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Children by First Wife.
11. Joseph, b. 27 Nov., 1724; m. Priscilla Bill.
12. Mary, b. about 1727; died young.
13. Stephen, b. in Aug., 1730; m. Ann Fargo.
14. Jason, b. 4 Nov., 1740; m. Lydia Allen, his consin.
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III. JOSEPH (11), b. 27 Nov., 1724, eldest son of Jason Allen and Mary Atwell: married , Priscilla Bill. He was a farmer and owned the farm occupied by the late Reuben Palmer. The old house stood near the present barn on the premises and was taken down many years ago. He died about 1806. His last will was probated in New London Sept., 1806, and was dated Oct., 1805. In his will the following chil- dren were named.
Children.
15. Roswell, b. ; m.
16. Mary, b. ; m.
17. Abigail, b. , 1747; m. Daniel Rudd.
18. Sarah, b. ; m. James Wright, 12 Feb., 1792.
19. Charlotte, b. ; m. JJohn Brown, 4 Nov., 1788.
20. Margary. b. ; m. Lebbeus Lamson.
21. Wealthy, b. ; m. Elijah Brown.
III. STEPHEN (13), b. in August, 1730, second son of Jason Allen and Mary Atwell: married Ann Fargo.
Children.
22. Mary, b. ; m. Thomas Fitch (2d wife).
23. Stephen, b. ; m. Elizabeth Gilbert.
24. Lucy, b. ; m. King Smith.
25. Lydia, b. : m. Stephen Miner.
26. Mercy, b. ; m. George Comstock.
III. JASON (14), b. 4 Nov., 1740, youngest son of Jason Allen and Mary Atwell; married 21 April, 1763, Lydia, daughter of Jason Allen and Karon Fox. He settled at Mont- ville, was a farmer, and held offices in the town. He died in May, 1817. She died 3 Sept., 1813.
Children.
27. Mary, b. 22 April, 1764; m. James Rogers.
28. Samuel. b. 17 June, 1766; m. Mary Prentis.
29. Betsey, b. 23 Oct., 1768; m. Anson Miller.
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30. George, b. 8 June, 1771; m. Saralı Yale.
31. James, b. 4 June, 1774; m. Lucretia Holt.
32. Eunice, b. 26 Nov., 1776; m. Isaac Thompson.
33. Jason, b. 30 May, 1781; m. 1st, Nancy DeForest; 2d, Lydia White.
34. John Hastings, b. 15 Jan., 1785; m. 1st, Achsa Thomp- son ; 2d, Nancy Hill.
IV. GEORGE (30). b. S June, 1771, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen, daughter of John Allen; married 8 April, 1807, Sarah Yale. She lived with Judge Hillhouse. Hc settled at Montville and was a farmer. He afterwards re- moved to Verona, N. Y., where he died August, 1857. She died there in 1864.
Children.
35. Samuel, b. 7 Oct., 1808: was living in 1886.
36. Delia, b. 28 Feb., 1811; was living in 1886.
37. George Hosmer, b. 20 June, 1813; m. Orpha L. Cook.
IV. JOHN HASTINGS (31), b. 15 Jan., 1785, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen; m. 1st, Achsa Thompson, 3 July, 1814, daughter of Nathaniel Thompson and Delight Fox. He was a farmer. He married 2d, Nancy Hill, daugh- ter of Jonathan ITill and Charlotte Fox. He lived on the farm now owned by the town of Montville: He and his wife, Nancy, both belonged to the Congregational Church at Mont- ville Center. He died 25 Feb., 1866. His last wife died 26 March, 1868. By his first wife he had two children.
Children by First Wife.
38. Eunice, b. 25 July, 1816; m. 25 Feb., 1844, James Ladd, and had one son, James Henry, b. in 1846.
39. Jason, bap. in 1823; died unm.
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Children by Second Wife.
40. John H., b. 22 Feb., 1827: m. Cynthia Dart.
41. Charlotte, b. in Ang., 1828; m. Jared S. Rogers.
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42. Samnel, b. 17 June, 1832; m. Harriet Lester.
