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Ilis application for a pension reveals some other items of interest. Ile was pensioned under the act of 1818 from January 30, 1819, at $8 per month, $41.57 back pay. Elizabeth, his widow, was pensioned September 22, 1838, at $108 per year, with $270 back pay. Ile made oath in 1820 that he was worth $350 and had an income from cooking business of only $180 per year. He said that his pay in the army was 40s. a mouth. In 1820 he was a domestic in a large tavern in Boston, attending upon the tables in the day and cleaning boots and shoes at night. October 4, 1823, he made oath at the Probate Court at Salem that he enlisted for three years or during the war, in Captain Williams's company. Colonel Greaton's regiment, at Lynn, and con- tinued to serve for six and a half years, being honorably discharged at New Windsor on the declaration of peace. This is corroborated by the Massachusetts rolls, which give the additional fact that during a part of this time, at least, while he was credited to the town of Lynn, his residence was given as Boston.
PAPPOON, or PEPPOON, RICHARD,-son of Richard and Elizabeth (Ivory) Pappoon, was born September 17, 1736; married February 3, 1767, by Rev. Nathaniel Ilenchman, to Mary Newhall; children, Content, Ruth, Solomon, William, and Mary. He died in 1808, letters of adminis- tration being granted on his estate July 20, 1808. The land which he owned was situated on the "town's common," and, according to Mr. William Hudson, consisted of land now occupied by the Unitarian and St. Stephen's Churches and extending back to Summer Street. . 1 marker and stone in the old Western Burial Ground mark his grave.
Appears in a list of six months' men raised by the town of Lynn for
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service in the Continental Army in 1780; marched June, 1780; dis- charged December 13, 1780; service, five months, twenty-eight days; also private, Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted February 3, 1778; discharged, April 3, 1778; service, two months, one day; also descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for term of six months, agree- able to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, forty-four years; height, 5 ft. 8 in .; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn; arrived at Springfield, July 13. 1780; marched to camp same day under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard; returned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Briga- dier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780.
Private,Captain Samuel King's company; enlisted July 14, 1775; service, six months, two days. Receipt dated Salem, September 25,1775.
PARKER, DAVID,-captain of the 1st Saugus company, was probably son of David Parker and Mary Upham, who were married in Malden, September 5, 1740. David, the father, died October 5, 1760. No records of births in his family were recorded until 1748, when his son Silas was born; but it is certain that David was born at Malden in 1744. The following very complete sketch of him was written by Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus, in 1760: "Passing south along the narrow high- way which then extended from the Newhall tavern towards Boston, the aspect of the country at once became changed. Instead of culti- vated fields on both sides of the highway, the traveller at once found on his right hand a frowning rock hill, covered with a dense growth of pine and cedar, and on his left the deep, dark recesses of "No Man's Swamp." The first building that attracted attention after passing the tavern was the long, low blacksmith's shop of Major David Parker. Here the clang of the hammer and anvil resounded daily before the American Revolution was thought of. His house near by stood close to the ledge of rocks in the rear. The site of the house was upon an old Indian burial-place, and no doubt but the hones of many of the original children of the forest rested beneath it. It was probably the largest blacksmith shop in Lynn at the time. Being near to the New- hall tavern, the half-way house between Boston and Salem, it secured thereby a large amount of business. Major Parker was an industrious, enterprising mechanic and devoted himself to business with becoming zeal for many years. He held an honorable rank among the people
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of his adopted town and was early honored with the office of captain of the militia of the West Parish, the largest company in Lynn. This advancement was made prior to the Revolution. His courage and bravery at the Battle of Lexington led immediately to his promotion as major, which rank he held for many years after the war. Major Parker was a man of great benevolence of feeling, kind and affable to strangers. generous to a fault. He pursued the business of blacksmith up to about the time of his death. Ilis son Richard succeeded him in the business."
Captain Parker was twice married. Ile came to Lynn from Malden in the summer of 1766, with his wife Elizabeth and child Elizabeth, and was warned out of town by Thomas Cox, constable, in accord- ance with the custom of the times. Later he served in the battle of Lexington with the same constable. He was married, October 20, 1777, by Rev. Mr. Roby, to Mary Hunnewell, of Charlestown, daughter of Richard and Mary (Kidder) IJunnewell, born July 9, 1742. His children were Elizabeth, David, William, Mary, Richard Hunnewell, Ebenezer, Sarah, and Susannah. May 26. 1773, he was one of the petitioners to the General Court to set off Saugus as a separate par- ish. The petition being granted be became a member of the new church and was for some years clerk. On February 14, 1776, he was chosen major by the House of Representatives, and was attached to Colonel Timothy Pickering's Ist Essex County regiment. It does not appear that Major Parker saw active service after the battle of Lexington, but undoubtedly he served in the home guard.
