Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21895, for Isaac Parke, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Parke, Isaac Park
W. 21895
Mary
CONTENTS

2172 Rhode Island
Mary Parke nee late widow of Isaac Parke decd.
who died on the 20 April 1814 of Providence in the State of R. I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Kirgwin of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Coast line for 9 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of R Island at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & ending 16 Sept 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of July 1838 and sent to Benj n Howell Providence R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $195.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 16 Sept. 1837 the day of her death 1.00 $196.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol 2 nd Page 96
Payment to be made to the children of said Mary Parke decd.

V1595 Mary Parke widow du o .
of Isaac Park
R L died 16 Sept. 1837
allow 9 mo. pr
Allow 9 mo. - private $30
per ann. from March 4
1837 to 16 Sept. 1837
Certificate to Isaac Parke
Isaac Parke, Deborah (lady)
Surrilla Lode, children of Isaac
& Mary Parke du o .
Phoebe Es Proudum

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 16 day of November in the 1836 per- sonally appeared before me Benjamin Cowell chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Mary Parke a resident in the City of Providence in said County aged 85 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the widow of Isaac Park former- ly of Sterling in the State of Connecticut who was a soldier of the revolutionary army. That he enlisted into a Company of Continental Troops, in the year of 1782 as she supposes, but it may have been in another year. For the term of twelve months as a private, he enlisted under Nicholas Kip and went up to the Lakes & served out his time & the effects his name is on the Roll of Connecticut

Proofs in the Pension office & the refus to show for proof - And she further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Parke on the 9 th day of March A D 1775 in Coventry in the State of Rhode Island as will ap- pear by the original original certifi- cate hereto annexed which has been in her possession ever since - And she further declares that her husband the said Isaac died on the 20 th day of April A D 1814, he died in Killingly in Connecticut & that she has remained unmar- ried ever since that period wherefore she requests that the pension which would have belonged to her said husband under the act of Jan y 1832 may be extended to her Attest Benjamin Lowell, Mary D r Parke Mark.
In Providence Nov 16. 1835 Sworn to & subscribed before me and I further certify said Mary is from sickness & infirmity unable to attend Court Benjamin Lowell 6966 May

I Deborah Cady of the City of Providence being now 61 years of age of age on oath do depone & say that Mary Parke who has affixed her mark to the preceding declaration is my mother & the said Mary Parke was my father. My father died on the 20 th day of April 1814 in Killingley in Connecticut, & my mother has remained unmarried since & is now my father's widow & resides with me in this City & has resided with me generally since his death And I further testify that I can well remember when my father came home from serving in the Army I think it was in December 1782 I was about seven years of age & well remember he had been at the Lakes, I think when his regiment was stationed. It was winter when he came home for I remember of taking his mother to hang them out doors to freeze. My Grandmother of the Palsey about fifteen months ago & since then has been confined to her bed
In the City of Providence Deborah Cady Dec 16 1836 Sworn to & subscribed before me & I further said deponent is a credible witness Benjamin Cowell 6466 Mass

These are to notify any person or persons to whom it may concern that Isaac Parke and Mary Marten was married according to the Laws of the Colony of Rhode Island By - - - John Greene Justice Peace
Coventry March 9th
AD 1775

State of Rhode Island & see Providence - I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County - being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Benjamin Small Esq before whom the aforesaid affidavit was sworn, is chief Justice of said Court - That he is by Law, duly authorized and empowered to take depositions and administer oaths; and that his signature within written is genuine In testimony Whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1887.
Dexter Randall Clk

I Reuben Bryant of Hanfield in the county of Windham & State of Connecticut of Lawfull age do depose & say that I was acquainted with Isaac Parker who resided in the town of Voluntown & afterwards While he belonged to the State Troops during the revolutionary War in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell & afterwards he joined the Continental Troops in the year 1779 for six months & I knew him after he left the army And a further the deponent saith not & I hereby certify said deponent is a Creditable Witness Dated at Hanfield January 5 th 1837 - new Bern BNY aor
State of Connecticut Windham county ss Hanfield January 5 th A D 1837 -
Personally appeared Reuben Bryant the above named & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me John Dunlop Justice of Peace

