Husband Stiles Parker 1
Born: 2 Jan 1765 - Bolton, Tolland Co., Ct
Christened:
Died: 16 Sep 1847 - (Galena, Delaware Co., Ohio)
Buried: - Galena Cemetery, Berkshire Township, Delaware Co., Ohio 2
Father: Elijah Parker (1730-Bef 1810)
Mother: Martha Stiles (1731-1776)
Marriage: 9 Jun 1792 - Otsego Co., NY
Wife Dimmis Kaple 1
Born: Abt 1773
Christened:
Died: 9 Apr 1847 3
Buried: - Galena Cemetery, Berkshire Tsp., Delaware Co., Ohio
Father: John Kaple (1750-1838)
Mother: Sarah (1753-1816)
Children
1 M John Parker
Born: 18 Mar 1793 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 25 Mar 1865 - Branch Co., Michigan 4
Buried: - Evergreen Cem., Branch Co., Michigan
Spouse: Olive Foster (1796-1870) 5
Marr: 1813
2 F Sallie Parker 6 7
Born: 19 Jul 1794
Christened:
Died: 21 Jul 1835 - Licking Co., Ohio
Buried:
Spouse: Amos Hart (Abt 1792-1866) 8
3 M Otis Parker 6 7
Born: 5 Feb 1796 - New York
Christened:
Died: 21 Sep 1796
Buried:
4 M Lewis Parker 9 10
Born: 23 Mar 1798 - New York
Christened:
Died: 29 Apr 1863 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 11
Buried: - Parker Cemetery, Elihu, Pulaski Co., KY
Spouse: Matilda DeForest Lockett (1803-1867) 9 10
Marr: 17 May 1824 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 9 10 12
5 M Stiles J. Parker 6 13
Born: 28 Apr 1800 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 9 May 1854 - Delaware Co., Ohio 14
Buried: - Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Delaware Co., Ohio
Spouse: Abigail Hurlbut (Abt 1794- )
Marr: 7 Nov 1831 - Medina Co., Ohio 6 15
6 M Charles W. Parker 5 6
Born: 23 Jul 1802 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 5 Jul 1866 - (Medina Co., Ohio) 16
Buried: - Hinkley Ridge Cem., Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio
Spouse: Hepsebeth Levitt (Abt 1810- )
7 M Artemus Parker 5 6
Born: 23 Jun 1804 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 26 Jun 1804
Buried:
8 M Riley Parker 17
Born: 19 Jun 1805 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 6 Feb 1894 - (Tecumseh, Nebraska)
Buried: - Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska 18
Spouse: Elizabeth Lyman ( -1828)
Marr: 15 Oct 1826 - Jefferson Co., Kentucky 19 20 21
Spouse: Hester Parsons ( -1833)
Marr: 6 Nov 1828 - Licking Co., Ohio 22 23
Spouse: Lovicie Parsons (1814-1836)
Marr: 24 Oct 1833
Spouse: Catherine Marquitt (1813-1897)
Marr: 25 Aug 1836 - Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio 24 25
9 M Zenas Dean Parker 5 6
Born: 17 Sep 1807 - Honeoye Lake, Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 20 Feb 1897 - Montgomery, Alabama 26
Buried: - Cave Hill Cem., Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Spouse: Harriet Loretta Searles ( -Bef 1839)
Marr: 23 Nov 1836 - Medina Co., Ohio 27
Spouse: Laurinda Searles (1811-1861)
Marr: 11 Nov 1839 - Delaware Co., Ohio 6 28
Spouse: Rury Waterbury (Abt 1803- )
Marr: 17 Sep 1878 - Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky 29
10 M Sanford C. Parker 5 6
Born: 13 Apr 1810 - Ontario Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 9 Oct 1858 30
Buried: - Hinckley Ridge Cem., Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio
Spouse: Patsy Patch ( - )
Spouse: Martha ( - )
11 M Ransom Barret Parker 5 6
Born: 2 Feb 1814 - Genesee Co., NY
Christened:
Died: 1815
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Stiles Parker
CENSUS:
<pre>1800 Otsego Co., New York, Worcester
Stiles Parker 31010 -- 1001
male female
3 <10 1
1 10-15
16-25
1 26-44 1
>45 </pre>
He is in the sequence Elijah Parker, James Parker, 6x, Thos. Caple, x, Stiles Parker, x, John Capel, 13x, Martha How, x, Bela Caple, Abijah Wright, Phenias Parker, Timothy Parker. Elijah is his father; James is a half-brother; Abijah Wright is a brother-in-law; Phenias and Timothy are brothers and first cousins of Elijah. Martha How is Stiles's sister. Thomas Caple is the father of John, who is the father of Bela. Stiles Parker is married to Bela's sister Dimmis.
