Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15162, for Eleazer Parks, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Parks, Eleazer Elizabeth
W. 15162
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
Elizabeth Parks.
widow of Eleazer Parks, decd:
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7 September, 1817 — of Worcester Co. in the State of Mass: — who was a private in the Company: commanded by Captain Minot of the Regt: — commanded by Col: Bullard in the Mass: Mil a line for 11 months & 25 days —
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 39 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June 1839 and sent to Jacob Wales, Baldwinville, Mass: —
Due as to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $118.29 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 19.71 $138.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by M c Neal Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 120

I Josiah Parks of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years, Do testify and say that I am a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed June 7-1832 and am Brother to Elizer Parks late of Wincendon deceased, my Brother the said Elizer had stood as a minute man for some time prior to the nineteenth day of April 1775 at which time he marched to Concord and to Cambridge and there he enlisted for eight months I will not be sure what officers he was under but my impression is that he was in Col. Bands Regiment and Capt. Fullers Company the reason why I know he was in the first eight months service is we at the time the British came out to Concord were living at home with our Father in said Lincoln I frequently went to Cambridge Boston with a team during the eight months and one time when I was down I went on to Prospect Hill and saw my Brother the said Elizer and another Brother by the name of John Parks who was an eight months man in the same Company with the said Elizer. I further say that my Brother the said Elizer was out with me in the year 1777 under Capt. Minott in Col. Bullards Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne he and my self served at that time I think four & a half months. I further say that my Brother the said Elizer married a girl in the town of Stow by the name of Elizabeth Whitney and some years after he married he moved to Wincendon in the County of Worcester where he resided until his decease.
Josiah Parks
Subscribed and sworn to this 24 th day of January 1839 - before me Charles Wheeler Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Josiah Parks is a man entitled to credit Charles Wheeler Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the word Boston, and insertion of the word Cambridge, interlined within, was by the direction of the Deponent — Charles Wheeler Justice of Peace

Extracts from the records of the Town of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts —
July 24 th 1776 — Paid to M c Clayder Parks eleven shillings for one Bayonet, one ramrod and knapsack which he found for himself as a Minute Man — (so called)
June 30 th 1779 Paid to Eledyer Parks eight Pounds for services performed at Cambridge in 1775 —
I hereby certify the above extracts are a true copy from the records of the Town of Lincoln in the Treasurer's office witness — Charles Wheeler Town Treasurer
Middlesex ss Lincoln January 24 - 1839 Then personally appeared the above named Charles Wheeler and made oath to the truth of the before certificate by him sub- scribed — Before me Elisha Fiske Justice Peace
I further certify that the above named Charles Whee- ler is Treasurer of the Town of Lincoln and is a man of truth and veracity Elisha Fiske Jus tice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Secton, Offic. Jan. 25. 1839.
I hereby certify that the within Elijah Fiske & Charles Wheeler were full in of the Peace for the County of Middlesex at the date of their several abatements. Witness the Seal of the State.
John P. Bigelow Seal of the Commonwealth

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Elizabeth Parks (Map III )
het. declaration
admitted
State 11 sec 25-26-31-32
Co. of 1775
#39. 43 100
not on roll Cal. for
Races Co. of 1777
on roll Capt George Mintz Co. of 16 Aug 1777 - 32-25 days P by James  W.  Rolls
Capt. Mintz Col Bullard Ans Mills
dec'd 17 Sep 1817
let 13 Sep 1838 t
James

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Ira Barton Esq r is Judge of Probate, and Jacob Wales Esq r is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester; and Rufus Hos- mer Esq r is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex (and they were at the date of this attestation) in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed; this fourteenth day of August, A. D. 1838, and in the sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838. entitled, an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: "
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Bortom Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County aforesaid. The widow Elizabeth Parks a resident of said Winchendon in said County aged seventy years who being first duly sworn doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: " That she is the widow of Ebenezer Parks late of said Winchendon deceased; who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war and served according to the best information she can obtain, of his services, as follows, was in the first eight months service, and as she believes in Col. Dixer Regiment and Capt William Smiths Company but is not sure as to his Captains. She further says her husband the said Ebenezer Parks was out three or five months in the year 1777 marched to Ticonderoga and other places and was present when Burgaine surrendered but she cannot remember for certainty the names of his officers. She has often heard him mention the name of Capt Jonathan Rice as being out at that time and thinks he might have been in his Company. She thinks he was out a

trip or two more but cannot recollect where he went. She further declares she was married to the said Elizer Parks the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy in the town of Stow County Middlesex and State of Massachusetts by the Rev Jonathan Newhall then a Minister in said Stow and when she was married she was a resident of said Stow and her husband the said Elizer Parks a resident of Lincoln in said County of Middlesex and that after her marriage she resided in said Lincoln with her husband about two years and then moved to said Winchendon where she has resided ever since. She further declares that her husband the said Elizer deceased at said Winchendon the eleventh day of September eighteen hundred and seventy. and that she has remained his widow ever since. She further says she has no documentary evidence of the services of her said husband but respect- fully refers to the records in the war depart- ment for the same. She further declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first January eighteen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated.
I am to add subscribe the Elizabeth Parks day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety four
Upon oath
See Boston Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Middlesex
In filling the blank for the year when the defendant was married, she has uncertain whether it was the year ninety or a later
J. B. Allen

Eleazar Parks of Lincoln and Elizabeth Whitney of Stow were Married - April 10 th 1782.
A true copy of records Attest Charles Vower } Town clerk of Stow
Middlesex ss. 9 th August 1830 Then the above named Charles Vower made oath that the above is a true copy from the records of the town of Stow in his custody
Before Rufus Hosmer Justice of Peace
Middlesex ss. 9 th August 1830 I hereby certify that the above named Charles Vower is Town clerk of the town of Stow in this County
Rufus Hosmer Justice of the Peace

I Stephen Weston of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seven years Depose and say that I was well acquainted with Elizer Parks late of said Winchendon deceased the said Elizer died in said Winchendon about twenty years ago I do not remember the exact time although I attended his Funeral, I further say the said Elizer left a widow who now resides in said Winchendon by the name of Elizabeth Park whose maiden name was Elizabeth Whitney and a resident of Hove in the County of Middlesex and her husband the said Elizer was a resident of Linco- ln in said County of Middlesex in the time of the war I was acquainted with the said Elizer & his wife the said Elizabeth before they came to Winchendon to live, I further say the said Elizabeth has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Elizer Parks
Stephen Weston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss Winchendon August 9-1888 Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Stephen Weston for more than twenty years and I believe him to be a man of truth and strict veracity
Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that the signatures of John Banton, Judge of said Court, to the papers hereto annexed, are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this first day of January, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Charles G. Prentiss, Register
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15162 Elizabeth Parks Widow of Ebenezer Parks Briv Riv War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]