Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26818, for John Parker, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Parker, John Elizabeth
W 26818
B.Lt 6406-160-55
CONTENTS

Rev. William Lloyd Auburn, Maine
Remained in A. S. S. Map...
Rev. W. Lloyd Jul. 1836 - no 472 A. S. S. Sept. 1835
Rev. A. S. S. Roger D. Dutton
(Signature)
E. Franklin Packard Auburn Maine
Vol. P. k. 4.

4287 Maine
Elizabeth Parker, widow of John Parker, who died on the in 1794 or 1795. of Me in the State of who was a private, in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution, line for Increased from $33.55.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 66 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1831 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Feby 1858. and sent to, J. J. Coombs, Present. Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowances ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the
G. R. Getty
Recorded by Book Vol. 1 Page 89. Clerk
8 th March 1858. Certificate delivered to J. J. Coombs, and notification sent to P. Agent - old cert s returned and cancelled same day.
Died June 22, 1858

Elizabeth Parkeis Application for a pension
3. Sec. Act July 4. 1836
Maine
Vol 37. 83. Miscell. on 2:188 mo
In 79. d 93
admitted
Pr. 10 m. 2 days
com 4 March 1831, $33. \frac{55}{100}
Act 4 July 1836
died 1793,
Jacob Herrick Goff's Corner Maine

State of Maine ss: County of Cumberland ss:
On this second day of October 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, and in open court, Elizabeth Parker a resident of Durham in said County, aged Eighty two years, who being first 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 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of John Parker who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Rice as she believes, and in Colonel Shimey's Regiment, that he enlisted into said Company at Falmouth, in the year 1775. and went to Cambridge & served there and in the vicinity of Boston eight months and was discharged that being the term for which he enlisted. That afterwards in the Spring or first of the summer in the year 1779. he again enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt. McLellan in Col o Mitchells Regiment, and went to Bragadue so called (now Castine) and served in said Company and Regiment three months as she verily believes, & returned with said Company to Portland - then Falmouth & was discharged - That she has no documentary evidence to prove any of said service, but thinks his name will be found on the muster rolls of said Companies & Regiments - She further declares that she was married to the said John Parker on the fourteenth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, and that her husband the aforesaid John Parker died or was lost at sea about forty five years ago with others who went out on a fishing voyage, and the vessel in which they sailed has never been heard of since - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more

fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Witness - John Libby
Elizabeth her X Parker mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before Ezekiel Whitman
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine
State of Maine Cumberland ss.
J. Charles Fox Clerk of the judicial Courts within & for the County, and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hon. Ezekiel Whitman is the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine: and that the above, and annexed signatures purporting to be his are genuine; and that the aforesaid proceedings were had in open Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this second day of October A.D. 1838
Charles Fox Clerk Of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland.

I, Nathaniel Parker of Durham, do testify and say that John Parker, was lost or died at sea more than forty years ago - and that Elizabeth Parker who has sworn to the foregoing application for a pension is the widow of said John Parker and has not been married since his death. That she has lived with me ever since that time - she is my mother.
Nathl Parker
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. Oct. 2 d . 1878
Personally appeared the above named Nathl. Parker and a person of credibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed before me
Frederick D. Libby Chf
Judge of the C.C. Pleas

I Thomas Jameson Pastor and Clerk of the first Church in Scarborough in the County of Cumberland Land & State of Maine, do hereby certify, that in the record of marriages in said Church by the Rev. Thomas Lancaster late Pastor of said Church, the marriage of John Parker and Elizabeth Warren is recorded as follows - viz -
John Parker and Elizabeth Warren was married March seventeen hundred and seventy nine by the Rev. Thomas Lancaster Thomas Jameson -
I Thomas Jameson above named deposes and says, that I am Pastor and Clerk of the above named Church, and that the above is a true ex- tract from the record of marriages in said Church, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz "March 1879" ? Thomas Jameson

State of Maine
Cumberland Sept 13 th 1838 - Personally appeared Thomas Johnson above named who is clerk of the First Parish in Scarborough and he is a credible and reputable witness and made oath to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed before me
Levi Hovey Justice of the Peace

Elizabeth Parker Claim in the Revolutionary War
51788
Attorney Lewiston Falls Maine

I Lydia Waterhouse of Danville, County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged eighty three years on oath depose and say that I am sister of John Parker of Gorham, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army and died more than fifty years ago — His widow Elizabeth Parker at a very advanced age is now living in Durham with her son. Said John Parker served two years or more in the Revolutionary Army. It is traditional in our family that he served as much as that length of time in three or four different tours —
I am informed that his widow receives pay for only ten or eleven months service, and that it takes two years service to entitle one to a full pension.
I think according to that computation John's widow is entitled to a full pension for I am positive he served as I have above stated. I understand that his service at Cambridge in 1775 is not disputed or his service at Bayard in 1779 — and I am positive he was gone from home in the Army more than one year between these two dates — My brother Nathaniel Parker died in the Army and John came very near dying by a fit of sickness — They were at the time of this sickness and death with the Revolutionary Army in some part of the State of New York. I also depose and that my brother's widow the said Elizabeth Parker retains her —
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mental and physical faculties in a remark- -able degree so that although she is in the neigh- -borhood of a hundred years old, she has all the activity of a woman of sixty.
Witness Jacob Henrick
Sydia Waterhouse
State of Maine Cumberland ss July 30 th 1851
Personally appeared Sydia Waterhouse, personally known to me as a highly respectable lady whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed before me.
Jacob Henrick, Just. Peace.