43. William, b. in April, 1834; m. Eliza Sillman.
IV. JASON (33), b. 30 May, 1781, son of Jason Allen and Lydia Allen; m. 1st, Nancy DeForest. Settled first in Woodbridge, N. J., and afterwards removed to the state of New York. She died, and he married a second wife, but her name has not been ascertained. He died in Lenox, Pa., about 1837.
Children by Nancy.
44. Catherine, b. about 1811 ; m. Wright.
45. Maria, b.
46. Elizabeth, b. about 1816; m. - Kingsley.
Children by Second Wife.
47. Nancy De Forest, b. about 1831; m. Dr. Pelchin.
48. Susan, b. about 1834; living in 1886, umm.
V. JOHN H., JR. (40), b. 22 Feb., 1827, son of John H. Allen and Nancy Hill; married 20 Nov., 1854, Cynthia Dart, b. 9 Oct., 1832, daughter of Ezra Dart and Eunice New- berry. He was a farmer. Settled in Montville. Both were living in 1896.
Children.
49. Jonathan Hill, b. 17 Nov., 1857; m. Minnie Newberry.
50. Fitch Lewis, b. 5 Feb., 1859; m. Mary Williams.
51. Alma Jane, b. 7 June, 1860; died in 1875.
52. Warren Newberry, b. 17 Nov., 1862; m. Anna Allen.
53. Anna Cyntha, b. 1 Feb., 1865; m. Walter Miner.
54. Walter Long, b. 10 July, 1868; m. Flora
PALMER BROS. MILL.
PALMER FAMILIES.
Walter Palmer, whose numerous descendants met at Ston- ington on the 10th day of August, 1881, for a family reunion, was of English origin, and arrived in New England in 1629. He was born in England as early as 1585, and at the time of his settlement at Stonington was considerably advanced in years, at which place he erected a dwelling-house and removed there with his family during the year 1649.
ITis first appearance was at Charlestown, Mass., where he built the first dwelling-house erected in that place. He was assigned two acres for a house lot, and subsequently had more liberal grants. His inclination tended to farming and stock raising, and soon found that his limited possessions there were entirely inadequate to his favorite business.
In 1643 he removed to Plymouth Colony, and, with others, joined in the organization of the town of Rehoboth, where he was honored by his fellow townsmen with the first election of deputy, and was subsequently re-elected to that office, and repeatedly the office of selectman was conferred upon him. From Rehoboth he removed to Stonington and settled at a place called Wequetequock.
Of his family it is known that he was married in England long before he came to this country, as his oldest daughter, Grace, came to New England with her father and family, and went with him to Charlestown and joined the church there 1 June, 1632, and was married 23 April, 1634, to Thomas Miner, born in England in 1608, she being about the same age with her husband.
The other children of Walter Palmer were, 1st, William, born in England, and came with his father to this country.
2d, John, born in 1615, came with the family to this
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country, was admitted freeman of the Massachusetts Colony in 1639. Joined the church 23 Oct., 1640, and died 24 Ang., 1677; unm.
3d, Jonas, came over with his father, lived at Charles- town until 1637, when he married Elizabeth Griswill, and moved to Rehoboth, where he died without issue.
4th, Elizabeth, also born in England, came with the family to New England, and married 1st, Thomas Sloan, and 2d, a Mr. Chapman.
No records appear that show whether or not their mother came over with the family. If she did come with the others she must have died shortly after their arrival here, for in the old church record of Roxbury, Mass., the following statistics appear: " Rebecca Short came in the year 1632, and mar- ried Walter Palmer, a godly man of Charlestown church, which they joined 1 June, 1633."
Children by Rebecca.
5. Hannah, bap. 15 June, 1634, came with her father to Stonington and married 1st, Thomas Hewitt, 26 April, 1659, by whom she had two children, Thomas and Benjamin. She married for her second hus- band, Roger Sterry, 27 Dec., 1671, by whom she had two children. For her third husband she mar- ried John Fish, 25 Aug., 1681.
