Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36721, for Josiah Parsons, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. Sea Service
Parsons, Josiah
S. 36721
CONTENTS
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Application sent the 19 th June 1820, to John
Mufrey Genl Esq r
Portland
Let H. Woodman an. Maine
July 17 th 1850.
5637
Maine
Josiah Parsons Capt Wade Private.
Mass + New Service
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 1819 and sent to Judge Parrib. Paris, Maine
arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mos 30 33. 86 semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819. 48. -
$ 81.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

35. Josiah Parsons Cody  Luritus
(5637)
Low
(March 1879)
35
James Parsons
UNITED DISTRICT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day , on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this seventh day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Josiah Parsons — aged sixty four — years, resident in Lewiston — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private — in the company commanded by Capt. Wade — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20 th day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5637 — was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Josiah Parsons
Sworn to and declared, on the seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — none — I live in a small hired house and have a few necessary articles of furniture one cow and one pig — and no other property or income —
Josiah Barsons
Sworn to. Before
Albion H. Barrie U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Josiah Barsons — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of ill health, constantly
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife, Jemima 57 — able to work about house — but I have to milk the cow   Josiah Barsons  
Sworn to. before
Albion H. Barrie U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 five — dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh — day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$35

Josiah Parsons
Private
Littles Res.
Map: Line
28 April 1818.
Admitted

I Joseph Parsons, of Lewistown in the District of Columbia; aged sixty two years, do testify and say that in February 1876 I enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wade, in Col: Moses Little, Regi- ment, and served on Prospect Hill, in Cambridge Massachu- setts, to the end of that year; and then, I enlisted again with the same Captain in the same Regiment, and marched to New York and served there, on Long Island, at Kings Bridge, and other places; and onboard the Lady Washington Row Galley; and was discharged at Fish Kill, having been in the service of the United States on the Continental es- tablishment nearly two years; that my certificate of dis- charge has long since been lost; and that now, being old infirm and poor, and unable to support myself by labour, I need assistance from my Country, under the provisions of the Law of Congress passed in March 1818. Joseph Parsons

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Jabez Farley - John Choate of Ipswich Esquires or Isaac Under, William Pearce of Gloucester Esquire or either of them in the District of Massachusetts.
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
So where it may concern;
We the subscribers,
Selectmen of the Town of Lewiston do hereby certify that Mr. Josiah Parsons, who for several years resided  for several years resided in Lewiston, is in indigent circumstances, and in our opinion, is justly entitled to relief from government by the act of Congress, of the 10th of March 1810, for making provision for the indigent soldiers of the revolutionary war.
Dated at Lewiston this fourteenth day of April 1810
Dear Friend Calvin Goube

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Jabez Farley - John Choate of Ipswich Esquire or Isaac Dule, William Pearce of Gloucester Esquire or either of them in the District of Massachusetts
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , Josiah Parsons in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Ipswich & Gloucester aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parrish Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex ss - Ipswich May 17 th 1818 -
I Nathaniel Wade of Ipswich in said County, of full age, do depose and say, That I was captain of a company in Col o Moses Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Army in the service of the United States in the year 1775 and in the year 1776 and served in said Regiment until the 2 nd of February 1777. That Josiah Parsons of Gloucester in said County enlisted into my company on the 21 st day of November 1775 to serve therein until the 1 st day of January 1777, that he served in said company until the retreat of the American Army from York Island about the first of October 1776 when men were wanted for the Gallies belonging to the United States stationed on the North River, and Josiah Parsons & others belonging to my company entered on board by my consent, and have no doubt but that he served the full time for which he was enlisted and regularly discharged - said Parsons was a good soldier and did his duty faithfully while he remained in my company.
Nathaniel Wade
Essex ss Ipswich May 18 1818 Then the above named Nath l Wade personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me John Choate Jus. ap l

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Josiah Parsons the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of Nathaniel Wadsworth and Joseph Hodgkins, both officers in the revolutionary army taken before a respectable magistrate, by me duly authorized by Sedimus Potestas and also the official certificate of the municipal officer of the corporation of which he is an inhabitant; - all which papers are hereunto annexed
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Josiah Parsons the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

2.1826
Roxtow, Mass. June 28, 1850.
Sir,
On application by the heirs of Josiah Parsons, a revolutionary soldier, to our Secretary of State he certifies that
"The name of Josiah Parsons is borne on a return of "Capt. Nathl. Wade's Company, dated Jany. 19, 1776, who enlisted "for the year's service 1776, as a private of Gloucester, enlisted November 21, 1775. No other roll of this Co. is found: memoranda of death, &c., which occurred in this Co. are endorsed "on the roll from Jany. 3 d to Dec. 13 th , 1776"
The relatives feel very sure that he served during the war, - and the fact that he drew a pension of $8. per month from 1818, until his death in 1826, which was payable in Portland Me. shows a much longer service than the above roll gives. They think he was a Lieutenant during a part of his service. A reference to his pension file may afford some light, - and the heirs are very anxious that a search may be made of the rolls in your office and the 3 d auditors to see whether he did not, on some other enlistment then enlist for and serve during the war, and whether he was not a part of the time a Lieutenant. He enlisted originally at Gloucester.
Col. F. S. Edwards, } Com te of Pensions. }
Respy. Mr. At. Secy. Horatio Woodman.

Miss W. says let this caption go.

dec. Apr. 28, 1818
at eul. near Gloucester Mass.
at op - Lewistown Me -
62 yrs -
put.
Nov. 21, 1772 Nathaniel Wade Moses Little Mass.
to
Jan 177
trans to U.S. galley & on North River "Lady Washington" about Oct. 1, 1776.
see Capt's off -

36 721 Pay INVALID.
1904. Aug. 9. A.S. Parsons New Portland Me. fur. hist of service letter re claim Inv. File 368
File No. 36, 721
Josiah Parsons His Rev. Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]