Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33437, for Nehemiah Parsons, Massachusetts

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Mass.
Parsons, Nehemiah
S. 33437
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7542 Lp.
Massachusetts
Nehemiah Parsons
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Francis of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 4 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 March 1819 and sent to Mrs. William Dyer Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 88.49
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Official Record of Pension Nehemiah Parsons Massachusetts

This may certify that Nich n Parsons Soldier in the 11 th Mass s Reg t for three years his time expired at the eighth day of March last. He has been prisoner with the Enemy since Feb y 23 rd 1780. He is now Disch d from s d Reg t
West Point Jan y 23 rd 1781. - Moses Knap Maj t Com d
The Spring Commissaries on the road to Cape Ann are desire'd to furnish s d Parsons with provision - Moses Knap Maj t Com d

Nehemiah Paryon is Voted to include the Twenty six of Jan y . 1781
Seth Hamlin A. G. Ames
Served the within with three days Notions White Oak Litchfield Jan y 29 1781 Yrs Three Days Abnerick A. G.
Issued Three Nations Worcester Feb y 1781 M. G.

✓ N. H. Parsons
France, Aug!
— Massachusett's Line
1777 - 4 years
Admitte

State of Massachusetts. —
Nehemiah Parsons — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land — service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the twenty third day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty one as a private — against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Page in the Regiment of Colonel Francis, in the Massachusetts line of the army. —
and that I left the service on the twenty third of January being honorably discharged as will appear by the Certificate herewith exhibited and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty eight years. I bear no other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited which is my discharge,
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Nehemiah Parsons
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscription of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Nehemiah Parsons — and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. —
Wm. Wetmore

We the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Gloucester do depose & say that we are acquainted with Nehemiah Parsons the declarant within named & believe him to be in his circumstances in life reduced & destitute & in need of assistance from his country for support & we never heard his character for veracity called in question.
Isaac Elwell } Selectmen Charles L. Roberts
Sworn to before me
Wm. Whitmore Judge within named

33 437 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88, 437
Nehemiah Parsons
Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 3/6
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7542
Nehemiah Parsons
9 March 1819
First Battle
Concl Sep 25
1820
Large handwritten initials 'Am' or similar
on this day of the said Court at Salem, in said County of Essex in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed
any exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
The opinion of the said Court, that the total sum of the interest on the bonds from the second of the said bonds, and I do further certify that it is that the original bond, and schedule thereof, is now in the hands of the said Court, and is subject to the order of the said Court.
Harold HICKSON, Clerk of the Court at Salem, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original bond, and schedule thereof, now in the hands of the said Court, and is subject to the order of the said Court.
Nehemiah Parsons
Nehemiah Parsons
and in witness whereof the said Court has hereunto set its hand and seal the day and year first above written

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nehemiah Parsons resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7542 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nehemiah Parsons late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE, containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, No real estate -
1 pot, 1 kettle, 5 chairs, 1 table, 5 iron spoons, 1 looking glass, all of the value of 5.00
And the Declarant saith that he was a private in the army of the Revolution: he enlisted in March A.D. 1777, and served three years from that time, in Capt. Saml. Page's company, in the eleventh Regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper - He is fifty eight years of age, a mariner by profession; has a wife aged fifty four: have two children living with me, our eldest a son, aged eighteen years, and a daughter, seven years old - Nehemiah Parsons
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge abovenamed

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nehemiah Parsons do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Nehemiah Parsons
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Nehemiah Parsons took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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
five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk