John PARKER

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Abbrev: Powell, Brock and Descendants
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Author: Powell, Christy
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John married Dyonysia BRIGHT in 1601. Dyonysia was born on 14 Aug 1580 in Norton, Derby, England; died on 24 Sep 1604 in Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jane BATES on 2 Jul 1605 in Norton, Derby, England. Jane (daughter of James BATE and Dorothy HARRISON) was born in 1576 in Jordanthorpe, York, England; died in Mar 1617 in Norton, Derby, England; was buried on 7 Mar 1617 in Norton, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confused with another Thomas Parker: ; NOT THE Thomas Parker born and baptized in Norton, Derbyshire, England, who died after three months. DO NOT COMBINE
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• LifeSketch: ; Thomas was listed as age 30 years on ship records of "Susan and Ellen" which sailed out of London March 11, 1635. The Ship Master was Edward Payne. He landed first in Lynn Mass. then moved to Reading, Mass. where he established a church -- was named Deaco
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• Residence: 1635, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; When Thomas first arrived in Massachusetts
• Emigration: 11 Mar 1635; departed from London
• Landed in North America: 31 Mar 1635, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Landed at Lynn, Massachusetts
• Religion: 1645, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Named a Deacon of the first church established in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Last Will written: 3 Aug 1683, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; See a photo and a transcription of this will in Memories

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Thomas immigrated in 1635 on the ship "Susan and Ellen." It is said he was one of three brothers who came to America. Thomas lived in Chelmsford, Reading and Groton, MA.

INSCRIPTION ON THOMAS PARKER'S TOMBSTONE:
"Reader weep, prepare to dy, I say,
For death by none will be said nay;
One of the 7 of this church foundation,
So to remain 'til the powerful voice say
Rise in health a glorious habitation.
A pattern of piety and of peace
But now, alas, how short his race.
Here we mourn, and mourn we must,
To see Zion's stones, like GOLD LAID IN THE DUST."
--courtesy of Mary Beth Wheeler.

Thomas founded the church of Reading where he was Deacon.

Note: Vice President Dick Cheney is a descendant.

Thomas was listed as age 30 years on ship records of "Susan and Ellen" which sailed out of London March 11, 1635. The Ship Master was Edward Payne. He landed first in Lynn Mass. then moved to Reading, Mass. where he established a church -- was named Deacon. Married Amy in 1635. He was made a Free Man on 17 May 1637 at Lynn and served as a select man in 1652,1653,1657, and 1661 .

According to Wikipedia, Parker after arriving in Lynn, Mass. in 1638 he was either the first or one of the first, settlers of what became the town of Reading. It was first known as Lynn Village, but became incorporated in 1644 as Reading, with a total of seven families living in seven houses. There is evidence that Parker was"conspicuous in naming the town" and that he was related to the Parker family of Little Norton, England, who owned land by the name of Ryddinge. Parker was a selectman of Reading and was appointed a judicial commissioner. He owned 200 acres of land on the north side of Ipswich River, but his homestead bordered the east side of Wakefield (then part of Reading) Common, just northeast of today's Wakefield Town Hall.
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Thomas Parker emigrated on the ship "Susan and Ellin", departing London, England on 11 Mar 1635. The ship was fitted by Sir Richard Saltonstall. Because of a connection between Sir Richard Saltonstall and the Parkers of Browsholme (his granddaughter Mary Sunderland married an Edward Parker, born 1602), some have speculated Thomas Parker was part of the Parkers of Browsholme. There is no documentary evidence to support the conjecture. On the ship list, he gave his age as 30, placing his birth about 1605.

Thomas Parker settled first in Lynn, MA, removing to Reading, MA a few years later, where he was one of seven founding member of the town's first church. He was named deacon of the church in 1645. He died 12 Aug 1683, nine days after making his will, dated 3 Aug 1683, proved 18 Dec 1683. In the 19th century, a number of old gravestones were discovered in a building, including that of the Thomas Parker. The discovered gravestones were then placed together in a section of the cemetery, not over the actual graves.

Based on the birth estimate from his gravestone, some researchers have also tried identifying Thomas Parker as the son of John Parker and Jane Bates who was baptized on 31 Mar 1609 at Norton, Derbyshire, Eng. This Thomas, however, was buried on 18 Jul 1609. Other researchers have tried to place his birth in Cholderton, Wiltshire. Parker was a common surname, as Thomas was a common given name. There were plenty of Thomas Parkers whose baptisms in England can be found between 1605-1609. No documentation is known to confirm the origins of Deacon Thomas Parker of Reading, MA.

(This info thanks to Gar Watson)

Thomas married Amy AYLESWORTH in Dec 1635 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Amy was born about 1614 in England; died on 15 Jan 1690 in , Reading, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hananiah married on 30 Sep 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hananiah married on 12 Dec 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married on 13 Nov 1667 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married in 1666 in Ipswich, , Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martha married on 13 Oct 1674 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BUILT THE FIRST HOUSE IN READING, MA
SELECTMAN, 1718, 1724, 1725, 1732
"Nathaniel Parker settled in the West parish of Lynn, Ma, now the center of the town of Reading, MA and built the first house in Reading. He was admitted Freeman in 1691, served as ensign and was a Selectman in 1718, 1724, 1725 and 1732. He donated land for the burial ground and was the first person buried in the graveyard at West Parish, now Reading." --William Richard Cutter.
Vice President Dick Cheney is a descendant.