<pre>1810 Ontario Co., New York, Bristol
Stiles Parker 43101 -- 00101
male female
4 <10
3 10-15
1 16-25 1
26-44
1 >45 1 </pre>
Stiles is 32 entries away from his brother-in-law Jonas Belknap.
<pre>1820 Hardin Co., Kentucky, Little York
Stiles Parker 031201 -- 10001; 3 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
<10 1
3 10-16
1 16-18
2 16-26
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>
Stiles' eldest son John lives in the same township, and his brother-in-law Jonas Belnap lives in an adjoining county (Hart).
<pre>1830 Licking Co., Ohio, St. Albans Township
Styles Parker 000100001 -- 00001001
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
1 15-20
20-30 1
30-40
40-50
50-60 1
1 60-70 </pre>
He is living next to his son-in-law Amos Hart, and his son Rily Parker is on the previous page.
<pre>1840 Delaware Co., Ohio, Berkshire Township
Stiles Parker 0000000001 -- 000000001; 2 in agriculture
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70 1
1 70-80 </pre>
He lives next to his son Riley Parker. He is a pensioner for revolutionary or military services, and he is 75 years old.
PARKER in AMERICA:
On page 460 of Parker in America Stiles O. Parker makes the following statement about his grandfather:
Stiles of the 5th, b. 1765, m. 1792, Dimmis Kaple. Chn: John, b. 1795, d. 1865; Sallie, b. 1794, d. 1835; Otis d. in infancy; Lewis, b. 1798, d. 1863; Stiles J., b. 1800, d. 1854; Charles W., b. 1802, d. 1866; Artemus d. in infancy; Riley, b. 1805, d. 1894; Zenas D., b. 1807, d. 1897; Sanford C., b. 1810, d. 1858; Ransom B., b. 1814, d. 1815 -- the 6th generation.
On page 459 Charles O. Parker (brother of Stiles O.) says the following:
STILES, b. 1765 at Northampton, Mass., d. 1847; was in the Revolutionary War its last three years; commenced drawing a pension in 1816 or 17. He rode horseback from Sonora, Ky., to Frankfort, Ky., in 1823 to get his pension, and while on the trip swapped horses. He m. Dimmis Kaple at Decatur, Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1792. She was b. 1772 and d. 1847. Their chn. were: John, Sally, Lewis, Stiles, Charles, Riley, Zenas, Sanford.
Stiles and Dimmis (Kaple) Parker's chn. were: John, b. 1793, m. Olive Foster, d. 1865. Sallie, b. 1794, m. Amos Hart, d. 1835. Lewis, b. 1798, m. Matilda Lockett, d. 1863. Stiles J., b. 1800, m. Nabbie Searles, d. 1S54. Charles W., b. 1802, m. Hepsy (Leavitt ?), d. 1866. Riley, b. 1805, m. four times, the 4th being Catherine Marquette, and d. 1894. Zenas Dean, b. 1807, m. (1), 1836, Harriet Loretta Searles; (2), 1839, Laurinda Searles; (3), 1878, Ruey Waterbury. Sanford, b. 1810, m. Martha ----, d. 1897.