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF PROBATE,
AUBURN, April 6 th 1855.
I, Stetson H. Hill, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Jacob Henrietta
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate for said County, the day and year first above written.
Stetson H. Hill REGISTER.

Claim for bounty land under act of March 3 rd 1855 State of Maine Androscoggin County ss On this 22 nd day of March 1855 personally appeared Elizabeth Parker aged 100 years who first being sworn according to law on her oath declares that she is the identical Elizabeth Parker who was personated May 29 th 1849 — That she is the widow of John Parker deceased who was a Revolutionary soldier and died in 1794 or 1795 — That her certificate is numbered 4787 and was issued under the act of July 6 1836 for $33.55 per annum. That she has not received bounty land under the act aforesaid or any other act nor has she applied for any. She also states that her husband's service, his death and her marriage to him in 1769 are supposed to be proved and the vouchers on file in the Pension Department. That her husb- and received no bounty land in his life time and that he served in the Revolutionary war more than fourteen days and if living would be entitled to bounty land. She therefore claims the same under the act aforesaid as his widow. She further states that she has never intermarried since her husband's death but is now a widow. And for the purpose of prosecuting her claim and receiving her warrant from the

Person Department she hereby appoints E Francis Lee Packard of Auburn in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine her attorney. She further states that she was lawfully married to her deceased husband and that her name before said marriage was Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth her X Packard mark
We David Bowe 2 nd and Ivory Bowe assistant Dunkum in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that the foregoing declaration and power of attorney was signed in our presence and acknowledged in our presence and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant and our personal knowledge of her for many years past that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and more that we know it to be the fact.
David Bowe 2 nd
Ivory Bowe
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written by Elizabeth Packard the declarant above named and by David Bowe 2 nd and Ivory Bowe witnesses above named and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim Jacob Henrik Just. free.

her letter was returned - not there - it was mailed May 15, 1935 & it is postmarked in Portland Aug 8, 1935
May 13, 1935
Mrs. L.H. Whittredge The Greymore Portland, Maine
Mr. J. H. L. John Parker - W. 26818
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Nathaniel Parker and his son, John Parker, both of Gorham, Maine, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service of a Nathaniel Parker, as described by you. Such claims are the source of the Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The record of John Parker has been found and his history is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 26818, based upon the military service of that soldier.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Parker are not shown. It was stated that the Parker family kept the ferry between Elizabeth and Falmouth.
John Parker enlisted at Falmouth, state not given, sometime in 1775, and served as a private in Captain John Rice's and Bryant Morton's Company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment; length of service eight months; he enlisted and served from January 1, 1776 to October 8, 1776, as a private in Captain Hart Williams' Company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment, marched to New York, where he and his brother, Nathaniel Parker, were both taken sick and Nathaniel died; in 1777, he was in the privateer
His sister stated that he served in N.Y. and that his brother died in service in that state.
I used state report for part of this reo. as the office increased her pension because of a state report which she furnished.

service; no details of this service shown: John Parker enlisted July 7, 1779 and served until September 25, 1779, as a private in Captain Alexander Melickum's Company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts Regiment and went on the Bagaduce expedition to Penobscot, Maine.
The soldier married March 14, 1779, Elizabeth or Betsey Warren, of Searsborough, Massachusetts(Maine). Their marriage was recorded on the records of the First Church of said Searsborough.
After their marriage, soldier and his wife moved to Gorham, Massachusetts(Maine).
Soldier went out on a fishing voyage and was lost at sea about 1793 or 1794/
His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and resided in Durham, Cumberland County, Maine, at the home of her son, Nathaniel Parker. She died June 23, 1858, place not shown. — from AB
No names of children are shown, other than the above noted son Nathaniel.
In 1851, Lydia Waterhouse, a sister of the soldier, was aged eighty-three years and lived in Danville, Cumberland County, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26818  Elizabeth Parker  Wid of  John Parker  Brn Kennebec
Act July 4 th 1896 Index: Vol. 9 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1935: May 13 - Rec'd by Mrs. L. H. Whitcomb - Ed.

62106.
160 acres.

No. 51288
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 9, 1855.
John Parker Rev: War
Warrant no 6406-160-55.
C. Franklin Packard Auburn Maine

The suspended claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Thrasher, has been
M r 4 July, '36, me
Boylston

4787 Maine
Elizabeth Parker widow of John Parker
who died on the in 1794 or 1795 of Cumberland in the State of Me who was a Serj. in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Rice of the Reg't commanded by Col. Mitchell in the Revolution time for 10 Months 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 33 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May, 1849 and sent to
Jacob Harrington Arrears to the 4th of Goffs' Corner Semi-annual allowance ending Me
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by Th. Lunkin Clerk, Book Vol. 1. Page 11,
Reported
Atkins & Bowers,
Nov. 18/51

See Small P. 10. 11/2 1/2 same day 17/20 100 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
act 4 July 36

Washington, Feby. 22 d 1858.
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence in support of the claim of Elizabeth Parker, of Maine, for an increase of Pension under the act of 1836.
The certificate of the Secy. of State of Massachusetts, which I now present, shows three terms of service, by John Parker, of Gorham, viz.
8 months in 1775 8: mo 9 months 18 days in 1776 9 " 8 days 2 Mo. 18 days in 1779 — 2 " 18 " Accounting to — 20 19 " 26 days
It will be seen by the certificate of the Secy. of State, also, that the evidence of the 9 months 8 days in 1776, has not till only recently been in the possession of that Office; which accounts for the fact that it has never been furnished before.