Birth: May 16, 1651
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death: Dec. 7, 1737
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

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Parents:
Thomas Parker (1609 - 1683)
Amy Aylesworth Parker (1615 - 1690)

Spouse:
Bethiah Polley Parker (1659 - 1748)

Children:
Nathaniel Parker (1679 - 1761)*
Bethia Parker Emerson (1685 - 1715)*
Susannah Parker Underwood (1687 - 1769)*
Timothy Parker (1696 - 1737)*
Obadiah Parker (1697 - 1758)*

Siblings:
Hananiah Parker (1638 - 1724)*
John Parker (1640 - 1699)*
Joseph Parker (1642 - 1644)*
Mary Parker Dodge (1644 - 1717)*
Joseph Parker (1645 - 1646)*
Nathaniel Parker (1651 - 1737)
Sarah Parker (1653 - 1656)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Reading
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA

Created by: Sue Allen
Record added: Mar 09, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18313501

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Notes for Nathaniel Parker, sometimes known as Ensign Nathaniel Parker:


Nathaniel and his wife Bethiah Polley Parker had at least 15 children, all born in Reading (pronounced RED-ing). Except where specified, every birth, marriage and death mentioned on this page happened in Reading:

1) Bethia/Bethiah Parker, born July 23, 1678. She died October first.

2) Nathaniel Parker, born December 4, 1679. He married Elizabeth Wright on October 6, 1702, in Andover, Massachusetts. The couple had at least nine children. Elizabeth Parker died October 22, 1754. "Lieutenant" Nathaniel Parker died August 20, 1761, in Reading. His FindAGrave memorial includes photos of his grave marker:
Memorial

3) Jonathan Parker, but apparently not the Jonathan Parker born July 18, 1681, who was the son of Ensign Nathaniel Parker's brother John. Unless, after John died when his son Jonathan was 16 or 17, possibly Ensign Nathaniel decided to adopt his teenaged nephew Jonathan. Jonathan Parker died after the date of Nathaniel's last will, which was March 19, 1728. As of this writing, Jonathan is not among other people's online listings of Nathaniel's children. But "my Son Jonathan Parker" written in Nathaniel's will (photo below) proves that Jonathan existed, whether he was a biological or adopted son.

4) Stephen Parker, born June 14, 1684. He died November 6th of that year.

5) Bethia/Bethiah Parker, born September 6, 1685. She married Ebenezer Emerson on May 27, 1707. The couple had two children; Bethia/Bethiah Emerson, born July 27, 1709, who died August 12, 1757; and Susannah Emerson, born March 8, 1713, who died November 28, 1792. Mrs. Bethia/Bethiah Emerson died June 30, 1715, at the age of 29. Ebenezer died in October of 1751.

6) Susannah Parker (apparently also known as Sarah) born December 6 or 29, 1687. She married Joseph Underwood on May 27, 1707. The couple had at least 13 children, born in Chelmsford and Westford, Massachusetts. Joseph died January 29, 1761, in Westford. Susannah Underwood died February 18, 1769, in Groton, Massachusetts.

7) Ebenezer Parker, born December 28, 1689. He married Mercy Damon on April 6, 1714. They had four children. Mercy Parker died December 4, 1725, at the age of 30. Ebenezer married Ruth Swan on April 6, 1726. Ebenezer married Anna Davies on October 25, 1749. Ebenezer Parker died about 1779, in Putney, Vermont.

8) Stephen Parker, born April 21, 1692. He married Elizabeth Batchelder on April 29, 1713. They had at least eight children. Stephen Parker died in 1749, in Leominster, Massachusetts.

9) Caleb Parker, born February 22, 1693/94. He died after the date of his father's last will, which was March 19, 1728.

10) Timothy Parker, born February 24, 1695/96. He married Mary Scarborough on September 8, 1818, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which is now a part of Boston. The couple had at least nine children. Timothy Parker died after July of 1735, and before June 20, 1737, in Roxbury. Mary died in May of 1778, in Roxbury.

11) Obadiah Parker, born January 13, 1697. He married Hannah Stevens on December 26, 1724, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. They had at least
12 children. "Ensign" Obadiah Parker died September 29, 1758, in Groton. Hannah Parker married "Captain" Ephraim Sawtell on September 30, 1762, in Groton. Hannah Sawtell died October 7, 1775, in Mason, New Hampshire. "Ensign" Obadiah Parker's FindAGrave memorial includes a photo of his grave marker:
Memorial

12) Abigail Parker, born September 25, 1699. She died after the date of her father's last will, which was March 19, 1728.

13) Amy Parker, born June 1, 1701. She died before November 8, 1702.

14) Amy Parker, born November 8, 1702. She married Stephen Richardson in 1728, at an unknown place. They had at least 10 children, all born in Billerica, Massachusetts. The couple's dates and places of death are unknown.

