hannah Parmenter
Widow of Levi Parmenter who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum commencing on the 3 d day of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior This Seventeenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R. Mc. Clelland Secretary of the Interior
L.S.
Examined and countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
And she now declares that the representations upon

which the certificate, of which the foregoing is a copy, was issued were made in good faith and that they are true.
She further states that she was married to the said Levi Parmenter in Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts on the nineteenth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two by one Samuel Swan, a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Howard, and before a previous marriage to one Barzilla Howard her name was Hannah Mundell; that her said husband Levi Parmenter died at Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts, on the twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855; And she prays that her certificate or warrant for the same may be sent for her to Dr Samuel Taylor of Petersham in the State of Massachusetts
Hannah her X Parmenter I mark
We Mary Mundell and Isaac Mundell residents of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts, upon

our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Parmenter 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; and we know from personal acquaintance and from living in the same neighborhood, that at the date of the foregoing declaration (March sixth 1856) she is unmarried and a widow, and that she is in the receipt of an annual pension as the widow of Levi Parmenter as set forth in her declaration; and we have no interest in this claim
Mary Mendenell
Isaac Mendenell
240.441(2)
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year written in the foregoing declaration; and I certify that I do hereby know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; that she is now a widow; and that I have no interest in this claim; and I further certify that the defacement upon the above signature of Mary Mendenell was made to correct the accidental omission of a letter in the spelling of her name, and that the correction was made by her before she made oath to her affidavit.
W m Bennett Jr. Justice of the Peace

Levi Parmenter
1526
June 1818 Conc'd Sept 19 1820 CON
...the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the several proceedings exhibited in the several acts of the said Court, and the several orders, decrees, and rules, are true copies of the originals thereof, and are in all respects in conformity with the records of the said Court.
LEVI PARMENTER, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

Schedule of the Estate of Levi Parmenter of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
   4 Knives Forks 0.33 1 Milk pan .17   1 Wine Glass .06 1 Spider .50   2 Skins .25 1 fire shovel tongs 1.00   1 set of Earthen .20 1 broom 1.00   1 lot of dishes .35 6 old chairs 1.50   1 lot of Earthen 1.10 1 Axe .75   1 Table 1.00 1 Gun 4.00   1 Tub, Churn & pail 1.12 1 bow 17.00   1 calf 3.00 1 lot Iron Ware 2.75   7.41 28.67   7.41   $36.08  
I am by occupation a Labourer but am feeble in body; have a Wife 54 years old, out of health, and a cripple female child deranged, named Martha to help support, having received and do receive, as a pauper of said Hubbardston, assistance from said town towards the support of my said family, having no children to contribute to this support.
Levi Parmenter.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Levi Parmenter aged fifty six years, resident in Hubbardston 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: I enlisted in the year 1780 under the Continental establishment, in the 8 th Reg t commanded by Col. Michael Jackson in the Company of Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Jno. Burnham, Mass. Line, for 3 years, and served that time out, during that time was in several skirmishes. The date of my original declaration is the 8 th day of April 1818 and Pension Certificate is No. 1526
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.
Levi Parmenter
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Cler.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, 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 exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirty six dollars and eighty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of July , 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Levi Parmenter
8 April Rutland
Correct by Genl.
H. Jacksons discharge

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
I Levi Parmenter a citizen of the United States now resident in Rutland in said County of Worcester do on oath testify & declare that in the war of the re- bellion on the month of February 1862 I enlisted & entered in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment & continued in that service until the end of the war, without interruption or absence as a private soldier against the common enemy. I was in the Company of Capt. John Burnham. O. Mals Regiment Col Michael Jackson & continued in said service until the 30 th day of June 1864, when I was honourably discharged as will appear by the Certificate herewith forwarded. And I do declare that by reason of reduced circumstances, I stand in need of relief. And I do hereby declare that have no pension & that I do relinquish any which might have been given me before this time. And that I am fifty three years of age ————— E Levi Parmenter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Worcester P. April 10 th 1860. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of said State — the above Levi Parmenter who subscribed the above declaration in my presence & made oath to the same, and after due examination I am satisfied of the truth thereof. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid Isaac Parker C.S.P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith, Assistant Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George M. Prentiss, Esquire, was, on the eighteenth day of February, current, and now is,
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificates of oaths, upon the Declaration of Hannah Parmenter, and the Affidavits of Mrs. Parmenter, Jr. of Geo. W. Reid, and of Lydia S. Reid, herewith annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said day of January hundred and fifty-four.
County, this thirty-first, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
W. A. Smith. Asst. Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Worcester ss. I, Charles G. Prouty, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Thomas H. Hinckell, Esquire, was, on the sixteenth day of January, current, and now is, the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned, and qualified, and that his signature to the commission which is hereto annexed, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this thirty first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Chas. G. Prouty, Register