6. Elihu, bap. 24 Jan., 1636, came with his father to Stonington and died 5 Sept., 1665, probably unm.
7. Nehemiah, b. 23 Nov., 1637, who also removed from Charlestown to Stonington with his father and mar- ried there, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Stanton and Dorothy Lord, 20 Nov., 1662. They had seven children.
S. Moses. b. 6 April, 1640; who also removed with his father to Stonington, and married Dorothy -; and had five children.
9. Benjamin, b. 30 May, 1642: m. at Stonington, 10 Aug., 1681, but who she was or where she came from the records do not show. The fact of the marriage
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only appears from a diary of Thomas Miner. He
died 10 April, 1716.
10.
Gershom, b. at Rehoboth, and came to Stonington with his parents, where he married, 1st, Ann, daughter of ('apt. George Denison and Ann Borodell, 28 Nov., 1667. They had ten children. He mar- ried for his second wife Elizabeth Mason, widow of Major Samuel Mason. He was a deacon of the first church at Stonington, and held various positions of trust in civil affairs.
11. Rebecca, b. at Rehoboth about 1648; came with her parents to Stonington, where she married Elisha Cheesebrough, son of William Cheesebrough and Anna Stevens, 20 April, 1665, and had one child, Elihu, b. 3 Dec., 1668. The father died 1 April, 1670. She then married, 24 July, 1672, John Buldery of New London, and had five children.
Elder Reuben Palmer, b. 12 June, 1759, son of Gershom Palmer and Dolly Brown of Preston, Conn., was of the seventh generation in a direct line from Walter Palmer, the first. He was the only son and fifth child among ten children. His sisters were, 1st, Prudence, who married, 1st, William Breed, and had one daughter, Sophia, who married James Wheeler of Montville. They were the parents to Henry Wheeler, Nathaniel Wheeler, and Charles Wheeler, who were residents of Montville. For second husband she married James Thompson. 2d, Dolly, married Nathan Randall. 3d, Zerviah, who married her cousin, Gersham Palmer, and had a daughter, Lydia, b. about 1789, and married Abel Smith of Montville. 4th, Naomi, married Stephen Ray. 5th, Lois, married Abel Pahner; they had a son, William, who was a Baptist minister. 6th, Esther, married Jonathan Palmer. 7tlı, Lucretia, married Elijah Palmer. Sth, Katura, married Jacob Burton and settled in Vermont. 9th, -; married Budlong.
VII. ELDER REUBEN PALMER married, 16 Nov., 1780, Lucretia Tyler, daughter of Caleb Tyler and Hannah
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Barnes of Preston. He was ordained a Baptist elder at Northi Stonington, and, while pastor of a church there, received a call to the old Baptist church in Montville. He was its active pastor from 3 May, 1788, to 25 Dec., 1798, at which date, a council having been called, he was publicly installed pastor of the church, in which office he continued until his death, 22 April, 1822. She died 15 Ang., 1855, aged 91 years.
Children.
2. Hannah, b. 25 Dec., 1781; m. Nehemiah Lamb of Gro- ton in March, 1798, and had fifteen children.
3. Sally, b. 16 Oct., 1783; m. Christopher Green.
4. Reuben, b. 26 Dec., 1784; m. Mary Comstock.
5. Lucretia, b. 25 April, 1786; m. Samuel Fox.
6. Mary, b. 17 Dec., 1787; m. Roswell Caulkins.
7. C'aleb, b. 24 June, 1790; m. 1st, Lucy Fox; 2d, Lucy J. Ohinstead; 3d,
S. Tyler, b. 4 March, 1792; m. Lydia Cook.
9. Gideon, b. 23 Oct., 1793; m. Mercy M. Turner.
10. Joshua, b. , 1795; m. Hannah Caulkins. Had two children, John and Elisha. He died 3 Oct., 1819. She then married Huntley, and died in 1876.
11 Samuel D., b. 11 Feb., 1798; m. Rebecca Bolles, 10 Dec., 1823, daughter of Calvin Bolles. He died at Rome, N. Y., 18 June, 1878, while an operation was being performed in removing a cancer. She died 19 Oct., 1876. He had John, Joshua, Francis, Nelson, and Calvin.
