Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11190, for Samuel Parker, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Connie
Parker Samuel
Since
Mass.
Cardel
CONTENTS
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W 20.979 New York
Samuel Parker of Gennessee Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Sharp of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mott in the Cont t . time for 22 months
Ct 20.979 born. and Mass. aw. Oct. 20. 06 Continental Conn. Feb. 24/65 Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 and Suttlb. C. Woodworth Eliza
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $183.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. M. 34  36.66 $319.99
Recorded by G. L. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. A. Page 113 Quilt
let to J. W. Learn Dec 5. 1826.
Data of death not on a B

State of New York County of Genesee
on this 15th day of October A.D. 1882 Personly appeared in open court before me
Judge of — The Court of Common Pleas of said County being a Court of Record now sitting Samuel Parker a resident of the Town of Byron in the County of Genesee and State of New York aged seventy three years that A will not swear who being first duly sworn according to Law doth swear on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1882 that he enlisted into the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he enlisted in the month of December 1845 into the Service of the United States but has not forgotten the officers name that he enlisted under that this deponent marched directly to Cambridge and was stationed there a while from thence to Logaster and there they participated Logaster hills under General Putnam that the army staid there three months in Service and that they were then discharged but at the time this deponent was at Logaster the British Left Boston
That this deponent enlisted in the year 1846 under Capt William Wilson of Coventry County of Windham and State of Connecticut and marched directly to Sheshequin New York State and joined the army under Capt Elijah Sharp of Maadstock in the County of Windham and from thence he marched to Picoanduraga under General Gales and Colonel Samuel Scott and served as

a Soldier in the army Six months and was discharged. and that this deponent enlisted again in two weeks after being  about a year after  1777 but does not recollect the officers name that he enlisted under that he marched directly to White Plains on the north river and kept a Garrison three months but does not recollect the officers names that he was under and was dismissed - This deponent further States as nigh as he can recollect that he was drafted in the month of August A.D 1777. and marched directly to Stillwater on the North river in the State of New York under Capt Wales but does recollect distinctly where Capt Wales did belong and Colonel Lutarnac of Newlandson but was not in the battle at Stillwater but was Stationed at the best works and served as a Soldier two months and was then discharged. In the year A.D. 1779 this deponent went as a Substitute for his father who was drafted to go to Newlandson and served as a Substitute for his father under Colonel Ledgerd . two months and was discharged. in the year A.D 1781 he enlisted under Capt Stephen Clapp of Worthington of the County of Hampshire in the State Massachusetts and marched to Kingsbridge as near as this deponent can recollect in the State of New York and from thence to Virginia to Little York and there served as a mechanic at that time Lord Cornwallis Surrendered to General Washington and that the army marched back from Virginia to the north river to New burrow and was there discharged that this deponent Served at that time five months as a revolutionary Soldier

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
that he was born in the Town of Coventry in County of Windham in the State of Connecticut on the thirteenth day of April 1759. That the record of his age was on the Town record in the Town of Coventry in the State of Connecticut that he lived in the Town of Coventry in the State of Connecticut that he moved from Connecticut in the year eighty to the Town of Waterville in the State of Massachusetts and lived there when the war closed that he moved from there to the State of New York in the Town of Argyle and lived there about fourteen years and from that place to the Town of Berrien in the County of Genesee and had lived there ever since that he was acquainted with Josiah
Pierson a Clergyman of the Town Berrien and also with Charles Woodworth of Elba and with Jacob Spafford of Berrien James Dagg Calvin Mills Levi Cook - who were his neighbours
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
Samuel Parker
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Josiah Pierson Clergyman residing in the residing in the Town of Berrien in the County of Genesee and Jacob Spafford residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Parker who has been Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
Josiah Pierson Jacob Spafford
Timothy Fitch Clerk

and the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that the it appears to them that Josiah Pierson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Bergen and that Jacob Spafford who has also signed the same is a resident Town of Hiron and is a credit person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson William Mitchell Robert Earl
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of the County of Common Pleas of Genesee County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Parker for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 15 th day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

