Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12128, for Nehemiah Parrish, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
bonn. Privater
Parrish Nehemiah
S 12 128
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CONTENTS

New York
Nehemiah Parrish
of Catskill in the State of New York who was a Corporal in the Comp. commanded by Captain Gordon - of the Regt. commanded by Col. Douglass in the Albany line for 12 Mos. Comp. 2 $ 44
8 " Private } 26.66
Conn. Privateer, Records corrected. June 30/45.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 70 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sep. 1832 and to the F. W. Gillet Farmville
Arrears to the 4th Sept 33 $141.33 Sem-ant. allowance ending 1 Sep 33 35.33
$216.98
W. L. Whiting { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by L. C. Miller Clerk
Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 72

State of New York County of Cattaraugus
On this 5th day of October 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas now sitting Nehemiah Parrish a resident of Farmersville in the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York aged Seventy three 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 7th. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
1st That on the 1st of February 1776 he enlisted for two months under Captain James Gordon in the town of Canterbury County of Windham and State of Connecticut that he served about one half of the said two months at Cambridge and the other half at Roxbury where he was discharged. Abner Bacon was first Lieutenant — Shepherd second Lieutenant and Samuel French Ensign — Douglas was Colonel General Spencer was Brigadier General that he was in no engagement during the said two months he resided in Canterbury Windham County State of Connecticut when he enlisted
2nd That he enlisted at the above named place in June 1776 for six months under Capt. Asa Bacon. Abner Bacon was first Lieutenant Amaziah Russ was second Lieutenant Aaron Cheveland was Ensign John Chester was Colonel Wells was Lieut. Colonel — Ripley was Major General Wadsworth was Brigadier General during a part of this tour the place of Rendezvous was at the City of New York he remained in New York till about August of the same Year when he marched with the troops to Long Island and remained there until they retreated from Long Island under General Washington to New York City While he was on Long Island the battle of Flatbush was fought that he was lame at the time of the engagement and was not in the battle General Sullivan & Lord Sterling were taken Prisoners

After Staying at New York awhile he moved with the Regiment up to Horns Hook that from Horns Hook he marched to Kingsbridge from Kingsbridge to Valentines Hill and from Valentines Hill to White Plains That he was one of twenty four men who drew a 12 lb. Cannon by hand from Valentines Hill to White Plains to which place the Brigade he belonged to moved. That he was in the engagement at White Plains in September of 1776 and was slightly wounded by a musket ball. After the battle a few days the Army moved to North Castle. In November following his Brigade moved to Peekskill and Crossed to Haverstraw from Haverstraw he marched under General Lee a part of the way to Morristown in New Jersey after General Lee was taken prisoner General Sullivan took the Command of the Division from Morristown he marched to Easttown on the Delaware River. from Easttown to Bethlehem India from there down the Delaware river to the 21. mile Stone out of Philadelphia at which place he was dismissed on the 25th day of December making six months
3rd That he enlisted for one month under Captain Seth Grosvenor. Elisha Downer was first Lieutenant John Cobb second Lieutenant and Robert Sessions Ensign. Col. McClarren & General Spencer were field officers Gen. Spencer Commanded. he rendezvoused at Tiverton from Tiverton he marched to Providence where he was dismissed does not recollect the time of the last enlistment but the place the same as the two former
4th That he enlisted on board a Privateer (at New London Connecticut) the Schooner Comet. William Wallis was Captain Isaac Champlaine Lieutenant. Commissioned by the State of Connecticut Sailed from New London for a Cruise in the fall of 1781 and was out on said Cruise about two months
5th That he enlisted on the 1st of April 1782 for One Year Under Captain James Stoddard — Smith was first Lieutenant — Bostwick second Lieutenant & Joseph Butler Ensign Samuel Canfield was Colonel James Dana Major he enlisted as Corporal at the place he enlisted at before that he served the Year at the Garrison in Stamford in Connecticut and was dismissed the 1st of April 1783 That he knew Generals Washington Putnam Sullivan and Lee & Knox and Colonels Heath

That he was born at Canterbury Windham County State of Connecticut in the Year 1759
That he has no Record of his age
That he never received a written discharge that the manner of discharging the troops to which he belonged was to Parade them and then they were ordered to Right about face and were dismissed. That he has lived about 15 Years in Vermont since the War. and the Remainder of the time in New York State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said Grace D. Jay a Judge
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Wills & Edmund Stone
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mehemah Parnick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid E. M. Gilt Edson Stone

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the 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 states And the Court further certify that it appears to them that G. Miller and Edmund Stone who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of Farmville and that their statement is entitled to credit
Alon L. Leavitt } Judges of the Court Dan Allen } of Common Pleas of Israel Day } Cattaraugus County
John W. Staunton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Nehemiah Parrish for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fifth day of October 1832
John W. Staunton. clerk

