Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18729, for Simon Parker, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Parker, Simon Susannah
N 18729
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
Rejected
Enseannah Parker widow of Vinon Parker who was a Private  Mass in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of  28 Dollars 21  Cents per annum, to commence on  the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the  8th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to
Col Adams  Concord  Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book  A  Vol.  1  Page  57.

6091
Massachusetts
Simon Parker
of Lowell in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hunt of the Reg t commanded by Col. Gerrish in the Massachusetts line for 8 months & 14 days
Heh
75 M d Henry
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of ~28~ Dollars & 14~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Dame Dana Esqr Present
  Arrears to 4th of Sep t 1832  42.21    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March  14.07     $56 28  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book
Daniel Boyd Clerk, Vol. 2 Page 75

No 1 Declaration of Simon Daker
of Lowell This case contains only two papers No 1. 2. —
Please to send the Berts to Sam Dana Esq. Gorton Ms
194 82
up Private
8 Months & 14 Days
Chas $28.20
Hunt Gerrish
James Dana Esq.
Present

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this Seventeenth day of August  AD 1832 Probate Concord personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
Simon Parker of Lowell in said County aged seventy three years
Who being 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. That is to say
he was drafted 1 That engaged some time in AD 1778 to Guard  Berroyne's troops, they laying at Whitney Hill near Boston for several  months , he joined  the Company of Capt. Simon Hunt , in Col. Gerrish Regiment , he remained to his Station near Winter Hill and then joined  his Company and continued with them until he had served out his full term of six months when he was discharged . 2 In AD 1780 he engaged to go Rhode Island for three months , and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Forster of Tuckersbury  Lt. Davis and Green and Forster were Sergeants in the same Company in Col. Cyprian Claws Regt. he joined  his Company and proceeded to Rhode Island where he remained in the same for the full term of three months , when he was discharged and returned home .

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Gray  Robt Simon Parker Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Rev. Wilkes Allen a Clergyman residing in the town of Chelmsford in the county of Middlesex and William Adams of the same Chelmsford ss. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simon Parker who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and 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 in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Dana a Justice of the Peace within and for all Berkshire  Warren Adams the Counties in said Commonwealth.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. Wilkes Allen  William Adams who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Chelmsford  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Gray Clerk of the Court of I Jacques Thys an officer of the do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Simon Parker for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Jacques Thys

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Cornwall within and for the County of Middlesex on the Seventh day of August A. D. 1932 On the application of Simon Parker claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Chelmsford, in that part which, was set off to Lowell on the 26th day of October AD 1759
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no family record, but there is one in Chelmsford Town Book
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I always lived in Chelmsford until Lowell was set off, and now I live there
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, To go to guard Burgoyne's Army I was drafted then to my other service was voluntary
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, Capt. Jacobs at Rhode Island - did you receive any discharge from service? Ans. I never received any discharge from either time of service.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, The Rev. W. B. Bangs, The Rev. Dr. Packard Rev. Mr. Allen Capt. Bangs Butterfield and Mr. Levi Fletcher
Simon Parker sworn to it  J. P. P. Day

6
Joel Adams Esq.
Lowell mss. —

A true extract from the records of the late Zachariah Wright Esq r , deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Mid- dlessex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"July 5 th 1791
Simon Parker and Susanna "Fletcher both of Chelmsford were joined in the marriage covenant by me. "Yas s Wright Just ice of Peace"
A true copy Aff d E. Whitney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County.

4308
2397
Susanna Parker of Simon Massachusetts
Full Name

State of Massachusetts Middlesex County } ss.
On this eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the justice of the Police Court in Lowell being a Court of Record in said County of Middlesex, Susanna Parker, a resident of the City of Lowell in said County of Middlesex, aged eighty two 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 July 7. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Simon Parker, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and served under one or more engagements, and at one or more periods during the Revolutionary War, as she has understood, and verily believes: the truth of said services, and the particulars in relation to the same are set forth in the Declaration of the said Simon Parker, made before a Court of Record, under the Act of Congress of 7th of June 1832, and are proved by the Documents accompanying said Declaration; and for which services he received a Pension until his death, the Certificate of which was surrendered to the Pension Agent in Boston, on the payment of the arrears of said Pension after the death of said Simon: All which documents she believes are now on file in the Pension Department at Washington, and to which she refers for the particulars of the services of said Simon, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the proof of the same. She further declares that she was married to said Simon Parker on the fifth day of July Seventeen hundred and ninety one, that he and the aforesaid Simon Parker died on the seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four; viz at the time above stated.

ments the believes are now on file in the Pension Department at Wash- ington, and to which she refers for the particulars of the services of said Simon, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the proof of the same She further declares that she was married to said Simon Parker on the fifth day of July Seventeen hundred and ninety one; that he and the aforesaid Simon Parker died on the seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four; viz at the time above stated.
Susanna Parker.
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written before { Justice of the police Joseph Locke. { Court of Lowell
I, Albert Locke, Clerk of the Police Court of Lowell in the county of Middlesex & Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that Joseph Locke Esquire, whose name is above subscribed, is a justice of a court of record, and that the signature above is his gen- uine signature.
In witness whereof I hereunto put my name and the seal of said court this eighth day of September in the year one thous and eight hundred and thirty eight. Albert Locke, Clerk P.C.L.