Mrs. Parker has heretofore been allowed for the service in 1775 and the service in 1779, although it seems the allowance for that service was 16 days short of what is now proved to have been rendered in those two tours. She has been for many years claiming that her husband served about a year between said first and last tour, but has never been able to procure any record evidence of the fact till now.
It is true that in her original declaration she did not claim for the service in 1776, but many years ago she did set up a claim for service between 1775 & 1779 - and based the claim upon the testimony of Lydia Waterhouse, the sister of said John Parker, who testified from her own knowledge that her brother John Parker was absent in the army a considerable time between those dates - she thinks about one year.

I think there can be no doubt that the service in 1776, now proved, is the same which has so long been claimed, upon the testimony of Mrs. Lydia Waterhouse. It will be seen that the service in 1776 was under the same Capt. in whose Company the 8 months service in 1775 was rendered.
Very respectfully Your obed servt J. L. Coombs
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Council of Pensions

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Parker, widow of John Cumberland County and State of Maine , act 4 th July, 1836,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") Increased from $33. 55 / 100 per An. to $66. 22 / 100 per An. under the Act of 4 th July, 1836, deducting proof exhibited, (if original.) former payments.
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The Claimant is a pensioner under the Act of 4 th July, 1836, @ the rate of $33. 55 / 100 per An. In 1838, when she applied for her pension, she alleged that her husband served in 1775, 6 & 9 in the war of the revolution. She filed evidence that he entered the service from Gorham, Mass; that he always resided in Gorham. Several Contemporaries testified that he served in his various periods of service over two years. The Certificate of the Secretary of State filed at the time the Original allowance was made showed that he served 7 months and 14 days, in 1775 & two months & 18 days, in 1779. that he entered the service from Gorham. that there was no other evidence in his Office of his service. upon this Certificate & proof the allowance of $33. 55 / 100 per An. was made. The Claimant (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? has repeatedly since said allowance claimed that her husband was in service between the years of 75 & 79 & proved that he was in service most of the year 1776. by the Affidavit of the Soldier's sister Mrs. Waterhouse. The Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, is now filed from which it appears that John Perry entered the service from Gorham in 1775 & served 8 months, his name is upon the Boat roll & the roll is dated in Camp Oct. 2 nd . 1776 was under Capt. Hart Williams & Col. Plummer. The Certificate shows that John Perry served under Capt. Hart Williams & Col. Plummer from Jan'y 1 st 1776, to Oct. 8 th 1776, nine months & eight days. he entered from Gorham. The Certificate also shows a service of 2 months & 18 days, in 1779. the first $30. term of service has 7 months & 14 days, instead of eight months. The first term allowed, therefore was for service in 1776, has not been long in his Office. There can be no doubt that the John Perry who served under Capt. Hart Williams until late in the fall of 1775, was the John Perry who entered the service from Gorham, at 76 years of age, in 1776 9 months & 8 days. The
Name and residence of Agent J. J. Coombs, Esq. Present.  J. C. B. Alden Ex: Clk.

Elizabeth Perry. Mrs. John Perry. Me:
Allowed under the act of July, 1836, @ the rate of $66.66 2/3 per An: deducting former payments under said Act at the rate of $33.33 1/3 per An:
Cash to J. J. Coombs, Esq. Present.

Lewiston Falls Maine Feb. 16 th 1858 J. J. Coombs Esq, Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you quite a number of papers in Mrs. Elizabeth Parker's claim for increase of Pension. I wish you to examine them and act discretionary in the matter. The papers marked two with pencil comes nearest to Mrs. Wentworth's deposition. All the discrepancy is in the length of service.
No one agrees with the length of service.
Mrs. Parker is entitled either to the benefit of No. 1. or 2. — I have no doubt she is entitled to a full Pension. Time is short with the old lady and if any thing can be obtained it is desirable to have it in her life time.
Very respectfully yours
Jacob Hamlin Lewiston Falls, (Maine)
You will see that the account of 1776 was not in the office when the former applications were made.

4 Elizabeth Parker Maine Act 1836 admitted
Addl Evidence for increase
J. H. Combs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Feby 9 th 1858
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 the name of John Parker is borne on pay roll of Capt. Hart Williams' Comp. Col. Edmund Hinney's Regt. of 8 mos. men, name borne on Coa d roll dated Camp in Cambridge, Fort No. 2. Oct. 2 nd 1775, as private, from Gorham. Also on pay roll of Capt. Hart Williams' Comp. Col. Hinney's Regt. from Jan'y 1 st to Oct. 18 th 1776, 9 mos 8 days as private, when he was discharged.
Also on on pay roll of Alexander McLellan's Comp. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. from July 7 th to Sept. 25 th 1779 2 mos. 18 days, as private, Roll dated Gorham. The above service in 1776 has not long been in this Office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Oliver Warner.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts, The undersigned Elizabeth Parker the widow of John Parker deceased respectfully represents that her said husband was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary Army, for which service she herself draws a Pension. That her pension is founded on her husband's service in 1775 and 1779 — That she has always believed that he served something like a year between those periods, and that was the belief of his sister Wash- burne now deceased. She therefore respectfully requests the Secretary to cause a Certificate to be issued embracing the service of John Parker of Gorham between 1775 and 1779.
Elizabeth her Parker mark
Signed under my direction Feb. 2 nd A.D. 1858 in my presence
Jacob Henrik Jnt. Jm.