State of New York Cattaraugus County
Jeremiah Parrish of Farmville in said County being duly sworn according to Law before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
Deposeth and says That he is sixty seven years of age and that Nehemiah Parrish of the town County & State aforesaid is an elder brother of his. & that he recollects that the said Nehemiah enlisted and went into the service of the United States in February 1776 and left home and went to Cambridge near Boston in Massachusetts and was gone this deponent believes about two months. That at the time the said Nehemiah enlisted he resided in the town of Canterbury County of Windham and State of Connecticut
And this deponent further says that in May or June of 1776 — the said Nehemiah enlisted again for six months at Canterbury Windham County Connecticut and went from home and was absent till the first part of January following when the said Nehemiah returned. And this deponent further says that he believes the said Nehemiah when he left home went to New York. And this deponent further says that the said Nehemiah enlisted in the service of the United States at the above mentioned place in the Spring of 1781 for one Year and that he left home for the service and was absent from home till the next Spring except that he came home twice on furlough during the Year
And this deponent further says that the said Nehemiah was out from home and this deponent believes in the service of the M.S. a short time between 1776 & 1782 cannot state the time, this deponent recollects that he left home & returned but does not recollect the Year And this deponent further says that he believes the said Nehemiah was out on a privateering cruise in the Year 81, understood at the time that he enlisted under Capt. Mattle at New London thinks he was gone about two months. And this deponent further says that the said Nehemiah has always been understood in his father's family to have been born in the Year 1759 And further this deponent saith not
Jeremiah Parrish
Subscribed and sworn to this fifteen day of May 1832 Israel Day a Judge

I John W. Staunton Clerk of the County of Cattaraugus County do Certify that Israel Day before whom the within Affidavit was taken was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his name subscribed to the same is his proper handwriting and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and Affixed my Seal of Office this 5th day of October 1832
John W. Staunton Clerk

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cattaraugus, State of New York Nehemiah Parrish, who made the within or foregoing declaration in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 who being duly sworn saith that at the time he made his said declaration there lived in the town of Farmerville the residence of the said deponent the Rev. Ashbel Carter a licentiate preacher but this deponent was not aware of the fact that his certificate would be of more consequence than another respectable inhabitant and there was no other clergyman in town & that the said Rev. A. Carter is since dead and that there is no clergyman at the present time to this deponent's knowledge residing in this town, or vicinity near with whom he has been acquainted who can certify to his character
Subscribed & sworn May 20. 1838 before me George W. Gillet Justice of the Peace
H. 123. Nehemiah Parrish Application for Pension
I, John W. Staunton Clerk of the County of Cattaraugus do hereby certify that George W. Gillet before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Cattaraugus and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the same is his proper hand writing and signature And I also certify as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County that the within contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Nehemiah Parrish for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 24th day of May 1838
John W. Staunton, Clerk

14 123
Nicholas Parrish Cattaraugus Co. N. York
16
P. 380
romd
May 8 '33
G. W. Gillet
Farnsville Cattaraugus N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Nehemiah Parrish of Harnersville of Cattaraugus Co. in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Feby In 1776 — 2 — private Gen. Spencer Cap: S. Gordon Col: Douglass   June 1776 — 6 — " Cap: Asa Bacon Col: No. Webster Major Ripley & Brig: Gen. Lordsworth   1781. — 21 — mariner Genl: Lee & Sullivan Cap: Wattled of 1st N. Cornet   April 1782. — 12 — Corporal Cap: Stoddart Col: Stanfield  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White plains.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Canterbury Linnem Co. N York.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & a living witness.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
X Private service not embraced by the act.
Nehemiah Parrish Examining Clerk.

Sept. 6, 1904. Hist. to Mrs. H. Brooks, Olean, N.Y. F.W.
Reborn
121.28 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 121.128
Nehemiah Barris Corp. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I. 12, 128 Nehemiah Parrish, Act. 5, 1832, Farmersville, Cattaraugus Co. N. Y. 73.
Canterbury, Windham Co Conn. at end.
Feb. 1, 1776 Capt. Jas. Gordon Col. Douglas 2 mos.
June Aug. 1776 Capt. Asa Bacon Col. John Chester 6 mos.
Capt. Seth Grosvenor Col. M c Clarren 1 mo
Fall 1781, Capt. Wm. Wattles Schooner "Comet" 2 mos. Apr. 1, 1782, Capt. Jas. Stoddard, Col. Saml. Canfield, Conn. 1 yr.
wounded at White Plains

F.W. I. 1122 Rev. War Sir:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., Sept. 3, 1904
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abraham Terhune , 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April, 1776 Over 3 yrs. Pri. - Van Benschoten - Dubois N.Y.   - Duryea - Brinkerhoff                                                          
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____ Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,

Nehemiah Parrish.
Prevalcon service of 2 mo. disabled
Adm d
20
12 mo. corpe
8 mo. pri.
20

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Asahel Levi Parrish which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.