Probate Office No: 3 Plainfield district 5 th January 1837-
This may certify that John Gunkle Eddy is a Justice of the peace within the County of Windham, and full faith and credit is to be given to his acts as such and that the within signatures are in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Probate attest John H. Gordon Clerk of Probate for the district of Plainfield
Note. The above deposition & the one which follows were sent to me from Connecticut but observing the Justice had not certified as to the credibility of the witnesses. I returned them to him for that purpose. and it will be seen he has done it at the close of each deposition just before the signature of the deponent. Providence March 14 1837
Benja Lowell
As this poor widow is extremely poor & bed ridden & is unable to procure the testimony of witnesses if there any living, as to her husband's services I have to request in her behalf that the rolls of the State Troops & Continental  troops of Connecticut may be examined, Upon these she depends for proof She remembers her husband served a great deal but cannot remember his officers names & felt that he enlisted under one Nicholas Kingman and served with him during part of his time

I Daniel Hegwin of Voluntown in the county of Windham & State of Connecticut of Lawfull age do depose & say that I am the son of Nicholas Hegwin late of Voluntown deceased & that said Nicholas Hegwin was a Lieutenant in the State service during the revolutionary War I have often seen his commission as Lieutenant of said unit but the same being now mislaid or lost & that I have long been acquainted with Isaac Perkins whose name I have seen on the roll as a Soldier belonging to the Company of which my father was Lieutenant & I have often heard my father & Perkins converse together the incidents that took place while together in the army - And I the said just in full and entire truth that said deponent is a credible atty Witness. Daniel Hegwin
Deed at Hartford this 14 th day of January A.D. 1837
On the day of the above deed personally appeared the above named Daniel Hegwin & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me John Dunlop justice of Peace
I should esteem it a favor if the Connecticut Rolls could be examined in her behalf I am respectfully Betsy Lowell
March 14 (1837)

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21895 Mary Parke Widow of Isaac Parke Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. 26 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V Mary Parke wid of Grace Parke R I Mrs. Col. Hon. B. Coon June 15 1837 same June 18. 1838
Ad 4 July 1836

Providence June 21 1838
Sir
I recd your letter of the 18 inst respecting the claim of Mary Pake widow of Isaac you observe the six months in the continental lines cannot be allowed upon the testimony of Mr Bryant alone, but that a certificate may issue for 9 months service under Capt Dana in 1782. I have reason to believe that great pains have been taken to find those who served with Pake during the war of the Revolution, but most all are dead I feel confident no further evidence can be produced at least, at present. I have therefore to request that a certificate may issue to the children for 9 months, but should any satisfactory
evidence

hereafter be found, respecting the 6 months service - it is hoped & expected the same will be all paid upon the production of such testimony
I am very respectfully your obed Servt.
Benja Lendell
J. L. Edwards Esq

Providence Febr 21 1838
Sir
Your letter of June 16 inst respecting the claim of Mary Parke widow of Isaac was duly received. Since then the said Mary has departed this life a certificate of which fact is herewith endorsed together with the names of her children - The deposition of Nicholas Keigwin has been taken once again by which it appears the Roll of his father's law- -pany is lost & of course cannot be sent, agreeably to your request. But further testimony has been taken of his services & enlistment under said Keigwin in Capt. Dumas Company & is herewith endorsed viz the affidavit of Benjamin Gallup. which it is presumed

will be satisfactory - The Comptroller's certificate, also, of all that appears in his office is also enclosed agreeably to your request of June 16. - No further testimony can be found as to David Parks services in 1779. in Col. Canfield's Regiment than what has been produced but I hope Reuben Bryant's testimony will be sufficient for that as the Parks services are therefore 6 months in 1779 & 9 months in 1781 & 1782, for which a certificate is requested in behalf of the children
I would also add that a further deposition of Mrs Deborah Ladd has been taken & it confirms the testimony of B. Galloway or at least the old paper annexed confirms it -
I am very respectfully your obed Servt
J L Edwards Esq
Briya Ladd