12. Gersham, b. 6 Aug., 1796; died young.
13. Rhoda, b. 2 Oct., 1799: m. Elisha Hurlburt, June, 1818, and had fourteen children.
14. Peter P., b. 11 May, 1801; m. Naomi Darrow, 3 Sept., 1821, and had nine children. Settled in the state of New York.
15. Achsa, b. 12 May, 1803; m. Samnel W. Palmer, 1st wife, 22 Sept., 1820, died 12 Oct., 1820.
16. Lonisa, b. 30 Dec., 1804: died 9 Ang., 1844, unm.
17. Emma, b. 31 Dec., 1806; m. -- Warren.
18. Thankful, b. 28 June, 1809; m. Wells Hart of Michigan.
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VIII. REUBEN (4), b. 26 Dec., 1784, son of Elder Renben Palmer and Lucretia Tyler; married 17 March, 1805, Mary Comstock, daughter of Nathan Comstock and Mary Green. He settled at Montville. He was an ordained Bap- tist minister, and for a time was acting pastor of the church over which his father presided before his death, and occasion- ally supplied other churches. He was very zealous in the Christian cause, and plainly presented the truth. He was not, however, a brilliant preacher, but gifted in prayer and exhortation. He followed the occupation of a farmer and owned the farm on which he lived at the time of his death, and which he purchased of Oliver Baker in 1837. He was also in possession of other tracts of land lying near the Fox Mills, which mills were at one time run by him. She died at Mont- ville 27 March, 1853. He died 29 July, 1869. He had but one daughter.
Child.
19. Lucy Ann, b. 28 Oct., 1816; m. 10 March, 1841, Charles F. Landphere. He was a farmer and lived on the farm of his wife's father. She died 6 April, 1887. He died 6 June, 1891. They had ten children, viz .: Mary Palmer, b. 14 Jan., 1842; m. Williams Rogers.
Francis Ann, b. 20 Feb., 1843.
Achsah Palmer, b. 3 March, 1844.
Charles Oliver, b. 13 June, 1845; m.
Reuben Palmer, b. 3 Feb., 1847; died 20 Dec., 1861.
Alice E., b. 7 Nov., 1848; m. Allison. Charles Tyler, b. 19 Sept., 1850; m. Mary (Davis). Lucy Ann, b. 19 Feb., 1853.
Newton G., b. 27 July, 1855.
Eloise A., b. 26 March, 1861.
VIII. GIDEON (9), b. 23 Oct., 1793, son of Elder Reuben Palmer and Lucretia Tyler; married 11 July, 1813, Mercy Maria Turner, daughter of Isaac Turner and Anna . Comstock. He settled at Montville. In the early part of his
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business career he was engaged with his father in the various occupations and projects that his father was engaged in. At one time his father, although a minister of the gospel, was en- gaged in the distillery of spirituous liquors, but his son, Gideon, who, early in life, became impressed that intemperance was an evil, and the manufacture of ardent spirits a vile business, soon after arriving to manhood and began to manage business for himself, abandoned the distillery and substituted the oil business, in which he was engaged for several years. After his son, Elisha, became engaged in business, the whole con- cern was turned over to him, who soon after entered upon the manufacture of cotton goods. Mr. Gideon Palmer was a man of considerable publie spirit and favored enterprise in all matters of public interest. He was ever aiming at and plan- ning public improvements, was the projector of the mill privi- lege first occupied by Francis B. Loomis, and afterwards by R. G. Hooper & Co., and also the water privilege afterwards occupied by C. M. Robertson on the stream next above his own. It was mainly due to his untiring energy that the high- way along the northerly side of the Oxoboxo stream from Rockland Paper Mill to Uncasville was built. He was a strong advocate of temperance and the abolition of slavery, and fought for both with much ardor and zeal until his death. He died 12 July, 1854. She died 17 Sept., 1870.
Children.