On page 453 we find the following sketch written in May 1904 by J. W. F. Parker, another grandson of Stiles Parker.
Of the large family to which my father belonged, seven brothers and one sister, I never had familiar intercourse with any except one branch, and that only for a part of my life, long years past; and from them I have generally lived remote. I never saw my Parker grandparents, within my memory, nor a majority of their children, . . .
My father, Lewis, was the second son of Stiles Parker, who removed from Onandago Co., N. Y., in 1815, coming down the Ohio River with his family and effects in a flat boat, landing at Salt River and settling in Harden Co., Ky. There the family lived a few years and then went to the newer country of Ohio, where my grandfather lived till his death, in Medina Co., aged seventy-five.
Father, who was born 1798, and was a youth at the period of their Western emigration did not go with the others to Ohio; but having joined the Ky. M. E. conference as an itinerant preacher remained, and ever after lived in Kentucky. The others were John, Stiles, Riley, Charles, Zenas and Sanford, and aunt Sallie, who married Amos Hart, lived in Ohio, and most of them died there. Zenas afterward lived many years in Louisville, Ky., but died in Montgomery, Ala., and Riley lived some years in Nebraska, where he died. These two, Riley and Zenas, lived several years of the fifth score of their life time.
All had families, some of them numerous. Their people were generally all so far as I know, respectable, intelligent and good citizens. The descendants are scattered through the middle, northern, western, and even the southern states.
MIGRATION WESTWARD:
For the migration of Elijah Parker and his children into New York see notes under Elijah Parker.
According to his son Lewis, Stiles Parker became a Methodist in Otsego Co. in 1799. Shortly thereafter he moved to western New York, where he was a minister for about six years before he moved to Lawrence Co., Ohio, where he preached extensively. At http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/southbristolhist.html
there is a history of the town of South Bristol in Ontario Co. which mentions "Stiles Parker, a local Methodist preacher".
Lewis says that in 1818 he moved to Hardin Co., Kentucky with many of his New York friends. It isn't clear whether he went directly from Ohio or whether he had previously moved back to New York. He appears on the tax roll of Hardin Co. for the first time in 1819 (1818 is missing) along with his two eldest sons John and Lewis. Each owns about 60 acres of third rate land on Nolins Creek. Only Stiles has a horse. Stiles and John are on the roll until 1825 (except for 1824 when Stiles is absent); only John is present in 1826; and by 1827 Stiles and all his sons have left Hardin Co. Between 1819 and 1824 Lewis is sometimes present and sometimes absent; Stiles, Jr. appears in 1822 and in 1823 and Charles W. in 1824. The land on which they pay taxes seems to vary a lot from year to year.
According to his son Lewis, Stiles disliked the institution of slavery and for that reason left Kentucky and moved to Ohio, first to Licking Co., then to Medina Co., and finally to Delaware Co.
On page 592 of History of Licking county, O. by N. N. Hill, Jr. accessible at
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Licking/LickingFile8.htm
it is said that
"In the spring of 1830, Alexander Devilblis laid out the village of Alexandria, and the same year a frame dwelling was put up by Riley Parker on the lot now occupied by L. S. Chadwick for a grocery. The following year Stiles Parker built the first building erected expressly for a store, on the lot upon which stands the store-house of D. S. Owen, the lot being a present from Devilblis to Parker, if he would erect such a building."
The tax roll evidence suggests that Stiles left Kentucky in about 1826; in the 1830 census he is in Licking Co., Ohio with his son Riley and his son-in-law Amos Hart. The eldest son John is already in Medina Co. in 1830. According to his son Lewis, Stiles left Licking Co. and moved to Medina Co., where he stayed a few years, and then moved to Delaware Co. In the 1840 census he is already in Delaware Co. with his sons Riley and Stiles, Jr. John is still in Medina Co. in 1840 where he has been joined by his brother Charles W. By 1850 John has moved onward to Michigan, and a younger brother Sanford C., who, like his father, is a Methodist preacher, has joined Charles in Medina Co. In 1860 Charles is still there and John has returned from Michigan. Stiles Parker died in 1847, and in 1850 Riley and Stiles, Jr. are still in Delaware Co. By 1860 Stiles, Jr. has died, and Riley has moved on to Iowa.