To the Hon. Thomas Grimké, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Respectfully represents Hannah Parmenter of Hubbardston in said County , that as the widow of Levi Parmenter late of said Hub- bardston deceased, who, at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, she is entitled to a Pension, and is desirous of making her Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the same; but by reason of her advanced age, and infirmity, she is unable to attend personally in Court, for that purpose.
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that a Commission may issue to some suitable person, and be authorized to take her Declaration, out of Court.
Dated at Hubbardston, this sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Attest.
Geo. M. Prentiss.
Hannah her + Parmenter mark.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss.
To George M. Prouty Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester, Greeting.
Whereas, Hannah Remond of Northampton, in said County, has made application in writing to me, Thomas Minicutt, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, representing, that, as the Widow of Levi Remond, late of the same Northampton, deceased, who at the time of his death, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, she is entitled to a Pension under decision of making her Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the same, but by reason of her advanced age, and infirmity, is unable to attend personally in Court, for that purpose, and praying that a Commission may issue to some suitable person to take her Declaration out of Court.
Therefore, she is humbly, that reposing confidence in your prudence, wisdom and fidelity, the said Court of Probate hereby requests, authorizes and empowers you to take the Declaration on oath, of the said Hannah Remond, for the purpose aforesaid, pursuant to the provisions of the Law in such case made and provided.
Which having done, you are to return this Commission, with your doings in pursuance thereof, to the said Court of Probate.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand, and cause the Seal of said Court to be affixed, at Worcester, the sixteenth day of January, A. D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Thos. Minicutt

Declaration, Hannah Parmenter, is unable to attend in open Court, by reason of age and infirmity. Geo. M. Brewster, Commr.
Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3 rd of February, 1853.
State of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester, ss. On this Eighteenth day of January, 1854, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Commissioner appointed by the Hon. George G. Dole for said County of Worcester, Hannah Parmenter, a resident of Middlebury, in said County, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 3 rd February, 1853. That she is the widow of Levi Parmenter, who, at the time of his death, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Sixty Dollars per Annum, as will appear by the records of the Department, of the Department, and for evidence of her said husband's service she refers to the proofs made by him, and upon which she obtained a Pension; That she was married to the said Levi Parmenter on the nineteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by Samuel Luan Esq.; that her name before that marriage was Howard, and before a prior marriage, Mundell; That her said husband, Levi Parmenter, died on the twelfth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and that she still remains the widow of the said Levi Parmenter, deceased, on the day and year above mentioned.
Hannah X Parmenter. mark.
W m Bennett Eliza Mundell
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me; - and I certify, that I have no interest in the result of the Declarant's application for a Pension, and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof. Geo. M. Brewster, Commissioner, as aforesaid.