20. Elisha II., b. 23 June, 1814; m. Ellis Loomis.
21. Gideon, b. 30 Oct., 1816; m. Eliza H. Johnson.
22. Sarah Ann, b. 30 March, 1818; m. James L. Turner.
23. Cornelia C., b. 14 Oct., 1819; m. William Bolles.
24. William Henry, b. 14 Oct., 1821; m. Clarrissa Stanton.
25. Mathew Turner, b. 26 Sept., 1823: died in 1828.
26. Reuben Tyler, b. 24 Sept., 1825; m. Statina Hill.
27. Maria Theresa, b. 3 July, 1830; m. John Turner.
28. Joseph Clay, b. 22 Jan., 1833; m. Louisa Brown.
29. Isaac Emerson, b. 27 Feb., 1836; m. Matilda Townsend.
30. Herbert F., b. 23 Oct., 1838; m. Anna Witter.
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ELISHA H. (20), b. 23 June, 1814, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; married , Ellis Loomis, b. 26 Jan., 1822, daughter of Joel Loomis and Ellis Chapel. He settled in Montville, was a manufacturer of cotton twine, rope, and bats. He was elected a representative to the state legisla- ture by the citizens of his native town in 1854, and again in 1864. In 1866 he represented the ninth senatorial district in the Upper House, and was for several years the nominee for member of Congress on the Prohibition ticket in the third congressional district of the state. He was an enthusiastic advocate of the prohibition of the use, manufacture, and sale of alcoholic liquors, and devoted much of his time in the last thirty years of his life to public speaking in the canse of temperance. Was president of the Palmer Reunion Associa- tion, and enthusiastically engaged in gathering the names of those who were descendants from their first American ancestor, Walter Palmer. He died 17 Jan., 1895. She died 9 Jan., 1893.
Children.
31. Elisha L., b. 14 Feb., 1840; m. Cornelia Rissan.
32. Edward A., b. 28 May, 1843: m. Isabella Mitchell.
33. Frederick C., b. 18 May, 1845; m. Estelle Dunmore.
34. Mary Alice, b. 26 Dec., 1847; m. William S. Mitchell.
35. Arabella, b. 3 March, 1849; m. Joseph S. Latimer.
36. Frank Loomis, b. 9 June, 1851; m. Louisa Townsend.
37. George S., b. 20 March, 1855; m. Ida Amelia Cook.
GIDEON (21), b. 30 Oct., 1816, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; married , Eliza H. Johnson. He was a lawyer and settled at Middletown, Conn.
Children.
38. Theodore Johnson, b. 25 Dec., 1843.
39. Arthur W., b. 28 Nov., 1845.
40. Charlotte May, b. 25 Sept., 1847.
41. Jessie, b. , 1853.
42. Andy Johnson, b. 6 Dec., 1859.
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WILLIAM HENRY (24), b. 14 Oct., 1821, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; married , Clarrissa Stan- ton, b. , sister to Rev. R. P. Stanton, for many years pastor of the Congregational church at Greeneville. He first settled at Montville, where he was engaged, with his brother, Elisha, in the cotton business. His wife died . Mr. Palmer then removed to Middletown, Conn., where he was living in 1896.
Children.
43. William Henry, b. 1 Oct., 1843; m. Adeline R. Wood.
44. John G., b. 14 Oct., 1845; m.
45. ('larrissa M., b. 28 Oct., 1847; m. Byron HI. Arnold.
46. Mary Ann, b. 6 Dec., 1849; m. Revelo Markham.
47. Charles S., b. 19 Oct., 1852; died 19 June, 1862.
REUBEN TYLER (26), b. 24 Sept., 1825, son of Gideon Palmer and Mercy M. Turner; m. , Statina Hill. He was a manufacturer. Settled first at Montville, afterwards removed to Groton, and then to New London, where he was engaged in the manufacture of bedquilts. He had five chil- dren born at Montville, Ida, Emma, Reuben Tyler, Tyler Reuben (the last two being twins), and George.
PARKER FAMILY.