LAND in HARDIN CO., KENTUCKY:
On February 26, 1784 a tract of 64184 acres was surveyed for Geo. Pickett on Nolinn Creek in what was then Jefferson Co., Virginia and what was later Hardin Co., Kentucky (THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS by Willard Rouse Jillson, 1925, pg 107). This tract subsequently came into the possession of Gideon Granger, who was postmaster general from 1801 to 1814 and who after he left Washington, settled in Ontario Co., New York where he acquired a considerable amount of land by buying existing farms in exchange for larger amounts of land in his "Great Tract" in the Kentucky barrens. A Hardin Co. deed from Gideon Granger to John Rhoades on September 4, 1817 (F/374) indicates that Gideon Granger's Great Tract was a rectangle 16 miles long north-south and a bit over 6 1/4 miles wide east-west. It was divided into 96 sections, each 1 mile square. There were 16 ranges each of which was a east-west row of 6 sections. The ranges were numbered from 1 to 16 from north to south, and the sections in each range were numbered from 1 to 6 east to west and west to east alternatively. Section 1 of Range 1 was in the NE corner of the tract. A square mile is 640 acres and 96*640 = 61440. The eastmost section in each range was somewhat larger than 1 mile square to accommodate the additional 2744 (64184-61440) acres. In the cited deed Gideon Granger of Canadaigua, Ontario Co., New York conveyed to John Rhoades of Bristol in the same county for $3430 ten tracts containing 1715 acres, all of which were in the great tract called Grangersville. The third tract is 518 acres in section 4 of range 2. See also F/378.
For more information about Gideon Granger's Great Tract see the article "From New York to Kentucky" at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrgs/hearye/v131Wt1992.htm
On March 20, 1819 John Rhodes and Dorothy, his wife, of Hardin Co. sold to Stiles Parker of Hardin Co. for $400 a tract of 193 acres in Hardin Co. It is a rectangle 246 poles east-west by 125 poles north-south in the SW corner of the 4th section in the 2nd range in Granger's Great Tract. The witnesses are John Parker and William Rhodes. (G/205)
On August 30, 1820 Stiles Parker of Hardin Co. sold to Lewis Parker of Hardin Co. for $130 the western part of the tract that he had purchased from John Rhodes in 1819. It is a rectangle 85 1/3 poles east-west by 125 poles north-south and contains 66 2/3 acres. The deed is signed Stiles Parker and the witnesses are John Parker and Stiles Parker, Jr. It was acknowledged in person March 17, 1821. (H/100)
On December 2, 1820 Stiles Parker of Hardin Co. sold to John Parker of Hardin Co. for $400 the eastern part of the tract that he had purchased from John Rhodes in 1819. It is a rectangle 161 poles 9 links east-west by 125 poles north-south and contains 126 1/3 acres. The deed is signed Stiles Parker and the witnesses are Stiles Parker, Jr., Lewis Parker and Riley Parker. The deed was acknowledged in person March 17, 1821. (H/99)
WHERE WAS GIDEON GRANGER'S GREAT TRACT?