Febry - 12 - 1902 Miss Hannah M. Spalding Lowell Mass
Rev 18-729 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18-729 Susannah Parker Widow of Simon Parker Rev. Rev. War.
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1873
Index:—Vol. M , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Susanna Parker Massachusetts
Suspended
See let. 25 th April 1839 Joel W. D. D. let to do. 20 Aug t 39
Act of July 1838

Simon Parker #28, 14 Chap. act 7 June '32 to what time paid?
Pen: Offin
Due 7 th Aug t 1833 paid April 24, 1839 to that period
114
84.63
14.10
98.73

18729
Appl Aug 17, 1832 Concord Mass
73
78 Chelmsford Mass.
Capt Simon Hunt Col Gerrish 6 m
80 Capt Foster Col How
8 m 1
No Bat
Mrs Susannah Fletcher July 5, 1791 N Aug 7 1833-

Susanna Parker Mass.
admitted
P 8 mo. 14 da. = $ 28. 24 / 100
Cab Hunt Col Yrs map inc.
died 7 Augt 1833
Act 7 Feb 1838
Joel Adams Lowell Mass

4308 Massachusetts
Susannah Parker widow of Simon Parker, m.p.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 7th August 1833, in Middlesex in the State of Mass. who was a private in the Com commanded by Captain Hunt of the regt commanded by Col. Gerish in the Mass. one for 8 m. 14 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 28 Dollars 21 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Octr 1839, by Sgt and Col Joel Adams , Esq. Lowell, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $ 98.73 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 14.10
$112.83
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D.M. Cundy , Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 121.

3774
Susanna Parker Susannah Parker
Apr 28. 21
Joel Adams Esq. Lowell Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex, ss. On the twenty of the day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me, Joel Adams of Lowell, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Susannah Parker, a resident of the city of Lowell in said county of Middlesex, aged Eighty 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War — That she is the widow of Simon Parker, who as a private rendered military service to the United States in the Revolutionary War, and who died at said Lowell in the month of August A. D. 1835.
That she is the identical person, who by the name of Susannah Parker, made application for a pension under the late Act of Congress of July 7 th A. D. 1838, and transmitted to the United States Pension Department with her said application, the requisite proofs of said Simon Parker's Revolutionary services and also proofs of her marriage to him the said Simon Parker, her late husband deceased. That she subsequently received a certificate granting her a pension of twenty eight dollars and twenty one cents per annum for five years from

March 4 th 1836 to March 4 th 1841 - That she received the amount of said pension, and at the receipt of the last payment thereof she surrendered her said certificate to the agent for paying pensions in Boston in the state of Massachusetts - That she has not married since the death of her said husband, and still continues the widow of the said Simon Parker deceased.
Attest Joel Adams Catharine Mary Adams.
Susannah her Parker mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written - Before me. Joel Adams, justice of the Peace
I Joel Adams of Lowell, a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do certify that the above named Susannah Parker is personally known to me to be the identical person, who received a pension under the late Act of Congress of July 7- 1838, as the widow of the late Levi Fletcher deceased
Joel Adams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 29 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Geo. A. Dole.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

In the case of Simon Patten
at Rhode Island 5 m o 12 days. 1778.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct. 25 1832.
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
Simon Parker served as a private soldier in the company of Capt Simon Hunt in the regiment of Col. Jacob Gervish. for the space of 4 months 5. Months & 12 days. from the 4th of July. 1778
Edward D Bangs. Secy
Secretary's office Nov. 28 1832
I certify that from further examination the name of Simon Parker is borne on "a Pay roll of Capt. Amos Foster's company, in Col. Cyprian Howe's regiment of Militia detached from the 7th regiment of Militia in the County of Middlesex to reinforce the Continental army for the term of 3 months agreeable to a resolve of the General Court passed the 22 d of June. 1780. in service at the state of Rhode Island" for the space of 3. months and 6. days (over)

time to return home included, from the 6th of July 1780 discharge dated Oct. 10th 1780
Edward D. Bangs Esq

I Luther Marshall of Lowell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty five years, do depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Simon Parker, late of Lowell deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death. I am also well acquainted with Susanna Parker, his widow. The said Susanna now resides in this City, and has never intermarried since the death of her late husband, the said Simon Parker, and as I believe, she is now lawfully entitled to a Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 — Luther Marshall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Middlesex ss. Lowell May. 1. 1839. The above named Luther Marshall, who is well known to me as a man of truth and credit, personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true —
Before me. Joel Adams. Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seal's Office. Aug. 26. H.G.
I hereby certify that the above Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex at the date of his above attestation. Witness the Seal of the State.
John R. Bigelow Sec'y of the Council

own
1900
Lowell Mass Jan 29 th The writer of this gives information of Sisson Parker of Chelmsford a Soldier of the Revolution whose widow Susanna (Hatch) Parker was the recipient of a Pension.
Also of Col. Sisson Spalding of Chelmsford who was killed at Cambridge on the morning of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The writer of this is a granddaughter of the former and a great granddaughter of the latter.
Miss Hannah M. Spalding 91 Park St Lowell C. Bass