Washington, Aug. 21. 1851.
Sir:
Enclosed please find the supplemental declaration of Elizabeth Parker, of Maine, widow of John Parker dec d . Claiming an increase of pension, with evidence in support of said claim.
Very respectfully, Your obedt servt.
Dickens Houghton.
J. E. Heath Esq Com r of Pensions

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 15th A. D. 1851 }
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Jacob Henrick
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated July 21st _____ A. D. 1848 and will expire July 21st _____ A. D. 1855
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his as _____ Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon , CLERK.

State of Maine Lumberland County } ss
On this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Parker a resident of Durham in the State and County aforesaid aged nearly one hundred years, who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed July 15 th 1836 —
And this declarant states that she is the widow of John Parker late of Gorham deceased who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and served therein as this declarant believes two full years in the whole. She well knows he was in the service at three different times To wit in the eight months service at Cambridge in 1775 for which he received a Military Court —
Among the men raised to recruit the Continental Army in 1777 or 1778 — and also in the Penobscot expedition in 1779 — She now receives a pension of $33.55 per annum, which she has been advised is by virtue of her husband's service at Cambridge 8 months and his service at Bangor 2 months and 18 days in 1779 —

And that she receives nothing for her husband's service at New York, where he went when he was enlisted to recruit the Continental Army, which last service named she thinks was one year at least. She well knows that her husband was sick a long time in the State of New York while in the service and came near dying - That his brother Nathaniel Parker who was with him never returned but died in the service.
She has been further advised that she is entitled to more than double the amount of Pension she now receives. She therefore makes this declaration in order to obtain an increase of Pension under the act aforesaid, and for proof of her statements she refers to the papers in her former declaration. To the proof hereto annexed and to the Military documents in the pension department.
And for the purpose of prosecuting her claim before the Commissioner, she hereby appoints Messrs Dickens and Coombs of Washington D.C. her attorneys, with full power to examine her papers and ask for and receive for her use and benefit any Pension Certificate she may be entitled to receive under said act.
Elizabeth X Parker mark
Witness Jacob Herrick

State of Maine, Cumberland ss personally ap- -peared Elizabeth Parker affirmed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her made before me, and I hereby certify, that I have been personally acquainted with said declarant all my days, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and also a highly respectable person whose mental faculties are unimpaired and whose physical powers are equal to a woman of sixty, notwithstanding her great age.
Jacob Herrick Just. Peace.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Lewiston Falls, Maine January 25 th 1849— To the Commissioner of Pensions, Sir, About the first of October 1848 I transmitted to your office a power of Attorney from Mrs Betsey Parker to obtain from the Pension department, the papers in her claim for a pension, on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband John Parker of Gorham, or to manage the matter in any other way I should see fit — Some time after I had transmitted said power of attorney to the Pension office, in conversation with Mrs Parker and her son, I was informed by them, that the reason assigned for not granting a pension was that the proof of service was not satisfactory — I had previous to my receiving the power of Attorney obtained the certificate of service from the Secretary of State (Maine) which proves the service of Mrs Parker's husband ten months & eighteen days — I then wrote you on the 5 th of Dec. last, to enquire if I could be acknowledged as her attorney, and if want of Proof of service was the only supplement in the way — It takes so long a time to receive an answer from the department, that I have thought best to send the proof of service with this communication, that the whole subject may be before you at once. Then if you see fit you can grant a certificate, or send me all the papers if they need revising — or give me any other instructions in the premises you shall

think proper — Therefore I respectfully request that this letter and the certificate of the secretary of state (which accompanies it) may be filed with the papers of Betsey Parker, widow of John Parker of Gorham transmitted to the pension department by Joseph Pope Esq. several years ago — and that my power of attorney — My letter of Dec. 5 th , this letter and the secretary's certificate may be all taken into consider- -ation, when the subject may be taken up by the commissioner. Very respectfully your obedient servant
Jacob Herrick Goff's Corner, Maine
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Payment to be made at Portland by W. Woodbury Esq., Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Maine.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol- ume 1 Page 14 by Th. Dampkin, Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, (2nd section) Elizabeth Parker, of Maine, widow of John Parker, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died in 1794 or 1795, is inscribed on the Pension roll at the rate of Thirty three dollars and fifty five cents per ann. commencing at March, 1831, and terminating at her death, or to continue during her widowhood.
Concurred 24/1838
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 29th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
H. King Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C.