Ilis wife, Mary, died August 14, 1798. His last days were spent in Malden, where his death occurred February 8. 1810, and he is buried in the old Bell Rock Cemetery. His grave, near the wall, on the north side, is under a spreading maple and is marked by a slate stone.
The old house in which he lived in Saugus was torn down about 1875. PARKER, NOAH,-return of men raised in Essex County for the Conti- nental service, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780; also descrip- tive list dated Hutts, New Boston, May 15, 1782; Captain James Tis- dale's 4th company, 3d Massachusetts regiment; age, thirty-three: 5 ft. 6 in .; complexion, dark; eyes, blue; yeoman; residence, Lynn; enlisted June 5, 1782, for three years; also private, Captain Tisdale's company, Colonel John Greaton's 3d regiment; muster-rolls for Sep- tember and October, 1782, also January and February, 1783; also
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Einer Partons o hymwild inthecounty Priset. in Massachusetts Onbathmakes thefollowing Declaration :
Fiat on the 1:" Only 1750 he Enlisted as a vricate in bakt Hancock's Company in Cool. Voli's Regiment in the Mass! him for fix months, and prote that frenos and received an honorable discharge :
That in the beginning of February 1753 he again ! Inlisted for Three years as a private in Capt Nathan Mise's Company in Col. Michael Jackson's Requicent , in the Mass !! Live, and fino ED slevEn month's, and at the End ofthat time he received the Discharge which is herrunto annexed .
That he is 56 years of age and from his reduces circumstances inlife stands in need Dafsistaun fronhas. Country for upport. aut he relinquishes all claimt amyfusion heretofore allowed him If the Laws of the. Unitis Hales. flew' Manuel
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APPLICATION FOR PENSION BY EBENEZER PARSONS
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same company, Colonel Michael Jackson's 3d regiment; muster-rolls for August and September, 1783; balance of term of enlistment unex- pired, nineteen months, twenty-nine days; reported on major-general's barge; also accounts current showing clothing charged to men belong- ing to Captain Tisdale's company.
PARSONS, EBENEZER,-was born in Leicester, Mass., March 13, 1762, and came to Lynnfield to live with his grandfather, Ebenezer Bancroft. He was married November 18, 1787, to Abigail Smith, daughter of Jonathan and Mercy (Hawkes) Smith, Shen Jargong and lived in Lynnfield until his death. Ile was a farmer and inn-keeper, and is described as a large man, who always wore his hair in a queue. In his last days he suffered a stroke of paraly- sis and became bent and broken. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Revolutionary soldiers' monument in Peabody, April Hobby out for 14, 1835. Died April 17, 1843, aged eighty-one. His wife, Abigail, or Nabby, died May 16, 1849, aged eighty-four, and is buried by his side in the Lynn- field West Ground. Ile was a pensioner under the law of 1818, at the rate of $8 per month from, April 14, 1818. Dropped from the rolls May 1, 1820, but restored later at the rate of $80.10 per year.
He appears on a list of six months' men raised by the town of Lynn for service in the Continental Army during 1780; also descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; aged eighteen years; height, 5 ft. 10 in .; complexion, light; residence, Lynn; arrived at Springfield July 10, 1780; marched to camp July 11, under command of Captain George Webb; returned as received of Justin Ely, commis- sioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780,
The length of his first terni of service is not known, but that he re-en- listed for six months in 1780 is shown by the following copies of docu- ments in possession of his grandson, Ebenezer Parsons :-
LYNN, July 4, 1780.
"wee do hereby Engag & promise to Ebenezer Parsons of Lynn, being an inlisted souldier in the Continental army for six months to deliver him thre cows
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at the End of the sd six monthas in Lien of his six months wages, he delivering his six months wages or money Equal thereto to us or Either of us, the sd cow to be as good as cows are one with another that is to say midling Cows.
JOSEPH GOWING THOMAS TOWNSEND JOHN PERKINS."
Discharge :-
"Ebenezer Parsons, a soldier in Col. E. Putnam's reg. Discharged the ser- vice, the Issuing Commisiariat will furnish you with provisions on your march home.