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Samuel Parker Genesee co
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Admitted Pirate 22 months
C. Woodworth Elba, Genesee co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 15 183 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Samuel Parker, Genesee Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 3 private Genl Putnam to Cambridge 73 Wadsworth County Connecticut tradition   do 1776 6 Capt Sharp Genl Gates Col. Mott to Scarsdale   do 3 to White Plains   Discharged 1777 2 Capt Wales Col. Stawne to New London   substituted 1779 2 do Col. Sedgwick to New London   Enlisted 1781 6 Capt. Chap Yorktown King's Bridge then to Virginia to Newburg living witness this tour  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1882.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ A.D. _____
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. 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.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule of note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[i] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Isaac Madison

Samuel Parker
Declaration
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Nathan Mann.
affidavit
1632

Genesee County N. Nathan Mann of Byron in said County, aged sixty nine years last April being duly sworn before the undersigned justice of the peace for the said County deposes and saith that he is acquainted with Samuel Parker and even has been since the year nineteen Hundred and Eighty one he at that time live in the state of Massachusetts in the town of Paxtonfield County of Berkshire he this Deponent knows that the said Samuel Parker went in to the revolutionary army he went in to Capt. Stephen Bliss company of Massachusetts volunteer and marched to the south in to the state of Virginia as this Deponent Believes was gone from home for six months or more and this Deponent knows that the said Samuel Parker had a brother by the name of William Parker that enlisted at the same time into the same company and marched with him the said Samuel Parker to the southward in to the state of Virginia and he the said William Parker died there and the said Deponent married his widow and lived with her until her death which was all most forty years and further this Deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn before me Nathan Mann this 5 Day of September 1832 - Amos Hildreth Justice of the Peace Genesee County N. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Parker who made the foregoing affidavit, that he is a man of good character and that his statement is entitled to credit. Amos Hildreth

State of New York Genesee County
Sp: I. Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county, certify, that Charles Woodworth and Amos Hewett before whom the foregoing affidavits of Swift Woodworth and Nathan Marvin purport respectively to have been taken, were at the time the said affidavits purport to have been taken, Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the signatures of said Justices, and to the foregoing said affidavits, and truly believe the same to be genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this twenty third day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Recd.

Dec 5 1846
Saml Parkes Myrtle
Ans Dec 5 1846 Washington D.C.
Resigning of Service
PAID 10

Orion.
Byron Genesee County New York December 1 st 1846
Dear Sir
Mrs Polly Parker, widow of Samuel Parker a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S., is desirous of drawing a Pension. She was married to Mr Parker on the first day of January 1794. Will you have the goodness to inform me whether she was married early enough to be entitled to a Pension and if so how it can be obtained.
Yours very Respectfully J. M. Seaver

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
MAR 15 1898
Washington, D. C. Mar 15 1898
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
If you haven't, will you please send a copy of the last Pension laws, for request. I wish it in reference to the last  Very respectfully,  Mrs. C. J. Hood Big Rapids  Full name of soldier, Samuel Parker (Lott Swift) Place of residence before service, Perne Berkshire Co. (Town, county, and State) Poughkeepsie N.Y. Place of residence after service, Agawam Genesee Co. (Town, county, and State) Barre Orleans Co., Approximate date of death, 1890 Given name of widow, Dolly Parker (Betsy Swift) Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? They both did Additional information, The widows died in '84 or '85 I don't know how long, or how much pension either drew. I would like to know Signature, Mrs. C. J. Hood  (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.) Post-office address, Big Rapids including street and number, town, county, and State, Mr. Hood

