Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,541, for Samuel Parker, Connecticut

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Parker, Samuel
S18541
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Ohio Pittsburgh
Samuel Parker
Attalote B in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp'ty commanded by Captain Lock. of the Reg't commanded by Genl. Woodhull in the Connec't line for nine months.
Enrolled on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 30. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Feb'y. 1833 and sent to Samuel Hoffett. P.M. Kelloggville. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833, — 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. — 15.00 1833. $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 123 .
Dead - See Silas Henshaw Certificate within.
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17.934
13.381.
Sam Parker
Am 9. months
Return to
Sam Hendry Clerk Ashtabula
This Samuel Moffett 21 Feb. 1833. Kelloggville Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Parker.  of Ashland County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
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 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court Judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No.  3. How old is he? 82 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.     In 1775 7 ~ private Gen. Washington   1777 2 ~ do. Capt. Ephraim Root  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? ~  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Haven County Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. F. Pleasant Examining Clerk.

Samuel Parker's application for a Pension
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STATE OF OHIO,
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Ashtabula COUNTY,
ON this 22 d day of September 1832 personally appeared me Samuel Moffitt one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas for now sitting the County of Ashtabula Samuel Parker - a resident of Sheffield - in the county of Ashtabula and state of Ohio, aged 32 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. That he enlisted in the month of April 1775 into James Arnold's company at Cheshire, New Haven County State of Connecticut where he then resided, said company belonged to Mace or Porter's Regiment but which he is not confident & which Regiment belonged to Gen. Wooster's Brigade of Connecticut troops the term of his enlistment was seven months. The company to which I belonged marched from Cheshire (so many as enlisted there) to New Haven where the whole company joined & from thence we march through Milford Stratford Fairfield Norwalk Stamford & Greenwich to horse neck where we remained two or three weeks the regiment lay a part of them at a place called Canob at a small distance east of the Huds River where General Putnam made a stand when closely pressed by the enemy. From thence we marched across Byram's bridge by the port Pits and so until we came to Harlem where we now encamped a considerable time until the Brigade was ordered to the Oyster Ponds on Long Island where it remained two or three weeks and then returned to Harlem and from Harlem after a stay of two or three weeks, was ordered to march to New York where we encamped at the Battery.
The Ensign of the company to which I belonged was sent to Amboy by direction from the General where it was understood he was taken prisoner by a party from the River or Kingsfisher then lying in New York - After being encamped here for some time, we were ordered to go in boats of 20 men at the North River and sailed to Albany and landed. The next day we passed over to Green Bush where we encamped for three or four days and from thence marched to Lake George where we went over to Skenesborough, was there a short time when orders came to move on to St Johns rapidly we pushed on until within sight of the fort, landed

as I was faster than my legs we were soon out of the way encamped here for some time we were ordered to go on board of Vessels at the North River and sailed to Albany and landed. The next day we pushed over to Greenbush where we encamped for three or four days and from thence marched to Lake George where we up sea over to Skenesborough, was there a short time when orders came to move on to St Johns rapidly we started down the lake until within sight of the Fort, landed on the shore and marched through woods and swamps until we were farther North than the Fort where we crossed the river and joined General Montgomery's Army and were immediately employed at the entan- chments and breast works and as soon as they were finished the battle commenced and after a few hours the Fort was surrendered. I was engaged in the action where I was exposed to the fire of the enemy. A few days after the capture of the fort the Regiment to which I belonged was dismissed. I with some others was left to take care of the sick and some part of the Regiment enlisted to go on to Montreal. I received no written discharge at the time the Regiment was dismissed. By remaining to take care of the sick I did not reach my home at Cheshire until the 25th of December. In the year 1777 I again enlisted at Cheshire as a aid in Capt. Ephraim

books company for the term of two months The Regiment to which said company belonged was commanded by Col. Shaddeus Cook.
We marched on the same route as in my first tour to the Saw Pits and once there encamped until the term of my enlistment expired were then dismissed without any written dis- charge - He was born at Wallingford Vermont about 1750. Since the Revolutionary war has resided in the town of Chester of said from whence he removed to New Durham in the State of New York and from thence to the town of Green Springs County W.V. and from thence to Scioto, and from thence to the town of Kingsville in the State of Ohio and from thence to Sheffield in Ohio where he now resides he has no record of his age except one copied from his father's bible.
He is known by Henry Belden & Richard Jones who live near him and can testify as to his char- acter for veracity and their belief of his ser- vices as a soldier of the Revolution - he has no documentary evidence of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever whether 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.
Samuel Barker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Samuel Moffat Associate Judge
We Richard Jones residing in the town- ship of Kingsville and Henry Belden residing in the township of Monroe hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Barker who resides in our immediate vicinity or neighborhood -