On August 7, 1827 John Parker sold 190.75 acres to Rufus Smith, including the 126 1/3 acres that John had bought from his father. See notes under John Parker for details. The following article in the Summer 2010 issue of the quarterly publication of the Hardin County Historical Society describes the relationship of Rufus Smith to the town of Sonora in Hardin Co. and strongly suggests that Sonora is located somewhere on a tract of about 1000 acres that Rufus Smith came to own. The article can be seen at
http://www.hardinkyhistoricalsociety.org/uplimg/Summer%202010_2.pdf
Sonora is probably on or close to the 190.75 acres that Rufus Smith bought from John Parker, we know quite precisely where that land is located within the Great Tract, and we know the size and shape of the Great Tract. Sonora is 11.3 miles from Bonnieville in Hart Co. by road; the north-south distance is less, perhaps about 10 miles. I deduce that about half (the southern half) of the Great Tract is in Hart Co. and that the northern half is mostly in Hardin Co. with the eastern part of the northern half in LaRue Co. Hart Co. was formed in 1819 from parts of Hardin and Barren Cos. LaRue Co. was formed in 1843.
WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
The following obituary notice written by Lewis Parker appeared in the Friday, October 29, 1847 issue of the Western Christian Advocate. It is copied from a photograph of the original page. Non-standard capitalization and punctuation have been preserved. Paragraphs have been added. The original article is in columns with no paragraphing.
September 16--REV. STILES PARKER
He was born on the 2d day of January, 1765, in the state of Vermont. He entered the army at sixteen, served a term of three years, and was honorably discharged. On the 9th of June, 1792, he was married to Dimmiss Kaple, in Otsego county, N. Y., who shared with him the various allotments of life for near fifty-five years, and was the mother of ten sons and one daughter. The daughter, afterwards Mrs. Hart, embraced religion at the age of ten years, lived more than thirty years a pious and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in the faith some ten years since in Licking county, O. Three sons died in infancy and seven are yet living, most of them following the footsteps of their pious ancestors, and feel much indebted, under God, to the restraints and instruction of their devoted and most excellent mother. Our father was raised by Presbyterian parents, and in early life was hostile to the Methodists. When God graciously revived his work in Otsego, in 1799, and converted some of his relatives, (among them the Rev. Samuel How, since, for many years, a member of the New York Conference,) his prejudices gave way and he was led to seek salvation amongst them. When God converted him, and filled his soul with love, he gave up his Calvinism and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He immediately embraced and ever afterward acted upon the two great Gospel axioms: 1st All our salvation is of God, in Christ; 2d, All our damnation is of ourselves. He shortly after moved westwardly to the Genesee country. And on the 18th of February, 1804, at a quarterly meeting held in Canandaigua for the Ontario circuit, he was licensed to exhort. On the 11th of February, 1809, at a quarterly meeting held at No. 9 for the same circuit, he was licensed to preach. At Genoa, N. Y., on the 14th day of July, 1814, he was ordained deacon by Bishop M'Kendree. After exercising his ministry about six years in western New York, he moved to Lawrence county, O., where he preached pretty extensively and formed many new acquaintances: among them was Bishop Morris, then just starting on his eventful itinerant career. In 1818, he moved with many of his New York friends, to Hardin County, Kentucky. In the course of the following year, God most graciously revived his work on what was then called the Barren circuit, under the ministry of Simon Peter. Our father was an efficient instrument in that blessed work. Four of his sons were converted, among them the writer of this sketch.
Being much dissatisfied with the institution of slavery and its effects upon society, the old gentleman left Kentucky, and settled with his family in Licking county, O.; and shortly after moved to Medina; and after a few years to Delaware county. Our parents being now old and infirm, they lived with their son, Mr. Riley Parker, in Galena. On the 1st of September, 1845, the seven brothers met at Galena on a visit to their much respected parents. The writer had not seen them for thirteen years. He found their faith strong and consistent, though the earthly tabernacle was much impaired. Some of us, on that interesting occasion, received our blessing and caresses for the last time. On the 9th of April last, our dear mother closed her wilderness journeyings, passed Jordan, and entered the promised land. When speech failed, being asked for a sign that all was well, she raised her hand, chilled by the icy touch of the destroyer, in token of triumph over vanquished death, and fell asleep in Jesus. When her corpse was presented at the bedside of our afflicted father, the parting scene was truly affecting. The countenance of God's aged servant was lighted up, though in tears, and the sorrows of his lacerated heart were soothed by the Gospel-inspired hope of a reunion, shortly to be effected in the spirit land, where they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God.