Lewiston Falls Maine Oct. 13 th 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Mrs Betsey Parker the aged widow of John Parker formerly of Gorham in this State has employed me to prosecute her claim for a pension, which has been filed in the Pension office a number of years — Immediately after her application to me I obtained undeniable proof of 10 months and 18 days, service of Parker in the Revolutionary war — I am therefore at a loss to know why her claim has not been recognized, and respectfully request that the papers may be sent to me, as by her power of attorney, which is herewith enclosed. Please direct to your most Obedient Servant
Jacob Herrick Goff's Corner, Maine.
J. L. Edwards Esq, Commr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Oct. 22. 1846
Rev. J. Parker. Elizabeth County
L. Edwards Esq.
Washington, D.C.

Portland October, 19. th 1846.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Yours of the 10. th instant is received, and I feel myself under the necessity of writing to you personally on the subject matter of its contents.
I forwarded the original application of Mrs Elizabeth Parker for her pension, and was informed that it was received, and that 2. months and 18 days service of her husband under Capt. McLellan was allowed; and that proof of other service, supposed to have been performed, might probably be found on rolls in the Office of the Secretary of Massachusetts, which proof was required to be produced. Search was made, but no rolls of Capt. Kine, under whom she supposed her husband also served, could be found in the Secretary's office. But after a number of years, it was accidentally found on the records of the Council of Mass ts that Bryant Morton was appointed Captain in the place of Capt. Kine (who served but a few days at Cape Elizabeth in Jan y . 1776.) and the name of John Parker, her husband, was found on Capt. Mortons rolls. The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, shewing the service of her husband under Capt. Morton, and also his service previously performed under Captain Strout, was obtained, and forwarded, with your

letter annexed, requiring that proof to be furnished. After that I received your letter of August 17. 1846 in which you state, that the "service in 1775, credited to John Parker, conflicts with the declaration of Mrs Parker", and therefore was disallowed. Now, Mrs Parker did not, in her declaration pretend to be positive and certain, as to the names of the Officers under whom her husband served, or the order of time in which the service was performed. And to reject the service in 1775, because she did not, and could not remember, or state positively, the names of the officers, is adopting a course more rigid than has been your custom, where record proof of service has been produced. In your letter of Aug. 17. you farther observe, that "before the term of service of 9. months and 29 days in 1776 can be credited in this case, it will be necessary to satisfy the Department that the Officers under whom the service was rendered belonged to the same town or vicinity to which claimant's husband belonged," And in Sept. now last past, I forwarded the affidavits of Edmund Hagens and Elizabeth Stanford, aged, but respectable and credible witnesses, (who can read altho' they cannot write) proving that the Officers under whom John Parker served did belong to the same town or vicinity to which he belonged. - I supposed then, that, without farther difficulty, Mrs Parkers claim would be allowed. But by your letter of the 10. Oct. instant, I am informed that the affidavits of persons who can neither read

nor write, and had no personal knowledge of John Parkers service, can not be received as meeting the requirements of your letter of Aug t . 17 th .
The truth is, that the affiants could both read , and do read much; and if they could not write, their affidavits were witnessed by persons who can both read and write: — And besides, the affidavits were not sent to prove service, (that was proved by the Secretary's certificate and admitted,) but that the officers and soldier belonged to the same town or vicinity, which meets the requirements of your letter of Aug t . 17, so far as relates to the service in 1776. — And now, if Mrs Parker must go down to her grave, without having received her pension, it will not be because she has not fully proved her claim, and unless the Department believe that a female cannot testify as to the name of a townsman, or person in her vicinity, whom she knows; or that I have, as a magistrate or supposed attorney if you please, acted corruptly, in forging evidence, or in writing affidavits for ignorant and illiterate persons to sign by making their mark, not knowing to what they swear or subscribe. Sir, I feel hurt by the insinuation, with the thin covering put over it, contained in the concluding part of your letter of Oct. 10 th instant; and request of you an early answer to this letter, and

to state explicitly, if the affidavits which I last forwarded, are disbelieved, because I acted as the magistrate, or as supposed to be interested, and therefore acted corruptly.
I am, Sir respectfully
Your Ob t Servt.
Joseph Pope
Le. Edwards Esqr.
Washington, D.C.
Connecticut
Dear Sir,
Oct. 22. 1846

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, } PORTLAND, October 12 th A. D. 1848. }
Chas. C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
George W. Hunnewell
is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland appears by the paper hereto
annexed ; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such ; that the
COMMISSION of the said Hunnewell is dated Feby. 8 th
A. D. 1843, and will expire Feby. 8 th A. D. 1850.
and that the following this is Genuine.
SIGNATURE, purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon CLERK.

I now all men, by these presents, that I Betsy Parker, widow of John Parker of Gaham a Revol- utionary soldier, a resident of the Town of Dun- -am, County of Cumberland and State of Maine do hereby constitute and appoint Jacob Herrick of Danville, in the State and County aforesaid my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to apply to the Commis- -sioner of Pensions for all the papers relating to my claim for a pension, transmitted to the Pension office by Joseph Pope Esq of Portland Maine several years ago, hereby revoking my power of attorney to said Pope (if any) and hereby author- izing my attorney Jacob Herrick to receive said papers, and to do all and any business relat- ing to the further prosecuting my claim, which the nature of the case would seem to demand hereby ratifying all the doings of said attorney in in the premises as though done by myself Given under my hand and seal the thirtieth day of September 1848 for in presence of us Betsy X Parker witnesses made
Sewell Parker Nathl Parker

State of Maine Cumberland County ss Personally appeared Betsey Parker, who has signed the within Power of Attorney and acknow- ledged the same to be her free act, before me, (Oct. 7 th 1848)
George. W. Hannawill Justice Peace.