James Parker, born about 1617 in England. A copy of his will and a notice of his life are published in Butler's His- tory of Groton, Mass. He married, 1st, Elizabeth Long of Woburn, May 23, 1643. She was born in 1623, and was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Long of Charlestown, Mass. Robert Long embarked in the " Defiance " with his wife and ten children, and removed from Dunstable, Bedfordshire, Eng- land, July 7, 1635.
He married, 2d, Eunice (Brooks) Carter, widow of Sam- uel Carter of Woburn, and daughter of John and Eunice (Moresall) Brooks of Woburn. She was born Oct. 10, 1655; married, in 1672, Samuel Carter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter of Woburn, b. Aug. S, 1640, by whom she had eight chil- dren. He died in 1693, and she married, 2d, James Par- ker. After his death in 1701, she married, 3d, John Kendall, and was living in 1706.
Children by Elizabeth.
2. Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1645; m. William Gray of Rox- bury.
3. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1647; m. Nathaniel Blood, June 13, 1670.
4. John, b. Feb. 28, 1649.
5. Joseph, b. 1651.
; m. Mary Parker.
6. James, b.
Josiah, b. 1655; m. Elizabeth Saxton of Groton.
7.
8. Samuel, b. ; m. Abigail Lakin.
9. Joshua, b. March 13, 1658, at Chelmsford, Mass.
10. Zachariah, b. Jan. 14, 1659, at Chelmsford, Mass.
11. Eleazer, b. Nov. 9, 1660, at Groton, Mass.
12. Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1697, at Groton, Mass.
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II. JAMES (6), b. , son of James Parker and Elizabeth Long; married Mary Parker, danghter of Abraham Parker of Chelmsford, Mass. She was born Nov. 15, 1655. They were both killed by the Indians in Groton, July 27, 1694, and their children taken captives.
II. JOSIAHI (7), b. at Groton, Mass., in 1655, and re- mained there until 1783, and perhaps later. He was an in- habitant of Woburn from 1693 to 1695; in Cambridge from 1696 till his death, in 1731. Ile married Elizabeth Saxton or Sexton.
Children.
13. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1679; m. Samuel Livermore, Nov. 15, 1699.
14. John, b. April 13, 1681.
15. Sarah, b. May 1, 1683; m. April 30, 1702, Stephen Coolridge; 2d, Nicholas Fessenden, Aug. 8, 1706.
16. Susanna, b. ; m. Feb. 28, 1712, Samuel Goo- kin, Jr.
17 Joshua, bap. April 3, 1698; m. June 15, 1712, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Fessenden, Sr.
18. William, bap. April 3, 1698; probably died young.
19. Ann, bap. April 3, 1698; m. July 3, 1718, William Warland.
20. Mary. bap. Dec. 11, 1698; m. Jan. 22, 1718-19, Thomas Dana.
21. Thomas, bap. Dec. 15, 1700.
II. JOSHUA (9), b. March 13, 1658, son of James Parker and Elizabeth Long; married Sept. 22, 1690, Abigail (Shattuck) Morse, widow of Jonathan Morse and daughter of William and Susanna Morse of Watertown. She was born in 1657; died in 1694.
TIT. THOMAS (21), b. at Cambridge, Dec. 7, 1700, son of Josiah Parker and Elizabeth Sexton; married Graduated at Harvard College in 1718. Settled as a minis- ter at Dracut, Mass., in 1721. Died at Draent, March 18, 1765.
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Children.
22. Thomas, b.
23. John, b.
24. William, b.
25. Mathew, b.
26. Jonathan, b. ; m. Dolly Coffin.
IV. JONATHAN (26), b. at Dracut, Mass., son of Thomas Parker and -. Graduated at Harvard Univer- sity. He was a physician of very considerable distinction, excelling particularly as a surgeon, and acquired an extensive practice in the town of Litchfield, N. H., where he settled, and which extended into the adjacent towns, being often sent for from a distance as a consulting physician. Dr. Parker married Dolly Coffin, who was a woman of more than ordi- mary refinement, of much energy and decision of character, and a consistent and earnest Christian. Active and diligent herself, she inculcated the same principles in her children. She early imbued their minds with religious truth, knowing that a conversion of their moral accountability would be their surest safeguard, and her own personal instructions would no longer be given. He died Sept., 1791, leaving a family of ten children.
