Person:Sylvanus Parkinson (3)
Pvt Sylvanus Parkinson
b.19 Apr 1763 Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey
d.12 Mar 1848 Collins, Erie, New York
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Henry Parkinson1741 - 1820
  2. William Parkinson1747 - 1826
  3. Sgt Jonathan Parkinson1750 - 1832
  4. Sgt Reuben Parkinson, Sr1757 - 1834
  5. Aaron Parkinson1759 - 1835
  6. Pvt Sylvanus Parkinson1763 - 1848
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Jun 1829
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Facts and Events
Name Pvt Sylvanus Parkinson
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Apr 1763 Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey
Marriage 3 Jun 1829 to Elizabeth Knight
Death? 12 Mar 1848 Collins, Erie, New York
Burial? Mount Pleasant, Knight, Or Scrabble Hill Cemetery, Erie,New Yorkhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13609076
Reference Number 512+99>34+


BURIAL U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Name: Sylvanus Parkinson Service Info.: PVT CONTINENTAL LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Birth Date: 19 Apr 1763 Death Date: 12 Mar 1848 Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cem Cemetery Address: Collins Ctr, NY Eden, NY 14057 Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

CENSUS: New York Census, 1790-1890 Name: Sylvanus Parkinson State: NY County: Cattaraugus County Township: Age 78 Otto Year: 1840 Page: 074 Database: NY 1840 Pensioners List Source Information: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New York Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes

BIOGRAPHY: U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Name: Sylvanus Parkinson Pension Office City/Town: Albany Pension Office State: New York Year Range: 1831-1850 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National



MILITARY: January 28, 1930

Mr. John W. Parkinson Newark Ohio

Dear Sirs. 

  I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim #S.28.840, it appears that Sylvanus Parkinson was born April 19,  1763 at Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
  While residing at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, he enlisted and served as follows:

  As a teamster under the direction of his father whose name is not given, dates of service not given, three months as a teamster under Halsay and Fisher, Commisioner of Teams in the New Jersey Troop, three months as a driver of artillery pieces und Captain Fleming, Colonel ???? Reg. Of Continental Artillery, one month a orderly sergeant in Captain Hickey's New Jersey Company, three weeks a orderly sergeant in Captain Sander's or Sebring's New Jersey Company, Colonel Frelinghousen New Jersey Regiment, he also served short terms every year from 1776 - 1778, was in the battle of Elizabethtown and skirmishes.
  In 1789, he moved to Sharon (later Carlisle), New York, where he resided until 1827, when he moved to Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Otto, New York.
  It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours

Earl D. Church Commissioner

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