ENOCH PUTNAM, Col Comdt."
WEST POINT, Dec. 6, 1781.
PARROTT, BENJAMIN,-private, was probably born about 1745, but no record of his parentage has been found. It is supposed that Daniel and Marstin Parrott, who were in the Revolution, were his brothers. The family came to Lynn after 1700, and settled in the easterly section of the town, where they ever afterward remained. He was married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, August 21, 1766, to Mrs. Elizabeth Ingalls. His children were James, Benjamin, Rufus, Hannah, Nathaniel, and Will- iam. Ilis home was upon Chestnut Street, opposite the present Howard Street, but the house was torn down many years ago. He was a private in Captain Farrington's company, and responded to the Lexington alarm. In this company was Edward Ireson, whose widow he later married. her father. Samuel Ingalls; and Joseph Richards. whose daughter married his son Benjamin. It can thus be seen how thoroughly this little company was recruited from "Wood End" and how closely allied by kindred ties were its members.
After the death of his comrade, Edward freson, in 1801, he married, May 2, 1802, the widow, Mrs. Hepzibah (Ingalls) Ireson, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Lewis) Ingalls, born in Lynn in 1757. His son James married her sister. Ile became one of the original members of the Second Methodist Episcopal Society, and owned a pew in the church (St. Paul's).
Mr. Parrott was instantly killed, September 30, 1811. by being thrown from his cart, which was heavily loaded. He is interred in the old Western Burial Ground, where a marble stone and bronze marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1904. Ilis wife died December
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BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR -GENERAL KNOX, Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudfon's River. Olenerer Parsons Ildiez. the Thing Hafsachusetts. Regiment, being inlifted for Thrce Yeats, is"hereby honourably. DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Thirtyfirst Day of December
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By the General's Command,
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
DISCHARGE OF EBENEZER PARSONS
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7, 1828, aged seventy-one, and a slate stone marks her grave in the Eastern Burial Ground.
PARROTT, DANIEL,-was born in 1737, but no record appears in the Lynn records. It is known that he served as a corporal in Captain Israel Davis's company at the capture of Lonisburg in 1745. He was mar- ried in Lynn by Rev. Mr. Henchman, March 1, 1763, to Rebecca Ingalls, daughter of Nathaniel and Tabitha (Lewis) Ingalls, born in Lynn, December 20, 1732. Daniel Parrott did duty in Captain Far- rington's company on the 19th of April, 1775, and also joined the Con- tinental Army in the summer of 1779, having volunteered for the term of nine months. At the end of his enlistment the British were men- acing the defences of the Hudson River, and General Washington made an appeal to the various states for recruits. Lynn decided to raise a company of thirty-one men to reinforce the army, and Parrott was one of the number drafted. At this time he was described as being forty- three years of age, 5 ft. 7 in. in height, and of a ruddy complexion. He left Lynn, June 27, 1780, and was received in camp at Springfield, July 13, 1780, by Brigadier-General John Glover. From Springfield he marcbed to the Hudson, where he was stationed near West Point. General Glover was a member of the court-martial which tried Major Andre, and the Lynn men who went out at this time were present at the execution of that officer. Daniel Parrott served until December 13, 1780, when he was discharged, and allowed pay for 220 miles' travel home. He died in Lynn, August 5, 1810, and is buried in the old Western Burial Ground in a grave marked by a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R., erected in 1904.
PARROTT, JOHN .- One of this name, supposed to be from Lynn, was captured at the fall of Quebec, December 31, 1775. He was in Captain Thayer's company.
The Lynn records have a John Parrott, born 1748, died Angust 7, 1832, aged eighty-four.
PARROTT, MARSTIN .- Two of this name are borne on the rolls in Lynn, one serving as a private in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall, and the other in that of Captain William Farrington, both on the 19th of April, 1775. There may have been a mistake on one of the rolls or there may have really been two of the same name who served. The name is found in the list of Captain Samuel King's company of seacoast guards
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which served for six months. The death of Marstin Parrott is noted about May 1, 1833, aged seventy-eight, in New Haven, Conn. PAUL, WILLIAM,-probably born in Lynn in 1759.
Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Essex County regiment, sworn to at Salem by John Flagg, first military officer of the town of Lynn; engaged for Lynn; term during the war; also list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, muster-master, for Suffolk County, dated Boston, March 16, 1777; Captain Allen's com- pany, Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; also private, Captain Allen's company, Colonel Calvin Smith's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1780; also descriptive list dated West Point, January 29, 1781; Captain John K. Smith's company, 6th Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Lieu- tenant-Colonel Smith; rank, private; age, twenty-two; stature, 5 ft. 7 in .; complexion and hair, light; eyes, light; residence, Lynn; en- listed June 10, 1777, by Captain E. Smith; enlistment during war; also private, Captain Peter Claye's light infantry company, com- manded by Captain John K. Smith prior to May 1, 1781; Lieutenant- Colonel Calvin Smith's 6th regiment; also assignment dated October 21, 1783, signed by said Paul, making over to Henry Foye, for value received, all wages due or to become due to said Paul, late soldier in Captain John Kilby Smith's company, 6th Massachusetts regiment. commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Hull; also return, prob- ably 1783, of men entitled to gratuity of $80, agreeable to act of Con- gress of May 15, 1778, for service during war .- Mass. Rolls.
PELSUE, JOHN,-private in Captain Bancroft's Lynnfield company at the alarm of April 19, 1775. He was probably the son of William Pelsue, of Salem, born in Salem, June 16, 1738. That he was a stranger in Lynnfield is evident. No other person of the name appears in either town or parish records. IIe is mentioned once only in the latter, when it was voted March 28, 1778, " to give John Plelso an order for 9 shillings for his being overtaxed." Nothing further has been learned of him. PERKINS, CAPTAIN JOHN,-son of William and Sarah Perkins, was born May 10, 1740, and died September 4. 1823, aged eighty-three. He lived in Lynnfield, in the old house, still standing, in a good state of preserva- tion, known as the "l'erkins place," which has been in the family name about two hundred years. Ile married Eunice Waters, of Danvers, in-
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tentions published September 10, 1766. She died August 16, 1827, aged eighty-four, and is buried at his side in the old ground at Lynnfield Centre. Ile seems to have been a man of prominence in his day, the records showing him to have been clerk of the town in 1769, 1774, 1775, 1783, 1784 and 1789, town treasurer from 1792 to 1804, selectman, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1789. He joined the Lynnfield church with his wife, November 3, 1771, and was chosen deacon, September 16, 1796.
He appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts militia, as first lieutenant in the 6th company of the 1st Essex County regiment, com- missioned April 26, 1776; also in a list of officers as first lieutenant in Captain John Upton's 6th company, Essex County regiment, com- missioned April 26, 1776, dated Lynn; also commissioned October 30, 1776, appears among a list of officers as captain in Captain John Perkins's 6th company, Colonel Timothy Pickering's regiment, commissioned in Council, October 30, 1776.
PERRY, THADDEUS,-son of John and Sarah (Price) Perry, was born in Lexington, Mass., December 26, 1730. In 1764 he came to Lynnfield, and was warned out of town by Constable Joseph Gowing, who was afterwards lieutenant in the same company in which Mr. Perry served as private. He married Rhoda Green, daughter of Deacon Daniel Green, of Reading. His children were Nathan, Daniel, Benjamin, George, John, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Ruth, Alice, and two whose names have not been preserved. In 1772 he was chosen constable, but appears not to have been prominent in town or parish affairs.
He was a private in Captain Bancroft's company at the Lexington alarm, serving the usual two days. In 1777 he enlisted as a private in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regi- ment, and served two months on an alarm in Rhode Island. Ile was discharged July 10, 1777, at Point Judith. From records on file, which cannot be clearly placed, he probably saw further service during the war.
He died in Lynnfield, February 5, 1806, aged seventy-six, and is buried in the old burial-ground at Lynnfield Centre. A stone and marker of the S. A. R. were placed at his grave in 1903.
Note .- A Thaddeus Perry, of Lynn, and Anna Haywood, of Andover, were married in Andover, March 29, 1769.
POOL, CAPTAIN JOHN,-was descended from John Poole, who came to this country about the year 1632. Ile was born June 10, 1735, and was the
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son of Timothy and Elizabeth Poole. Ile married, first. Sarah Town- send, of Reading, August 29, 1762, and his children were Sarah, John, Susanna, Isaac, Thomas, Sarah, and James; married, second, Mrs. Susanna Smith, of Reading, November 1, 1767. His home was in the ancient house which stood where the gate-house of the water-works is located in North Saugus. When the new pond was made, the house was torn down, and no trace remains. Little is known of Captain Pool. He held minor positions in the town, being constable in 1766, fence-viewer in 1771, surveyor of highways in 1781, and warden in 1791. Ile died May 1, 1798. The homestead consisted of seventy-five acres of land, situated in Saugus and Lynnfield, together with house and barn, all valued at $1,560. Ile is buried in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre. and the grave is marked by a marble stone and the bronze marker of the S. A. R.