who has subscribed and sworn to the above certifi- cations that we believe him to be 82 years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Rev- olution and that we concur in that opinion.
Richard Jones Henry Belden
Sworn, and subscribed this day and year aforesaid Before me Samuel Moffitt Associate Judge
And I the said Samuel Moffitt Associate Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my Opinion, after the investiga- tion of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I the said Samuel Moffitt further certify that it ap- pears to me that Richard Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town- ship of Kingsville and that Henry Belden who has also signed the same is a resident in the township of Monroe and is a credible person and that their state- ment is entitled to credit. And I further cer- tify that the before named Samuel Belden cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court
Samuel Moffitt Associate Judge
The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County } ss
I Sam l Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Samuel Moffitt Esquire whose name appears sub- scribed to the foregoing certificates in his own proper hand writing (which hand writing is to me well known as genuine) is one of
the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ashtabula duly elected and qualified according to law, and that to all and singular his acts as such full faith & credit are due. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Aspasia the third day of October A.D. 1852. Sam l Hendry Clerk

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss. June 7th 1833
We Jesse Vite a layman residing in Salem and
Daniel M. Spencer residing in Kingsville both of us in the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Parker that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jesse G. Vite Danl. M. Spencer
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me Samuel Moffitt Associate Judge and I the said Samuel Moffitt
do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Rev. J. Vite & Daniel M. Spencer and know them to be residents in the towns they state and know them to be credible persons and that their state- ment is entitled to credit
Samuel Moffitt Associate Judge
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
I Saml. Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that Samuel Moffitt Esquire whose name is subscribed above in his own proper hand writing which is to me well known is one of the Associate Judges of our said Court
of Common Pleas duly Commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio - In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the 7th day of June A.D. 1833. Saml. Hendry Clerk

May 23, 1933
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BA-J/MCS
Samuel Parker, S.18541
Dr. Owen W. Parker Shipman Hospital Ely Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Parker.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 18541, based upon the military service of Samuel Parker.
He was born in 1750 in Wallingford, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, he enlisted in April, 1775, served seven months as private in Captain James Arnold's Company in Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment and was in the siege of Saint Johns. He enlisted in 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Ephraim Cook's Company in Colonel Thaddaeus Cook's Connecticut Regiment.
Sometime after the Revolution he moved from Cheshire, Connecticut, to New Durham, New York, from there to Greene, Chenango County, New York, from there to Scipio and from there to Kingsville, Ohio, and from there to Sheffield, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, while living in Sheffield, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
It was stated that he died soon after drawing his pension in September, 1835, at the home of his son whose name was not given. There are no further data in regard to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

P 18541
INVALID.
No. 18541
Samuel Parker
On the way
Act: June 7 th 89
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 426
(Arrangement of 1870.)

July 7-1902 Katharine Thayer. Springfield Mass
Oct. 21-1902 S. P. Moulthrop - Rochester N.Y.
1916 Nov. 24 Hist. to Mrs. C. H. Hickson.
1925 Apr. 6 - Hist. to Milo B. Burt. This letter incl. of several Parker - 8.11.190 - MMAT -
1933 May 23 Hist. to Dr. Owen W. Parker M.C.S.

No. 487
1
20 August 1836 Pension Office
Sam Parker
No 13381 Pitt O
five Cents
The Secretary of War Washington City
Surgeon Genl Office Aug 28th

Mornad Aug. 19th 1830
The Secretary of War
Dear Sir
Mr Samuel Barker to whom the inland Pension Certificate was granted departed this life so soon after receiving his pension in Sept. last that his son with whom he lived did not think proper to apply for the balance due for in case it would not defray the expenses attending an application, he therefore as his father left it in my possession advised me to return it to the War Office
Your Obt Servt
Samuel Moffitt

Parker
Payments to be made at Pittsburgh. by P. M. B. Bank. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Miss. Pittsburgh.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 8.
Page 123 by W. M. Balsner Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1882, Samuel Barker of the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1881, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three .
John D. Root Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Parker 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?
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, but Mr. Atkins
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?
yes
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?
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
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 shown 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.

June 13.
Dear
Chief
Asst.
War Department Signal Office Washington City D.C.