Children.
27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 3-4. Thomas, b. 35. Jonathan R., b.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1767; m. Rev. Abisha Alden.
Eliphalet, b. about 1776; m. Sarah Comstock.
36. Edward L., b. July 28, 1785: m. Mehitabel Kimball.
V. ELIPHALET (31), b. about 1776, son of Jonathan Parker and Dolly Coffin; married Feb. 2, 1808, Sarah Com-
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stock, daughter of Jared Comstock and Rachel Chester. He settled in Montville, was a farmer, a member of the Congre- gational church, a devoted Christian, and leader of the church choir. He died March 1, 1835. She died Ang. 14, 1860.
Children.
37. Abisha Alden, b. Dec. 12, 1808; m. Caroline Fellows.
38. Jared Chester, b. March 2, 1812; died young.
39. Eliphalet, b. Aug. 28, 1814; in. Helen M. Risley.
40. Dolly Elizabeth, b. April 4, 1817; m. Walter Hough, 17 Jan., 1849.
41. Harriet, b. Dec. 2, 1819; m. Simeon Clark, March 4, 1855.
42. Augustus Alden, b. Feb. 18, 1822; m. Harriet R. Dol- beare.
13. Samuel Chester, b. May 14, 1824; m. Fanny E. Her- rick.
44 Frederick F., b. April 9. 1828; m. 1st, Lucy Ann Gard- ner: 2d. Mary (Green) Hazzard.
45. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1831; m. Jerome Pease, 3 July, 1869.
EDWARD L. (36), b. July 28, 1785, son of Jonathan Parker and Dolly Coffin; m., in 1811, Mehitabel Kimball, daughter of Deacon Stephen Kimball of Hanover, N. H. Graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807. Settled as pas- tor of the Presbyterian church in Londonderry, N. H., Sept. 12, 1810. He died July 14, 1850. His wife remarried.
Child.
46. Edward Pinkerton, b. April, 1816.
IV. BENJAMIN PARKER, b. 26 March, 1723; mar- ried Elizabeth Blodget, b. 4 Oct., 1723. Settled at Chelms- ford, Mass. She died 17 April, 1787. He died 17 Feb., 1801. This Benjamin Parker was probably a descendant from Joseph Parker, one of the original proprietors of Groton, Mass., who was brother to the James Parker, b. about 1617, first named in this genealogy. This Joseph Parker was a
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large landowner in Groton, Chelmsford, and Dunstable, the ancestor of the most numerous branches of the family in that neighborhood. He died in the year 1690, leaving a large estate.
Children.
47. Reuben, b. 26 Nov., 1751.
48. Benjamin, b. 26 Oct., 1754.
49. Joseph, b. 21 Ang., 1757.
50. Simeon, b. 25 Oct., 1759.
51. Jeduthan, b. 18 Nov., 1762; m. Phebe Cary.
52. Zebulon, b. 24 July, 1764.
V. JEDUTHAN (51), b. 18 Nov., 1762, son of Benja- min Parker and Elizabeth Blodget; married 1 Jan., 1793, Phebe Cary, b. 15 Oct., 1764, daughter of Reuben and Olive Cary. A farmer; settled at Lowell, where he died 11 April, 1838. She died 11 Dec., 1849.
Children.
53. Jeduthan, b. 7 Jan., 1794; died 6 April, 1795.
54. Phebe, b. 29 Jan., 1796; m. Samuel Winchester, 28 May, 1822. She died in Hopkinton, N. H., 2 Nov., 1823, and left one daughter, Phebe, b. 3 Sept., 1823; married Charles F. Scholfield of Montville.
55. Jesse, b. 28 Aug., 1797; m. Eliza Adams of Boston, Oct., 1831. He died in Lowell, 24 Dee., 1831.
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