May 14 '47
PAID
J. L. Edwards Esq. Eliza Rankin Shack Burton Maggie
Washington D.C.

Portland May 8. 1847.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir,
Your letter of 23 d October last, in answer to mine of the 17 th same month, was duly received; and I was happy in being relieved of the unpleasant feelings, which were occasioned by some expressions in the letter of October 10 th . from your office, bearing your signature: And I am confident, that if the clerk, who wrote that letter, had known me as well as yourself, he would not have made (what I then thought to be) an insinuation unfavourable to my character. Be assured, my dear Sir, that I do entertain towards you no other feelings than those of perfect amity and friendship. —
I do not expect ever to prefer any more new applications for pensions, having relinquished that kind of business. But as you mentioned in your letter of October 23 d . that when other engagements would permit, you would make a particular personal examination of the

care of Mrs Elizabeth Parker, if you have not done it, I hope you will, and let me know the result. — In answer to her inquiries I could only inform her what you had stated. —
I would ask leave to refer also, to the case of Sarah Burton, for a further amount of pensions for more service of her husband William Burton, dec. — which service was proved by the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, which I forwarded. That service, I was informed, was not allowed, because not stated in his original declaration. I have learned lately the probable reason why he did not state that service. Samuel Davis, an old townsman of his, whose testimony can be relied on, informed me, that he well remembers, that early in the revolution William Burton was absent a number of months, and was said to have been in the service at the Eastward. That on his return, he met with him, and Burton related to him some of the circumstances of his service; and particularly stated to him the fact of his being caught one day when rambling too far from his comrades, and made a prisoner by the British. That he was put

under guard, in a small house in which the floor was loose; and watching the opportunity one night, he took up a board in the floor and made his escape from underneath the house. He was often laughed at for being taken prisoner, and after his return, disliked to have it alluded to or spoken of by others. — His wife and family have often heard him speak of being left behind sick, when the company returned; and after he got well, he remained a number of days, and chopped wood to pay for his board when sick.
I can procure and forward depositions to prove in substance the above statement; but do not wish to incur the expense if they would not avail. — May I ask your opinion on the subject. — Living witnesses of that service cannot be had.
I am, Sir, respectfully and truly yours, Joseph Pope.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
Joseph Pope Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date January 27. A. D. 1842. and will expire Jan'y. 27. A. D. 1849.
and that the following signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twenty first day of September Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I, Edmund Hagens of Scarborough Maine, aged Eighty seven years, do testify and say that I was well ac- quainted with Captain John Rice of said Scarborough, in the years 1775 and 1776 - that he is said to have commanded a company in Cape Elizabeth at the commencement of the Revolution for a short time, and that afterwards he served in the army at the Westward. I served in the army in a different company at the same time - I also often heard of John Parker of Cape Elizabeth, who is said to have served at Cape - Elizabeth in the boat service, but do not know what company he served in. I always understood he once kept the ferry between Cape Elizabeth & Falmouth. Scarborough & Cape Elizabeth are adjoining towns.
Witness
Samuel Higgings
Edmund his  Hagens mark

State of Maine Cumberland County ss: Sept. 3. 1846 - Then Personally appeared Edmund Hagens within named and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed before me - And I certify that the deponent is a credible and respectable witness, whom I have known personally for more than twenty years, Part.  Joseph Pope Jr. of the Peace

I Elizabeth Stanford of Cape Elizabeth aged Eighty three years, do testify and say that I have always lived in said Cape Elizabeth, and in sight of the old Fort, which was built at the commence- ment of the revolution, and do well remember seeing the Officers and soldiers who served there in the years 1775 & 1776 - Capt David Strout who belonged to Cape Elizabeth, and Capt Morton who came from Gorham, about ten miles from Cape Elizabeth, and Capt Leach who also belonged to Cape Elizabeth, were officers at the fort which I very well remember - for I often saw them passing & repassing near where I lived - I also well remember John Parker of said Cape Elizabeth, and have no doubt that he served there at that time for there were scarce any of the young of the Cape men, who did not serve for a longer or shorter time in the fort - The Parker family kept the ferry between Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth.
Witness Mary Sawyer Elizabeth her Stanford mark

State of Maine,
Cumberland County ss. Sept. 19. 1846,
Then personally appeared Elizabeth Stanford, within named, and made oath to the truth of the within declaration by her, subscribed before me - And I certify that she is well known to me, and is a credible and respectable witness.
Joseph Pope Jr. of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston: September 16 th 1848.
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 the name of John Parker is borne upon an Account of Billeting due to Capt Hart Williams Company, in Col Edmund Phinneys Regt, from their engaging in the service, till they had transferred to New Bedford, where was the 5th day of July 1775. as a private, 7 weeks and 2 days. — Upon a Return of said Company, in said Regt as a private of Coham — no service named said Return is dated "October 7, 1775." — Also upon Coat Roll of same, dated "October 26 1775." — Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Alexander McLellans Company, in Col Jonathan Mitchell's Regt in the Expedition against the enemy at Penobscot, as a private from July 7 to September
23 3/4 2 18 3 11