April 11, 1933
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SA-J/HEL Samuel Parker-S.11190
Miss Mary Moulthrop 40 Phelps Avenue Rochester, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Samuel Parker who was born in April, 1759, in Coventry, Connecticut, and who died in July, 1844, in Byron, New York.
A careful examination of the papers in file in pension claim, S.11190, based upon service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War has been made, and all data found relative to his service, residences and family are given below.
Samuel Parker was born April 13, 1759, in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Coventry, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from December, 1775, three months, officers' names not given, was stationed at Cambridge and Dorchester and assisted in fortifying Dorchester hills; from sometime in 1776, exact date not given, six months in Captain Elijah Sharp's Company, Colonel Samuel Mott's Regiment and marched to Enderbury; from January, 1777, three months at White Plains, officers' names not given; from August, 1777, two months in Captain Wales' Company, Colonel Lattimore's Regiment, marched to Stillwater but was stationed at the breast works and was not in the battle; from sometime in 1779, exact date not shown, as a substitute for his father, whose name was not stated, two months under Colonel Ledyard.
in this tour
new Brn
who was drafted to go to New London & Res.
In 1780, he moved to Partridgefield, Massachusetts, and in 1781, enlisted, served six months as a mechanic in Captain Stephen Clapp's Massachusetts Company, marched to Virginia and was at the siege of Yorktown.

After the Revolution, Samuel Parker moved from Partridgefield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, to Argyle, New York, where he lived for about four years, then moved to Byron, Genesee County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832.
The soldier married January 1, 1794, Polly, whose maiden name was not given. There are no further particulars in regard to her and no reference is made to children.
Soldier had a brother, William, who enlisted and served with him in same company on the tour to Virginia, where William died.
In 1832, one Nathan Mann, aged sixty-nine years and a resident of Byron, New York, stated that he married the widow of William Parker. She was deceased in 1832; her name is not given. There is no claim for pension on file on account of the services of the above named William Parker.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1933-April- Hist. to Miss Mary Moulding etc
@ J. Michigan
11 190 INVALID.
9 Feb. 1902
11 190
Samuel Parker
Dis. New Mar.
Same 1 st 32
a Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 23, 98. Mrs. Hood, Big Rapids
July 4-1802 Katharine Thayer, etc.
July 24. 1902 Mrs. Caroline A. Phillips San Francisco Cal.
Oct. 21-1902 Samuel P. Moulton Rochester N.Y.
Feb. 6, 1904 - To the further information
Apr. 8 - Fish to Dr. Charles E. Banks
Apr. 6 - His com.
1902 - July 13. Fish to Miss M. H. Steele 1907 - 7. Severn 1908 - 48. letter etc.

Quint
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Pension Office Dec 5. 1846,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 18 th inst. I have to inform you that no widow is entitled to a pension whose marriage to the dec d pensioner took place after the 31 st of December 1793. As it appears from your letter that the widow of Samuel Parker was married to him on the 18 th  day of January 1794, her case is not, of course, embraced by the pension laws.
J. W. Leava, Esq Byron, N. York

State of New York Geneese County
Swift Woodworth of Wba in the County of Geneese deposith and Saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six that this deponant was an inlisted Soldier in the Revolu- utionary War and that Samuel Parker of the Town of Coventry County of Windham and State of Connecticut was at that time an inlisted Soldier in the army of the Resolution at Frendazaroga under General Gates and that the Said Samuel Parker Served in Said Regiment for the term of Six months and that this deponant was at that time an inhabitant of the Town of Lebanon County of Windham and State of Connecticut that this deponant was personally acquainted with the Said Parker that this deponant Enlisted under Ensign Simon Hause of Andover of the State of Connecticut
Subscribed and sworn this
Swift Woodworth
27th day of July 1832 before
me Charles Woodworth Justice of the Peace of the Town of Wba County of Geneese
Geneese County ss. I Charles Woodworth, the Justice aforesaid, Certify, That Swift Woodworth who made the foregoing affidavit, is a credible person and of good character and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Charles Woodworth Justice
State of New York County of
Charles Woodworth before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the above affidavit and certificate of credibility to be his signature
Attest my hand and official seal this 10th July 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk By D. Pringle Deputy

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Will you be so kind as to inform me (stamped and direct- ed envelope included) whether Samuel Parkes, a Revolution- ary War soldier who was draughted from Mansfield Conn. ever received a pen- sion and if so, when it was paid to him last and when such payment ceased. Careful search in several Conn. towns fails to bring me date of his death which I very much desire.