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connecticut Oct 26th 1837
I certify that Capt James Dana is charged on the Pay Table Books in this Office as follows
1731 viz,    March 17  To order on Treasur  $40. @ 2 for 1  20-0-0    Feb'y 22  15 " ditto  ditto ditto  12-0-0    March 21  " ditto  ditto for E. Knowlton  6-0-0     " Shoes & Stockings for Genl Waterbury  49-2-0      " Sundries  13-4-0  68-12-0    22  " Order on Treasur  Specie 2/6 Tax  7-3-0    "  " ditto  ditto ditto  2334-15-1    April 26  " ditto  ditto &c  40-0-0    June 5  " ditto  ditto &c  10-0-0    Oct 3  " ditto  ditto Specie 2/6 tax  11-7-11       $ 2503-18-0  
I further certify that no rolls of Capt James Danas Company have been found in this Office.
Wm. Field Comptroller

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
At the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, (being a Court of Record,) held within and for said City, on the twentieth day of February A.D. 1838.
Be it Remembered, that satisfactory testimony is pro- duced before this Court, that Mary Parke late of said Providence deceased, widow of Isaac Parke, (formerly a soldier of the Revolution,) who in her life time made an application for a pension from the United States, died on the sixteenth day of September A.D. 1837, in said City of Providence; and that she left four children liv- ing by said Isaac, - to wit, Isaac Parke of Smith- field (in the County of Providence,) Sarah Parke residing in the State of Connecticut, Deborah Gady of said City of Providence, widow, - and Sarah Cole wife of John Cole of New Bedford in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts; that the said four are all the chil- dren living, of said Isaac and Mary; and that they are all now over twenty-one years of age."
In attestation whereof, I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of said Court, have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the Seal of said Court, on said twentieth day of February, A.D. 1838.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.

April 16 1782 Capt n Isaac Gallup Credit To Ben Adam 4 oxen and part two Days to move 0-12-0 to 3 1/2 of Fallow By W. Abay 0-2-4 May 1782 To 5 1/2 of tallow 0-3-8 To 5 Quarts of Seed Corn 0-0-6 To taps & Sole leather for shoes 0-3-0 To a Cheese 9 3/4 0-4-1 Septemb r To a Bushel of Rye 0-3-6 To 1/2 of Cheese 0-1-10 3/4 To 9 1/2 of M c Coll 0-7-6 3/4 March 1783 To half Bushel of Wheat 0-3-0 April 1783 To Ben Adam and 1 ox on one Day to move again 0-6-0 June 1783 To 2 3/4 of Wool at 18 3/4 1-14-6 To a Bushel of Poor Rye 0-2-6 August To a Cheese 8 lb weight 0-3-4 To a Cheese 6 lb 0-2-8 To a Cheese 6 1/2 0-1-0 Novemb r To Taps for shoes 0-1-0 1783 To 1 Bushel and half of apples 0-15-0 To 3 Barrels of Cider 5-6-5 To a Bar of shoes 0-8-0 June 1784 Credit By 3 Sheep 5-10-0
April 1782 Adonijah Bareby Credit To a Sheep skin 0-2-6 May To 92 lb of hay 3 Quarts Seed Corn To 13 Quarts & one Pint of milk To five knives a heel Wedge & 80 Brads 6-8-4 1-9-0 0-10-0 2-7-5 4-10-11