This certifies that on the nineteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, I joined in marriage Mr Levi Parmenter and Mrs. Hannah Howard both of Hubbardston. Samuel Swan Justice of the Peace.
Mr. Levi Parmenter, a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner, Died July twelfth, one thousand eight hundred, and thirty seven."
I, W m Bennett, of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say, that I am the Clerk of said town of Hubbardston, duly chosen and qualified, that I have in my possession the Records of said town, and that the above are true extracts from said Records with the exception of the dates, which stand on the Records in fair and legible words and figures thus, to wit: in the first extract "nineteenth day of April 1832" and in the second, "July 12, 1837."
And I certify that the above extracts are true copies with the exceptions above named.
W m Bennett, Jr.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester, ss. Jan. 18. 1854. Subscribed and sworn to, before me, by the above named, W m Bennett, Jr. who is personally known to me.
Geo. M. Prentiss Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
I George W. Reid of Hubbardston in the County and State aforesaid, do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Hannah Parmenter, widow of Levi Parmenter, late of said Hubbardston deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
That the said Levi and said Hannah, cohabited together from the time of their marriage in 1832 till the time of the decease of the said Levi in 1837, and that the said Hannah has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, and that the Hannah Parmenter whose Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of February 1853, is herewith annexed is the identical person, and I further declare that I have no interest whatever in the success of the said Hannah Parmenter application for a Pension.
Worcester ss. Jan y . 18. 1854. Geo. W. Reid
Then personally appeared the above named George W. Reid, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him. And I further certify that the said George W. Reid is a person of truth and veracity, and his certificate is entitled to full credit.
Before me. Geo. M. Prentiss, Justice of the Peace.

I Lydia S. Reid of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I am well acquainted Hannah Parmenter, widow of Levi Parmenter, late of said Hubbardston, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, That the said Levi and the said Hannah cohabited together from the time of their marriage in 1832 till the time of the decease of the said Levi in 1837, and that the said Hannah is now and has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband.
And that the Hannah Parmenter whose Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of Feb. 3, 1853, is hereto annexed is the identical person, and I further declare that I have no interest in the success of the said Hannah Parmenter's application for a Pension.
State of Massachusetts. } Worcester County ss. }
Lydia S. Reid
Jan'y, 18. 1854. Personally appeared the above named Lydia S. Reid and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by her. And I further certify that the said Lydia S. Reid is a person of truth and veracity, and her certificate is entitled to full credit.
Before me, Geo. M. Wentworth, Justice of the Peace.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5477  Ques
Kannah Parmenter
Wid.
Levi Parmenter
Put. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 28/53
Index:—Vol. MS , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Wm Bennett Jr Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six .
J. Mason Clerk.

14 July P
En OH, Feb 13 '33
Mr, 12 July 37
Please certify when Levi Parminter died - Massachusetts roll, act 1818 - #96. Mr annu.
(Yours Resp)
J. C. Cole J. A. Grafton Esq. 3d Audr. for Comm.
He died 12 July 1837.
F. Buck Auditor

40703
} New laws

"This certifies that on the nineteenth day of April 1832 I joined in marriage Mr. Levi Parmenter and Mrs. Hannah Howard both of Hubbardston. Samuel Swan, Justice of the Peace"
"Mr. Levi Parmenter, a Revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner, Died July 12, 1837".
I Wm Bennett, of Hubbardston, in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of the said Town of Hub- bardston, having in my possession the Records of said Town, and that the foregoing extracts are
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Ebenezer Greenwood Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Com- monwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six .
J. Mason Clerk.

"This certifies that on the nineteenth day of April 1832 I joined in marriage Mr. Levi Parmenter and Mrs. Hannah Howard both of Hubbardston. Samuel Swan, Justice of the Peace"
"Mr. Levi Parmenter, a Revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner, Died July 12, 1837."
I W m Bennett, of Hubbardston, in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of the said town of Hub- bardston, having in my possession the Records of said town, and that the foregoing extracts are true Copies, taken from the Records aforesaid.
W m Bennett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, ss. Feby 5, 1856.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I, and I further certify that the said W m Bennett is a credible witness.
Ethan A. Greenwood Justice of Peace

Recommendation of Selectmen for Lieut. Governor a private in the Revolutionary War, to attain his pension.

Hubbard"> Hubbardston, April 6. 1818.
To the Hon. Judge, or Court of Records, Before whom Levi Parmenter now resident of Rutland, but an Inhabitant of Hubbardston, may apply for his pension agreeably to an act of Congress in favor of private Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, this Certifies; that the said Levi Parmenter has no real estate, and not much personal estate, that he has one Child supported by Rutland as a pauper, which child was of his wife, before their intermarriage, that he the said Parmenter is now really poor, & has not a comfortable subsistence, nor can have such without assistance from said act of Congress, or said Town of Hubbardston The Undersigned pray that said Parmenter may be considered entitled to the pension provided for him in the said act
Daniel Woodward } Selectmen James H. Wheeler } of Moses Phelps Jr. } Hubbardston Jonathan Stone