Surely he must be dead.
Hoping by this means to get some clue I am
Very respectfully
Katharine Thayer.
Springfield Mass.
June seventh. 1912.

C.R.B.
2507 Pine St.
San Francisco Cal. July 15 th 1902 -
Dear Sir:
I write asking you for information regarding one Samuel Barker who served in the Revolutionary war and received a pension for several years previous to his death.
Samuel Barker was born in Peru - Mass. in the year 1759 - He died at Byron - Genesee Co. N.Y. - July 9 th 1847. My record
says he served with the 2 nd Reg't -
He was my maternal Grandfather -
I wish to establish his record as a Revolutionary Soldier.
I am advised to address the

Pension Bureau for the desired information - Please furnish me with the necessary information relating to this matter - and Oblige -
Mrs. Caroline T. Phillips -

WASHINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
No. 26.
S. P. MOULTHROP, PRINCIPAL
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan 21 190 4
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Mr. Commissioner
My dear General. I am anxious to obtain the Military record of Samuel Parker who was drafted at Mansfield Conn Aug 24 1777 discharged Nov 5-1777 Capt Males Co. Col Saltonstall's Poore Continental Brigade fought in both battles Sept 19 & Oct 9 1777 You will confer a great favor by sending a record in detail
Respectfully Yours
Samuel Parker Moulthrop Rochester
N.Y.
Revolutionary record.

Dr. Charles E. Banks Assistant Surgeon General, U.S.P.H.S. Retired
13 Aug. 22
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Sir:
I request the military record, if a pensioner, of Samuel Parker
said by her daughter to have been a Revolutionary soldier. She was born in 1797 and her father was therefore much older than his known wife.
It is supposed he was the Samuel Parker, born in Coventry Conn. 1750, or possibly the one of same name b. 1759 same town.
He lived in Canajoharie, N.Y. where he married Philotheta Howe in 1797 - later was of Louisville Ky. and later Illinois and Wisconsin. These facts may serve to identify one of the Samuel Parkers who appear on the Pension Rolls. He may have applied for a pension from either of those states.
Yours very truly M. S. [unintelligible]
In the census of 1880 she said her father was born in Massachusetts. If so, probably at Rehoboth, Mass.

The Central Illinois Historical Society.
Incorporated Feb. 27, 1917.
Officers; President, Prof. D. C. Kingley; Vice-President, Mrs. Laura R. Mitchell; Secretary, Miss Custer.
Assistant-Secretaries, Mrs. M. M. Boey, Mrs. Dan Strain.
Directors; G. H. Hodge, Miss Custer, C. M. Lawrence, R. H. Tobias, J. W. Steele.
Office of the Secretary; 1110 South Law Street, Bloomington, Illinois;
The Pension Commissioner,
February 17, 1925;
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;-, After thanking you for your many courtesies of the past in the way of furnishing us copies of certain records in your office, may I ask you to indulge me once more in the following matter?
I would be very grateful to have copies of all data shown regarding the following Revolutionary Soldiers, from Connecticut, viz.:
SAMUEL PARKER , (lived in Ashtabula Co. Ohio, 1832.) S. 18541.
SAMUEL PARKER , (Conn. & Mass.; lived in Genesee Co. N. Y. 1832); S. 11190.
The above references are taken from Document No. 83, 66th Congress, 1st Session, (Senate.) "Twenty-first Rept. National Society, D. A. R. and I trust are strictly correct, as far as they go.
I have good reason to believe that one or the other of the above soldiers was a maternal ancestor of mine, but at the present time am not able to say which one, hence I am taking the liberty to ask you for both records, hoping there may be something in them that will enable to to identify one of them as such.
Very Respectfully,
Milo Custer.