On the 24th of April, 1776, he was chosen captain of the 2d company, 1st Essex County regiment, and was commissioned two days later. On September 30 of that year his company of fifty men were drafted from Brigadier-General Michael Farley's regiment, to march to Horseneck on an alarm. His company was in Colonel Coggswell's regiment, which reached White Plains just after the battle, the company having been engaged in scouring the woods. It then marched to North Castle, where it remained until its discharge, January 1, 1777.
Ile was second lieutenant in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; engaged October 14, 1779; discharged November 22, 1779; service, one month, twenty days, at Claverack; regiment detached from Essex County militia to reinforce army under General Washington.
PORTER, AMos,-was a private in Captain Parker's Saugus company at the Lexington alarm; but, aside from his two days' service at that time, nothing is known of him. Ile may have been the son of Joseph and Mary Porter, born in Danvers, November 24, 1742; married Anna Bradstreet, December 10, 1763.
PORTER, EBENEZER,-probably Lynn, appears on a receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge. June 8, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775, for eight
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months; bounty coat, Winter Hill, November 4, 1775; Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment.
POTTER, BENJAMIN BURRILL,-son of Benjamin and Hannah (Brown) Potter, was born February 1, 1758.
Private, Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Tit- comb's regiment; arrived at destination June 11, 1777; discharged August 11, 1777, two months, six days, including travel home; also private, Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to July 3, 1778, at Cambridge.
Appears on a list of prisoners on brig "Haskett & John," taken May 3, 1781; committed July 7, 1781; residence, Lynn.
PRATT, AMOS,-son of Thomas and Lydia (Lynde) Pratt, was horn in Mal- den, April 11, 1734. Hle was married April 30, 1761, by Rev. Joseplı Roby, to Sarah Upham, of Lynn. He first resided in his native town, where his daughter, Sarah, was born, May 19, 1762. In March, 1763, he removed to Lynn, settling in Saugus. In October of that year he was officially warned out of town, according to the custom of the times. He remained, however, and erected his home on the Melrose road, about one hundred rods eastward from it. Mr. Benjamin F. Newhall says: "It was a small, one-story house, with out-buildings, and surrounded with beautiful trees. Deacon Pratt, for he afterwards attained to that dignity, was a small but very active man. He never let the grass grow under his feet. Neatness and order reigned supreme all about his retired and romantic home. Smooth flat stones paved the way to the well, barn, and out-buildings. Every piece of wood- work was scoured and kept clean, for paint was practically unknown in those days. He was for many years one of the deacons of the old West Parish Church and was a highly exemplary man."
Amos Pratt responded to the alarm of April 19, 1775, in the com- pany of Captain David Parker, but saw no further service in the war. Ile died in March, 1821, leaving a small estate. His family soon dis- persed, the house fell into decay, and has disappeared. He is buried in the old Saugus cemetery, and a stone and marker of the S. A. R. were erected to his memory in 1903.
PROCTOR, JOHN .- A John, son of William and Elizabeth (Ricker) Proctor, was born in Lynn, November 4, 1754; married Mary Newhall, Febru-
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ary 17, 1774; also married Joanna Tarbox, January 7, 1779. There was a son, Joseph.
Seaman, brigantine "Freedom," September 10, 1777, to April 1, 1778, Captain John Clouston. Probably on "Rambler." Also sea- man, brigantine "Tyrannicide," Captain Allen Hallet; enlisted Feb- ruary 1, 1779, to April 30; also marine, ship "Protector," December 18, 1780, to May 9, 1781, four months, twenty-one days. Captain John F. Williams; also on roll December 11, 1782.
See also Timothy Newhall, who says that he sailed in the Penobscot expedition with John Proctor.
PROCTOR, JOHN, Jr.,-son of Joseph and Annis Proctor, was born in Mar- blehead; baptized May 3, 1747; lived in Swampscott; married by Rev. Mr. Roby, December 12, 1792, to Anna Brown. Ile died December 20, 1819.
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