Our father had been getting worse some two weeks, when his youngest son, the Rev. Sandford C. Parker, on Amity Circuit, North Ohio conference, was informed that the end of his venerable parent was evidently at hand. He hastened, with his wife, to witness the last conflict. They reached him eight hours before he expired. The old gentleman recognized them, embraced his son and kissed him, and was much pleased that they had come. Though he could not speak above his breath, and could hardly speak at all, he gave them to distinctly understand that Jesus was precious and present to sustain and comfort him in the last earthly conflict; and that he greatly desired us all to be faithful and prepare to meet him in heaven where he soon, being released from his sufferings, would triumphantly enter, and greet those who have gone before. His pain subsided, and he breathed shorter and shorter till he fell into a sweet sleep in Jesus, September 16, 1847, in the eighty-third year of his age. How painful the emotion awakened in the soul when we have to say, "Father and Mother are dead;" and what an unspeakable blessing when we can say from the heart, with young Clarke, "O, God, I thank thee that I had such a father," and such a mother!
My father was, maternally, uncle to the Rev. Samuel How, of the New York conference, Rev. Richard Wright, of the Genesee conference, Rev. Arza Brown, of the Ohio conference, and cousin to the late Lorenzo Dow.
LEWIS PARKER
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE:
http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA904&id=c_UQAQAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false
"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War" (Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1903), Volume 11, page 904:
PARKER, STILES, Belchertown. Certificate dated Belchertown, Oct. 5, 1781, signed by Elijah Parker, certifying that his son, said Stiles Parker, a minor, had been hired by Lieut. James Walker, on behalf of Class No. 10, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, and had engaged April 6, 1781; also, descriptive list of men raised in Hampshire Co. to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Noah Goodman, Superintendent; age, 16 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 2 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Belchertown; engaged April 6, 1781; term, 3 years; also, Private, Capt. Luke Day's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for May, 1781, dated West Point; enlisted April 1, 1781; reported on fatigue duty; also, muster rolls for June, July, and Aug., 1781; also, muster roll for Sept., 1781, certified at Continental Village; also, muster rolls for Oct., 1781 Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts; also, descriptive list dated Feb. 20, 1782; Capt. Luke Day's co., Lieut. Col. J. Brooks's (7th) regt.; age, 17 (also given 18) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. (also given 5 ft. 2 in.); complexion, dark (also given light); hair, dark; occupation, farmer; birthplace, Bolton, Conn.; residence, Belchertown; engaged for town of Belchertown; engaged April 1, 1781; term, 3 years.
PENSION APPLICATION:
The following is a summary of pension application S40245 for Stiles Parker:
On June 16, 1818 in Hardin Co., Kentucky Stiles Parker applied for a pension based on his service in the War of Independence. On October 11, 1819 Jonas Belknap and Michael Keith appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Ontario Co., New York and swore that Stiles Parker had enlisted into the Continental Service for a term of 3 years in April 1781 and provided a few more details. A Certificate of Pension was issued June 7, 1820 and was sent to Alfred Metcalf in Bardstown, Kentucky. That letter addressed to Alfred Metcalf in Bardstown was returned as a dead letter and the certificate was sent to James Slaughter in Elizabethtown March 16, 1821. Stiles Parker was inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of $8/month to commence on June 16, 1818. It appears that the pension was payable semi-annually on March 4 and September 4. The arrears to March 4, 1820 (from June 16, 1818) amounted to $165.03 and the amount for March 4 to September 4 was $48, so that on June 7, 1820 Stiles Parker was entitled to a payment of $213.03.
On April 1, 1822, Stiles Parker certified under oath that he was a resident citizen of Hardin Co., Kentucky.