W m Noah Briggs Dr
82 To Seven Days and halves Work on m r Porters House June 1783 To one Day and halves about a Cheese Press
Januy 1783 Credit Paid Briggs of Beef To half Bushel of Potatoes To 7 lb of Pork at 8 d per lb
17 5 98
November 1782 M r Nathan Harris To five Days & halves Work
Elizabeth Torrance I had 9 yds 2 nd & half 2 nd of toe Cloth To Weaving 19 yds and 3 2 nd
October 1782 Abraham Mattison To a Table To Spanish Brown and Beeswax To one Bushel of Corn To Cash 6 Shillings To a Chair 3 s To Coffe & Sugar 4/4 And so on at What
Torrance half Dove

I Deborah Lady of the City of Providence living, now 62 years of age do hereby say that Isaac Parke was my father & that I have now in my possession an old account Book belonging to him & I further testify that the old paper bills annexed was taken from said Book, by which it will appear that on 16 of April 1782 Capt Isaac Parke let my father have Broadacre Gallows & 4 acres to mow - I myself well remember this I was then about 12 years of age & I also remember that we moved soon after my father's return from the Army, I well remember he had been gone nearly a year, & since then, I often heard my father speak of his said service of Deborah Lady
In City of Providence Jan'y 31 1838 I sworn to & subscribed before me and I further certify said account is a credible witness Benjamin L. Dorr 64 E. Main

I, ROYAL B. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Nathaniel Gallup Esquire, is, and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Gallup in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 26 th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
and I further certify that the signatures of the said Gallup which are hereto attached, are his genuine hand writing
Royl B Hinman Secretary of State

I Daniel Reigwin Voluntown in the county of Windham being now 63 years of age on oath do testify & say in addition to my former affidavit respecting the services of Isaac Park in the Revolutionary War. My Father Nicholas Reigwin was a Lieut. 2 years as I have heard him say at different tours. Once he enlisted said Park as a private to go to Horse Neck in Capt. Danas Company & Col. Wells regiment I believe for not less than nine months & said Park went and served out his time. I perfectly well remember after the war I frequ- -ntly saw the Roll of his company on which was the name of said Park. but the Roll is now lost - I cannot find it. I also remember after the war said Park used to come to my fathers and I have often heard him say and my father talk about that campaign Doct. Hough the Surgeon of the Regiment used also to come to our house & talk about it. I was in hopes of finding the old Rolls but I believe they are all destroyed but I well remember of seeing Parks name on the Roll I do not remember the year of this service but it was toward the close of the war
Daniel Reigwin
Windham Sc Sterling Oct 24 Day 1837 Sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify said Daniel is a credible witness The above affidavit was reduced to writing under my direction in his presence Attest Nathaniel Gallup Justice of Peace

I Benadam Gallup of Sterling in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut being about 75 years of age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Isaac Parks formerly of said Sterling and the husband of Mary Parks I have a distinct recollection that in the summer of the year 1781 he enlisted under Nicholas Reigwin as a private for nine months in the State service and he went and staid out his time and returned in April 1782 during this service he was stationed at a place called Horse Neck in the western part of this state the reason why I so distinctly remember this service is that I had intended to enlist at the same time if I could have enlisted as Captain and I went to Fort Reigwin on purpose but Lieutenant Reigwin told me he had the day before enlisted all his companies so I did not enlist but Isaac Parks had then enlisted as a private this I well recollect after said Parks returned I well remember my father Isaac Gallup let Mr Parks have his oxen to move his family from Killington to Sterling and I went with the oxen and Cart this I also well remember it took two days to move them and I remember in April 1783 I moved them again a short distance I do not remember the Captain's name but the Ensign name was Lewis Stewart nor can I remember the Colonel's name but Isaac Parks I had been always well acquainted before said service He was a schoolmaster and I went to school to him many years before this time
Benadam Gallup
Windham to Sterling Oct 24 Day 1837 sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify said Benadam Gallup

is a credible witness the above affidavit was reduced to writing by me in his presence. Attest Nathaniel Gallup Justice of the
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John D. Sleeper