15) Phineas Parker, born September 27, 1704. More about him is in this chart.
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Nathaniel Parker was, for a time, an officer in the Reading Infantry Company. Even after his service ended, he was commonly referred to as Ensign Nathaniel Parker. The main purpose of having fighting men form the Reading Infantry Company was to protect the white people from the Indians.

In modern times, an ensign is the junior commissioned officer rank in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. But before 1800, there were officer ranks such as ensign in infantry companies, militias, and the U.S. Army.

State and local militia rules varied at the time Nathaniel Parker was an ensign. But typically, an ensign would be the lowest rank of commissioned officer, below lieutenant and above the non-commissioned rank of sergeant. So an ensign back then would be comparable to a 2nd lieutenant in today's army.

Nathaniel was a selectman of Reading, during five years.

Nathaniel's last will, dated March 19, 1728 or 1729:


Nathaniel's FindAGrave memorial includes photos of his grave marker:
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Nathaniel married Bethiah POLLEY on 24 Sep 1677 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Bethiah (daughter of John POLLEY and Susannah BACON) was born on 12 Feb 1658 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 20 Feb 1659 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; died on 23 Aug 1748 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Laurel Hill Cem, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bethiah married on 27 May 1707 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ebenezer married on 6 Apr 1714 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Susannah married on 27 May 1701 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Timothy married on 18 Mar 1735 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Parker Will in Hampshire county names 2nd wife Elizabeth as his wife. It was proven in Hampshire County 11 November, 1760.
John Parker Will
In the name of God, Amen, the Twenty-eighth day of September Seventeen hundred and sixty. I John Parker of the County of Hampshire and Colloney of Virginnia farmer being verry sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be giving unto God. Therefore and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say: Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the earth to be buried in Christian manner all the Difersion of my Executores Nothing Doubting Butt all the general resurrection. I shall receive the same again. By the mighty power of God and as Touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to Bless me with in this World I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and first I give and Bequeath unto Elisabeth Parker my dearly Beloved wife one third part of all my estate both real and personal also I give and Bequeath unto everyone of my children an equal part of the rest of my estate both real and personal and to their heirs or assigns and also I give and Bequeath unto my Grandson Thomas Parker an equal part with the rest of my children. Signed sealed and delivered and confirmed to be the last will and testament of John Parker. In presence of us the subscribers.
His
John Parker
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Probate record sale - many items bought by Robert, Nathaniel, and the Widow Parker
(1761 FHC MF # 0186355) Robert Parker was executor.

"Fort John Parker" from "Frontier Forts Along the Potomas and ItsTributaries" by William H. Answel, Jr. Exerpts: "This defense was located on Lot #44 of the Fairfax South Branch survey...two and one half miles southeast of Springfield, West Virginia..
On November 9, 1756, the "fort at Parker's on the South Branch" was included with the list of defenses extending across the Virginia frontier, and it was stated to be ten miles from Ashby's fort on Patterson's Creek and was garrisoned with thirty men.
On June 13, 1756, while at Fort Cumberland, Washington wrote to Captain Robert McKenzie ordering him to instruct Lieutenant Neugent of the King George militia to immediately proceed with his command to John Parker's on the South Branch and while there, not only protect the inhabitants about the fort but to also assist them in harvesting their crops...
Fort Parker was named for John Parker, the owner of the real estate upon which it was constructed, he having purchased Lot #44 consisting of 350 acres from Thomas Lord Fairfax on July 24, 1749..The foundation stones supporting the buildings can still be seen at the location. About 200 feet north of the fort is an ancient cemetery, the graves marked with native stone, but without inscriptions of any kind. The persons buried there are unknown. It may have been a Parker family cemetery and John Parker, the early settler might be interred therein. The since the gravestones are unmarked, it could well have been a burial ground for the Parker family slaves.
Indians were in the vicinity of this fort on several occasions during the war. In September, 1756, Ensign Charles Smith of the Sixth Company of the Virginia Regiment, while on a scout with twelve men on the south Branch and in the vicinity of Fort Parker, encountered a band of Indians and after a short skirmish, one savage was killed and Smith's men captured several scalping knives, together with four French muskets.
John Parker died in 1760 before the Indian troubles were over. He left surviving his wife, Elizabeth, who later married Thomas McGuire; four sons, Robert, Richard, Nathanial and Aaron; two daughters, Elizabeth, who married John Hall (sic) and Catherine, who married William Forman."
Mineral Co. library - family sketch - John Parker comes from England in 1749. The writer confuses John and Elizabeth with a later John Parker, wife Mary, who sold land and bought after 1761. States that Catherine was the daughter of John and Elizabeth
Martha Redford papers - Johnson Co. Historical Society. States that John Parker was the owner of 2821 acres in Hampshire County, VA and also several slaves.
James C. Parker of Oxnard California

Family/Spouse: Catherine PEARSON. Catherine (daughter of Robert PEARSON) was born on 4 Sep 1707 in Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America; died in 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth, (Taliaferro) after 1735 in Virginia, British Colonial America. Elizabeth was born in 1705 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1787 in Hampshire, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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