25 1779. 2 months and 18 days. roll dated Gorham, Nov. 27. 1779. Not upon roll of Capt Tyler for 1778.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m L. Swift. Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts Betsey Barker, widow of John Barker a soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary war requests evidence of her husbands service therein. She believes that her husband was a resident of Gorham in the time of the Revolutionary war and that he resided near the line between that Town and Scarborough. She believes that he served at Cambridge or Roxbury eight months in 1775 or 1776 under Capt Tyler of Scarborough or some other Captain from that vicinity. She believes that he served among the men raised in the County of Cumberland to serve in the Continental Army nine months after their arrival at Finkleill in 1778 — She also believes that he served in the Penobscot expedition under Capt McLellan in 1779 — She also believes that he performed other service, but she does not know under what officers he served, She therefore requests the Secretary to grant a certificate of all the service of John Barker of Gorham aforesaid which may be found on the Rolls and Revolution- ary documents in his possession.
her Betsey Barker marks
State of Maine Cumberland ss — August 28 th 1848 sworn in my presence
Jacob Merrill Just. pres.

Portland Sept. 21. 1846.
J. L. Edwards Esq. } Court of Pensions } Sir,
In compliance with the requirement of your letter of the 17 th August, I forward evidence to shew that the officers under whom John Parker (husband of Elizabeth Parker) served, belonged to the same town or vicinity to which he at that time belonged - which I hope will be satisfactory. Capt Rice served but a few days at the Cape, which I presume is the reason no rolls were returned in his name. He immediately went into the continental service. - and Capt. Norton was put in his place at Cape Elizabeth - Mrs Parker, belonged to Scarborough, where she was, married, and Capt Rice belonged to the same town, That may be the reason why she mentioned his name as the officer under whom her husband served - but it is impossible for any

of the old widows distinctly to state the names of all the Officers under whom their husbands served — Changes were frequently made in the command of different companies, and transfers made of soldiers from one company to another. There can I think be no doubt as to the service of John Parker being performed which is stated in the certificate of the Secy of Massachusetts and I hope that his widow after so long a time in trying to establish her claim will be allowed her pension.
I am, Sir,
Yours very respectfully, Joseph Pope

Portland June 18. 1846 —
J. L. Edwards Esq. Board of Pensions —
Sir,
After many searches made at different intervals for many years, in the Office of the Secy of Massachusetts, he has at last furnished a certificate of John Parker's service: amounting to 15 mos. 25 days, in addition to the 2 mos. 18 days service formerly allowed, making whole amt. of service of said Parker 18 mos. 12 days. On examining the records of the Council for 1776 — it was found that Bryant Morton was chosen and commissioned in place of Capt John Rice, on the Sea Coast service on Cape Elizabeth Harbour. — Capt John Rice, in 1776 — went into the Continental service. — As Mrs Elizabeth Parker's claim has been so long pending, I hope you will be pleased to give it your attention as soon as convenient, and forward to me, when made, a certificate in her behalf. —
Yours, very respectfully, Joseph Pope.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 17. 1846.
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 the name of John Parker is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt David Street's Company stationed on the Sea Coast of Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough, as a private from July 17 1775. 5 Months and 27 days. — Upon a Muster roll of Capt Bryant Martin's Company, stationed on said Coast as a private from January 27 to November 25 1776 — 9 Months and 29 days — The roll of said Capt Street subsequent to the year 1775. Not upon rolls of Capt John Rice for the year 1775.
The following is written upon a List of Commissioned Officers — viz — January 16 Bryant Martin chosen Captain in Rice's room."

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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of April 19. 1829 was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Cushing. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

War Department,
Pension Office,
Apr 19. 1829
Sir,
In the case of Mrs Elizabeth Parker, widow of John Parker deceased, the evidence of the date of the marriage of 2 months 18 days service under Capt. McClellan in '79, is satisfactory, but no roll of any company commanded by Capt. Rice in '78, has been found. It is highly probable that it is among the remaining rolls of the 8 months service in '78, which are still in the office of the Secretary of Massachusetts. If no roll be found it will require further testimony to establish that term. Her papers are placed on our files upon the act of 4 th July 1836.
Very respectfully,
W. M.obb
J. L. Edwards
Joseph Pope, Esq., Portland,
Maine.

J. L. Edwards Esq, Commr. of pensions Washington D.C.

Pittsfield Oct 6. 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions
Sir
I forward the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Parker for a pension under the act July 4. 1836. Please forward to me a certificate of pension in her behalf if her claim is satisfactorily proved & oblige
Yours very respectfully
Joseph Pope.

I William McLellan of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Gentleman being of lawful age and sound memory do depose testify and say. That I was always acquainted with John Parker of Gorham in the county aforesaid from a boy - said Parker since my self was out a privateering in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and in one m o . Then he and myself about three months was out in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine at Bayaduce (now Castine) and met there together there at the time we were at Bayaduce I know that said Parker had a wife by the name of Betsy before her marriage to said Parker her name was Betsy Warren of Scarborough in said county of Cumberland our Captain's name at Bayaduce was Alexander McLellan in Colonel Mitchell's Regiment I do further depose testify and say that I am seventy years old the seventh day of last July. I also know that said Parker's wife came to Portland two or three times while we were at Falmouth (now Portland) where we were stationed for a time previous to our going to Bayaduce waiting for the fleet to be ready to sail, said Parker's wife came for the purpose of seeing her husband.
Gorham Sept. 12. 1838. William McLellan
State of Maine, Cumberland ss.
Gorham Sept. 12. 1838. Personally appeared the above named William McLellan a man of good charac- ter for truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Elijah Hays Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland ss
I Charles Fox Clerk of the judicial courts within & for the County of Cumberland, do hereby certify that Eliza Hays, Albert Smith Charles Harding & Seth Storer Esquires are severally magistrates in & for said County & duly appointed & commissioned to act as such, and that the several signatures purporting to be theirs on the within & annexed certificates are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this Sixth day of October A.D. 1838
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland

I Abner Harman of Buxton in the County of York & State of Maine, of the age of Eighty two years, do on solemn oath dispose, testify and say, that in the year 1775 I enlisted in Compa- ny of Infantry commanded by Capt Abraham Tyler, which was attached to the Regiment under the Command of Col Ed- mund Phinney, & served in the American Army at Cambridge, near Boston, Massachu- -setts for the term of Eight months - I well remember that John Parker of Gorham, or Scarborough served at the same time & during the same term, in the American Army. He belonged, I think, to a company under the Command of Captain Rice, in Col Phinney's Regiment, & was with me at Cambridge & was honorably discharg- -ed at the end of the Eight months - He was afterwards again in the Army. but the particulars of the last service or the term of time he served I cannot say State -
Abner Harman

State of Maine
Cumberland Co
On the fourth day of September in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, the within named Abner Harmon, was examined & cautioned & sworn to the within Deposition by him subscribed
Before me
Albert Smith Justice of the Peace
I also further testify that the reputation of the above named Abner Harmon for truth & veracity is good, & that he is a revolutionary pensioner
Albert Smith

I Samuel Crockett of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine seventy six years of age depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Parker former- ly of Gorham and  in said County, and that I re- member that he was absent from home about the first of the Revolutionary War, and it was said among the neighbors that he had enlisted into the Army. I was also told by his relatives that he had enlisted. I recollect of seeing him going frequently to the house of Mrs Warren in Scarborough in said County and it was currently reported that he was courting Mrs Warren's daughter Elizabeth or Betsey as she was then called. It is my impression that said Parker enlisted for three years, but I cannot pos- sitively say that he enlisted for more than eight months. I think he enlisted shortly after Brunker- Hill Fight. I would further state that it was current- ly reported and believed that said Parker married Betsey Warren. Soon after the marriage they moved to Gorham, which was before he went into the service, at the eastward and I was at their house in Gorham a number of times, and they lived together as husband and wife, and she was called Mrs Parker. I have no doubt that they were married, Samuel Crockett

State of Maine, Cumberland ss. Portland September 11. 1838. Personally appeared the within named Samuel Crockett a man of good character for truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the within written Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Charles Harding Just. Peace

The Graymore Portland, Maine
April 24, 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me information about the following members of my family who enlisted in the Revolution:
Nathaniel Parker who lived in Gorham, Maine, formerly in Cape Elizabeth and Needham, Mass. He married Hannah Roberts of Falmouth, Me.
Who was his father? Also mother Who was her father? / " "
Also his son John Parker, of Gorham, Me. He married Elizabeth Warren. I wish to

The Graymore Portland, Maine
know her parents.
Any information about this father and son would be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to compile a brief family history. Am now in Maine for this purpose, but records here are very incomplete.
Thanking you in advance, yours truly
(Mrs. L. N.) Bertha C. Whittridge
Nathaniel Parker & Hannah Roberts John Parker & Elizabeth Warren Corham, Maine.

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IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/EEL
John Parker- W.26818
Mrs. L.H. Whittredge The Graymore Portland, Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Nathaniel Parker and his son, John Parker, both of Gorham, Maine, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service of a Nathaniel Parker, as described by you. Such claims are the source of the Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The record of John Parker has been found and his history is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26818, based upon the military service of that soldier.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Parker are not shown. It was stated that the Parker family kept the ferry between Elizabeth and Falmouth.
John Parker enlisted at Falmouth, state not given, sometime in 1775, and served as a private in Captain John Rice's and Briant Morton's Company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment; length of service eight months: he enlisted and served from January 1, 1776 to October 8, 1776, as a private in Captain Hart Williams' Company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment, marched to New York, where he and his brother, Nathaniel Parker, were both taken sick and Nathaniel died: in 1777, he was in the privateer

service; no details of this service shown: John Parker enlisted July 7, 1779 and served until September 25, 1779, as a private in Captain Alexander McLellan's Company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts Regiment and went on the Bagaduce expedition to Penobscot, Maine.
The soldier married March 14, 1779, Elizabeth or Betsey Warren, of Scarborough, Massachusetts(Maine). Their marriage was recorded on the records of the First Church of said Scarborough.
After their marriage, soldier and his wife moved to Gorham, Massachusetts(Maine).
Soldier went out on a fishing voyage and was lost at sea about 1793 or 1794.
His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-two years and resided in Durham, Cumberland County, Maine, at the home of her son, Nathaniel Parker. She died June 22, 1858, place not shown.
No names of children are shown, other than the above noted son Nathaniel.
In 1851, Lydia Waterhouse, a sister of the soldier, was aged eighty-three years and lived in Danville, Cumberland County, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.