40 PHELPS AVENUE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
March 9, 1933.
Secretary of the Interior, Revolutionary War Pension Records Division, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I should like to know what it would cost to have photostatic copies made of the pension record and any other material filed with it which may refer to members of the family, of Samuel Parker who served in the Revolutionary War and was born April 1759, Coventry, Conn. and died July 9, 1844, Byron, N.Y.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Mary Moutthorp

JRW
No. 11, 190-Inv., Revolutionary War.
Feb. 6, 1904..
Sir:
In reply to your enclosed inquiry, you are advised that this Bureau can furnish no information relative to the service of Samuel Parker in addition to that sent you October 2, 1902.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Samuel P. Houlthrop,
Washington Grammar School,
Rochester, N. Y.

Leon Sale H. Stalk House of Rep.
Samuel Parker S.11190
July 13/32 Eof
Samuel Parker was born April 13, 1759, in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Coventry, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: from December, 1775, three months, officers' names not given, was stationed at Cambridge and Dorchester and assisted in fortifying Dorchester hills: from sometime in 1776, exact date not given, six months in Captain Elijah Sharp's Company, Colonel Samuel Hott's Regiment and marched to Ticonderoga: from January, 1777, three months at White Plains, officers' names not given: from August, 1777, two months in Captain Hales' Company, Colonel Lattimer's Regiment, marched to Stillwater but was stationed at the breast works and was not in the battle: from sometime in 1779, exact date not shown, as a substitute for his father, whose name was not stated, two months under Colonel Ledyard.
In 1780, he moved to Partridgefield, Massachusetts, and in 1781, enlisted, served six months as a mechanic in Captain Stephen Glegg's Massachusetts Company, marched to Virginia and was at the siege of Yorktown.
After the Revolution, he moved from Partridgefield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, to Argyle, New York, where he lived for about four years, then moved to Byron, Genesee County, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832.
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The soldier married January 1, 1794, Polly, her maiden name not given. There are no further particulars in regard to her and no reference is made to children.
Soldier had a brother, William, who enlisted and served with him in same company on the tour to Virginia, where William died.
In 1832, one Nathan Mann, aged sixty-nine years and a resident of Byron, New York, stated that he married the widow of William Parker. She was deceased in 1832; her name is not given. There is no claim for pension on file on account of the services of the above named William Parker.
Date of death not in QB
August 1794 and served two months in Captain Hales' Company Very truly yours Connecticut 1779 and served the war to the end
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

mmox7
April 6, 1935
Milo Custer 1110 South Low St., Bloomington, Ill.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 11180 it appears that Samuel Parker was born April 13, 1759 in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.
While a resident of his native town he enlisted in December 1775 and served three months as a private at Cambridge and Dorchester, his officers not named.
He enlisted in 1776 and served six months in Captain Elijah Sharp's Company, Colonel Samuel Mott's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in January 1777, served three months at White Plains, officers not stated; he enlisted in August 1777 and served two months in Captain Wales' Company, Colonel Lattimer's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in 1779 and served two months as private under Colonel Ledyard.
In 1780 he moved to Partridgefield, Massachusetts

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
and in 1781 enlisted in Captain Stephen Clapp's Massachusetts Company, served six months as a re- cruiter and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
* Soldier married January 1, 1794, Polly whose maiden name is not stated. There is no reference to children.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Date of death not all at
* He was ad. pen. on his ap. ex - Oct. 15, 1832 wh. a res. of Byron, Genesee Co. N.Y. died 1844

S. 11190
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
Sept 8 , 1922
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.     Dec. 1775 3 mos. Pvt. Officers not stated, stationed at Cambridge and Dorchester. Conn.   1776 6 mos. " Elijah Sharp Samuel Mott   Jan. 1777 3 mos. " Officers not stated. Lattimer   Aug. 1777 2 mos. " Miles Ledyard   1779 2 mos. "   1781 6 mos. " Stephen Clapp Mass.  
Battles engaged in, none stated  Siege of Yorktown Residence of soldier at enlistment Coventry, Windham Co., Conn. and Partridgefield, Mass. Date of application for pension, Oct 15, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Byron, Genesee Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, Born Apr. 13, 1759 in Coventry, Conn. Remarks: Married Polly --- Jan. 1, 1794. It is not stated that there were any children.
( Soldier had brother William who died in Va. during war + whose widow married Nathan Mann. )
Respectfully,
Commissioner.