No. 5052
Massachusetts
Hannah Parmenter widow of Levi =
Act 3 Feb. '53
admitted to file - for ann from 3. February 1853
Geo. M. Hunt Worcester Mass

P Polate Office, Newton Mass. Feb. 6. 1854.
Dear P. Waldo, Esq., Comr. of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
I enclose herewith Declaration of Hannah Parmenter , of Houltonston, in our County, for a Pension, as she is the Widow of Levi Parmenter , a deceased Pensioner.
I trust you will find the Declaration in due form, and the accompanying papers satisfactory.
I have conformed, substantially, to the rules under which I transacted similar business, some two years since,
I am desirous of preparing pension papers in such a manner as to give as little trouble as possible to yourself and than acting under you; and having been for some two years absent abroad, and knowing that changes are, and must be, occasionally required in the rules to be observed by those engaged in Pension business, - I have to request, that you will oblige me by remitting to my address, your latest Compilation of Pension Laws now in force , and the rules , Forms, &c. applicable thereto.
Resp y your Ob t Serv t
Geo. M. Prentiss.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 18 th 1856.
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 Levi Parminter is borne on descriptive list of men returned by Col. Washburn as Superintendent of Worcester County. Age, 19; Height, 5. 7; Complex. Light; Occupation, Farmer; from Hubbardston; Enlisted for 3 years July 1. 1782. Also on List of Final Settlement as follows viz, 3 rd new Mass Regt. D 8 th Col. Michael Jackson's Regt.
No. 35454 Jany 1. 1784 $ 65. 32 No. 52488 Jany 1. 1783 " 5. 53 No. 53627 Jany 1. 1783 " 73. 30
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth

Explanatory Note
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Hannah Parmeter
Whose applications are sent herewith is now a widow and has been the wife of two Revolutionary Soldiers both of whom were pensioners. I have supposed that according to the provisions of the 2 d section of the act of March 3, 1855 she would be clearly entitled to a warrant for the services of each of her husbands. I have supposed that the language
That in case of the death of any person who, if living would be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant "leaving a widow" "such widow" "shall be entitled to receive a certificate or warrant for the same quantity of land that such deceased person would be entitled to receive under the provisions of this act if now living: Provided, that a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any such widow to such warrant if she be a widow at the time of making her application" applied to cases like hers,
I have supposed too, cases must have occurred at the pension office in which a widow has been success the wife of two soldiers either of whom if living would be entitled to a warrant if living , - the supposed widow having a minor child by her first husband. In that case she is of course entitled to a warrant for the services of her last husband, and from the fact that she would have the claim of her minor child by
£40.44.

her first husband I have supposed she must be entitled to a warrant for the services of her first husband also, or else there would be the anomaly of a minor child of a soldier, who if living, would be entitled to a warrant, who could not draw for the father's services altho' her  its claim was not barred by a widow.
I am desired by the applicant Hannah Parments respectfully to suggest to the commissioner that, if the office under peculiar circumstances, ever grants the applicant the indulgence of taking the application from the files and issuing the warrant at an earlier date than it would be reached in the regular course of business, - whether her advanced age, her extreme poverty, - the great length of the services performed by her husband, - and the fact that she has the widowed daughter of her first husband with a deaf and dumb child dependent upon her for support, and who share with her the portion of her annual pension, does not entitle her to such indulgence.
Many of the leading citizens of Hubbardston would petition in her behalf to that effect if such petition would avail any thing.
Very Respectfully
Samuel Taylor

Levi Parmeter Soldier in the _____ American _____ Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 30 th Day of June
1784.
By the General's Command,
H. K. M. B. [Signature]
C. Selden Col y & [Signature]

Brief in the case of Hannah Parmenter widow of Levi - Worcester County and State of Massachusetts act 3 February 1853 -
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned at 79 & 1/2, Act 1818. Marriage & death of pensioner proved by town record - Confirmed by witnesses, of credit who also sustain the identity of the parties.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
No. M. Prentiss Worcester Mass.
M. Rai
Examining Clerk.