Post Office Kelloggsville Ashland Co Ohio
Sir,
The inclosed papers it is believed are amended agreeably to the suggestions in the Brief & returned for adjudication - You will please forward the Parker's Certificate if granted to this office
Respectfully Yours O. H. Kellogg
Samuel H. Kellogg Kelloggsville Ohio
L. Edgerton Esq. Commissioner of District

O. M. N.
WASHINGTON
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
No. 26.
S. P. MOULTHROP, PRINCIPAL
ROCHESTER, N. Y. Aug 7 1902
To the Honorable Samuel  Andrew  Parker  Parsons
My Dear Sir Will you please furnish me with the military record of Samuel Parker who was drafted at Mansfield, Conn. Aug 24 1862 2d Col. Vols. Co. C. 1st Conn. Heavy Arty Poor's Connecticut Brigade also the record of his son Samuel Parker who enlisted from Connecticut June 1865 in 1876 was in Eliza Sharp, Co. He was a joiner and died at Byram, N.Y.
Respectfully yours,
Samuel Parker Moulthrop Rochester N.Y.

Feb 1 Rev Sec
Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Can you give me the following information?
Samuel Parker, a Revolution- ary War Veteran, born Jan. 12, 1759, died Oct. 2, 1835, lived at Kellogsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. at time of his death. He was getting a pension. I wish to get his War Record, but the War Dept. could not furnish it without more details as there were several Samuel Parkers.

Have you records which show what I wish to know or can you give me information concerning what companies he served in so that I can get the desired information from the War. Dept.? He probably enlisted from Connecticut, but do not know where or in what company.
Thank you very much.
Respectfully,
Mrs. R. N. Mahan 46 Main St.,
Ashtabula, Ohio.

SHIPMAN HOSPITAL ELY, MINN. DRS. AYRES & PARKER PROPRIETORS
May 15 19 33
Bureau of Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am attempting to trace the particular line of the Parkers family to which I belong. QEN 2,
I have information from the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, which I quote you as follows: Samuel Parker, Ashtabula County, died 1835, buried in Kellogsville, refer Bert Wiley, Conneaut, Ohio.
Further information from the Mary Redman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Conneaut, Ohio, pension list for Ashtabula County, Ohio, under act of congress, passed June 7, 1832, Samuel Parker, Private; annual allowance $30.00, sums received $90.00. Connecticut state troops placed on roll July 6, 1833; commencement of pension March 4, 1831; age 84. This Samuel Parker was my great great grandfather, and according to records handed down to me by my grandmother Parker, he was born January 12, 1750, and he died during the month of February, 1835, according to me records. He was buried in Kellogsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio. I do not know where he was born, and I am wondering if you can find any records in the pension bureau regarding this matter; or if there are any records showing the names of his parents or any of his brothers or sisters. QEN 2 1835.
I hope this will not be of too much inconvenience to you and I assure you I will greatly appreciate any records or information on Samuel Parker and his war record that you may have. I realize, of course, that there were a great many Samuel Parkers in the Revolutionary War, but my information concerning this Samuel Parker seems definite enough to establish his identity in your records.
Samuel Parker's wife's name was Hannah. I do not know her maiden name. She was born Dec. 16, 1751 & died Aug. 3, 1835.
Owen W. Parker
Do you have any information regarding (Samuel Parker) his children in your line? His son Jared Parker. born. 1780 died 1852 was my great grandfather. I do not know where he was born. He died in 1852 at Kellogsville, Ohio. O.W.P.

mmh
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
April 6, 1925
Milo Custer 1110 South Lew St., Bloomington, Ill.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18541 it appears that Samuel Parker was born in 1750 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
While a resident of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut he enlisted in April 177 5 , served seven months as a private in Captain James Arnold's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment and was at the Siege of Saint Johns.
He enlisted in 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Ephraim Cook's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832 while living in Sheffield, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
He died in 1835 or 1836 at the home of his son whose name is not given.
Respectfully,
Date of death not on file
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. 18, 5-41
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Parker 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.     Apr. 1775 7 mos. Pvt. James Arnold Ward Conn.   1777 2 mos. Ephraim Cook Theodorus Cook        
Battles engaged in, St. Johns Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cheshire New Haven Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 22, 1832 His ch. al. Residence at date of application, Sheffield, Ashtabula Co. Ohio Age at date of application, born in 1750 at Wallingford Conn. Died in 1835 or 1836 Remarks: A son is referred to with whom soldier lived when he died but his name is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.