On May 9, 1831 Stiles Parker appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Licking Co., Ohio and applied for a new pension certificate alleging that on or about August 28, 1830 his old certificate was stolen by an unknown person in Cincinatti, Ohio as he was on his way to Louisville for the purpose of drawing his pension. On the same day he also applied for a transfer stating that he now resides in Ohio and intends to remain there and wishes that his pension be payable there in the future. He stated that he removed from Kentucky to Ohio because his children were desirous of emigrating and that he wished to accompany them. A new certificate was issued May 24, 1831 and was sent to the pensioner at Granville, Ohio.
* * *
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary at War of the United States ---
I Alfred Metcalf Circuit Judge in and for the fifth Judicial District of the State of Kentucky, and sole Judge of the Hardin Circuit Court do certify, that this day Stiles Parker aged fifty three years came before me and in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" declared under oath that he is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Hardin County aforesaid, that in the spring of year 1781 he enlisted as a soldier at Belcher in the State of Massachusetts in the army of the revolution, to serve for three years, that he served from the time of his enlistment as aforesaid in Capt. Luke Day's company in the seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line on Continental establishment commanded by Col. John Brooks, until January 1784, when he was regularly discharged near Peekskill in the state of New York; that he sent his discharge to the paymaster at Boston, by a sergeant in this regiment to draw his pay, & his discharge was never returned to him; that there is no person in Kentucky within his knowledge by whom he can establish the fact of his having served as aforesaid, that he has never been allowed any pension under the laws of the United States; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support ---
Given under my hand this sixteenth day of June 1818.
Alfred Metcalf
I do further certify that from the appearance of said Parker, & from the testimony of disinterested & creditable witnesses, I am fully satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support --- Given under my hand this 7th day of July 1818 ---
Alfred Metcalf
I Alfred Metcalf Judge as aforesaid do further certify that this day John Rhodes made oath before me that he is acquainted with the said Stiles Parker & his circumstances, that said Parker is unable from infirmity to labour hard & has not sufficient property to support himself comfortably without labour --- Given under my hand this 18th day of September 1818.
Alfred Metcalf
Hardin County ___
December term 1820
Ordered that the following declaration affidavit & schedule be admitted to record To wit
Original Claim
District of Kentucky Hardin County % On this 11th day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record in the County and State aforesaid Stiles Parker aged fifty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress on the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Stiles Parker enlisted for the term of three years on the first day of April in the year 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Luke Day in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Brooks in the line of the state of Massachusetts in the 7th regiment (or continental establishment) that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the month January in the year 1784 when he was discharged from said service in the Town of Westpoint in the state of Newyork That he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said services except the affidavit of Jonas Belknap And in pursuance to the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with Intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -- One mare two cows and eight hogs my occupation farming and I am so disabled that I am illy able to pursue it I have a wife named Damnis aged forty nine one son named Charles aged eighteen Also one son named Zenus aged eleven (who is very weakly & almost entirely unable to Labour)
Stiles Parker
Sworn to and declared on in open court the 11th day of December 1820 before
Sam'l Haycraft Jr. Clk
The court value the above property to forty five dollars
BIRTH PLACE:
The first three children of Elijah Parker and Martha Stiles were born in Coventry, Connecticut between 1753 and 1757. Esther and Elijah were born in Bolton, Connecticut, about 7 miles west of Coventry, in 1761 and 1762, respectively. We have exact birth dates from the town records of those two towns. Stiles was born in 1765. Church records in Belchertown, Massachusetts suggest that his father Elijah Parker arrived there in 1770 or shortly before. Thus I conclude that Stiles was probably born in Bolton. Charles O. Parker says that Stiles was born in Northampton (about 12 miles west of Belchertown). Maybe Elijah went from Bolton to Northampton and then to Belchertown, or maybe Charles O. Parker is mistaken.
EXACT BIRTH DATES of CHILDREN:
I do not know the source of the exact birth dates of Stiles Parker's children.
