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He married first at Weston ABIGAIL JENNISON of Weston, born 21 Apr. 1737, died at Barre 25 Oct. 1783, daughter of Nathaniel1 and Abigail (Mead); secondly at Concord, 3 Mar. 1785, MRS. MARY STEARNS of Concord, who married thirdly (?) 24 Nov. 1796 Aaron Chamberlain of Chelmsford, who died before 4 Nov. 1822.
Children by the first wife, both born at Lexington:
i. RHODA,6 b. 19 June 1760; m. 14 Dec. 1786 JOSEPH SMITH of Barre, who d. 7 Sept. 1809, aged 64, s. of Joseph; d. at Barre 1 May 1814. They had four children.
ii. ABIGAIL, bapt. 7 Feb. 1762; m. 21 Feb. 1788 NATHAN ALLEN, b. at Barre, 1 Nov. 1763, d. 16 Aug. 1831, s. of Jonathan and Hannah (Smith); d. at Barre 14 Oct. 1838. They had seven children.
Children by the first wife, both born at Barre:
iii. SALLY, b. 17 Mar. 1764; m. (1) 24 Apr. 1783 JONATHAN MAYHEW Of Phillipston; m. (2) 1802 LUKE ROBBINS of Athol, who d. at Phillipston 12 Mar. 1836, aged 87; d. at Phillipston 29 Oct. 1842.
iv. BETTY, b. 13 Jan. 1766; d. 30 Dec. 1808; m. 21 Feb. 1788 PAUL TOBEY of Chester, Vt., b. at Berkley 6 Sept. 1761, d. at Chester, Vt., 4 Aug. 1831, s. of Rev. Samuel and Bathsheba (Crocker); he m. (2) 4 Feb. 1813 Phebe Briggs. She had nine children.
Child by the second wife, born at Barre:
v. ARTEMAS, b. 5 Aug. 1786; m. ( ) SPAULDING.
8. JOSIAH5 PARKER (Josiah, 4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 11 Apr. 1725, died at Woburn 18 Apr. 1774.
His name does not appear on the Lexington tax bills after the time of his marriage. He was taxed as "Lieut." at Woburn from 1762 to 1774. He was commissioned in Feb. 1762 second lieutenant of the first Woburn company of the 2d regiment of Middlesex county militia. His sons Josiah, Benjamin, Edmund and Nathan left families whose descendants are still living at Woburn. His homestead he bought of the John Burt heirs of Boston 29 May 1749, and it is still standing.
He married 27 Oct. 1748 MARY MUNROE, born at Weston 18 Mar. 1728-29, daughter of Benjamin7 and Abigail ( ).
Children, all born at Woburn:
i. MARY,6 b. 25 Dec. 1749; m. 29 Sept. 1774 JOHN GILMORE. They had two children.
ii. JOSIAH, b. 25 Nov. 1751; m. 21 July 1774 HANNAH GARDNER, b. at Charles- town 3 Feb. 1754, d. at Woburn 14 Jan. 1838, dau. of Henry, Jr., and Sarah (Noyes); d. 20 Jan. 1830. They had nine children.
iii. LYDIA, b. 10 Dec. 1753; m. 4 Aug. 1772 JESSE WRIGHT. They had two children.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. 30 Jan. 1756; m. 25 May 1779 MEHITABLE TIDD, b. 13 Dec. 1759, d. 15 Aug. 1835, dau. of Samuel and Phoebe ( ); d. 28 Feb. 1817. They had eleven children.
v. NATHAN, b. 1 Apr. 1758; d. 25 Mar. 1763.
vi. ANNA, b. 12 Feb. 1760.
vii. EDMUND, b. 17 Mar. 1762; m. (1) 5 Apr. 1790 LYDIA JOHNSON, who d. 3 Feb. 1801; m. (2) 7 July 1805 MRS. ELIZABETH REED, who d. Feb. 1825, aged 62; d. 28 June 1840. They had four children.
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viii. MARTHA, b. 29 July 1764.
ix. RUTH, b. 1 Oct. 1766.
x. NATHAN, b. 21 Feb. 1769; d. 19 July 1807; m. 10 Nov. 1793 POLLY RICHARDSON, b. 1 Oct. 1775, dau. of Reuben; she m. (2) 31 Aug. 1820 Seth Crosby of Billerica. They had six children.
xi. BETTY, b. 23 July 1771.
9. CAPTAIN JOHN5 PARKER (Josiah, 4 John, 3 Hananiah, 2 Thomas1), born 13 July 1729, died 17 Sept. 1775.
He was an assessor, 1764, '65, '66 and '74. He commanded the company of minute-men who stood firmly at their post the 19th of April 1775. It has been said that he served in the French War, but his name is not found on the rolls. He must have been a man of admitted character, to have been selected to command that Spartan band, containing, as it did, within its ranks, several veteran soldiers, and even officers who had seen service upon the "tented field." On the Common on that trying occasion, he showed great coolness and bravery, ordering his men to load their pieces, but not to fire unless fired upon. And in the very face of the British regu- lars, when some of his men seemed to falter, he announced in a firm voice, that he would cause the first man to be shot down who should quit the ranks or leave his post without orders. And though eight of his men were killed in the morning, and several men severely wounded, true to the spirit of freedom, he collected his company and marched to meet the enemy on their return from Concord, and poured a deadly fire into their ranks. While his health was feeble, and the disease which proved fatal in September of that year was making a steady inroad upon his constitution, he obeyed the calls of patriotism and marched with a portion of his company to Cambridge on the 6th of May, and with a still larger detachment of men on the 17th of June. Receipt of Capt. John Parker for two drums received of the town: " Agreeable to the vote of the town, I have received by the hands of the selectmen the drums provided by the town for the use of the Military Company in this town, until the further order of the town."
There are two muskets, appropriate memorials of Capt. Parker, preserved in the State House, the gift of his grandson, Rev. Theo- dore Parker, to the State. On one is inscribed, -
"The First Fire Arm Captured in the War for Independence."
And on the other,
"This Firearm was used by Capt. John Parker in the Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775."
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These relics were received by the State authorities with due ceremony, and are conspicuously displayed in the Senate Chamber for public view.
He married 22 May 1755 LYDIA MOORE, born 18 Jan. 1731, died 15 Dec. 1822, daughter of Thomas1 and Mary ( ). They were admitted to the church 31 Oct. 1756. She married secondly 5 Nov. 1778 Ephraim6 Pierce of Waltham.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. LYDIA,6 b. 8 Nov. 1756; d. unm. at Roxbury about 1810.
ii. ANNA, b. 11 Jan. 1759; m. 16 Mar. 1780 EPHRAIM7 PIERCE of Waltham.
14. iii. JOHN, b. 7 Feb. 1761.
iv. ISAAC, b. 12 May 1763; m. and resided at Charleston, S. C .; living in 1820.
v. RUTH, b. 1 Dec. 1765; m. 14 Nov. 1787 DAVID BENT, who d. in Nova Scotia 16 Aug. 1831, aged 67, s. of Micah; d. at Belle Isle, N. S., 12 Mar. 1838.
vi. REBECCA, b. 28 June 1768; m. 29 May 1803, as his second wife, PETER* CLARK of Watertown, b. 4 Jan. 1769, d. 2 May 1859, s. of Thomas and Sarah (Bright); d. 10 Jan. 1851. They had five children.
15. vii. ROBERT, b. 15 Apr. 1771.
10. THADDEUS5 PARKER (Josiah,4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 2 Sept. 1731, died 10 Feb. 1789, g. s.
He was one of the selectmen, 1770, '71, '73, '77, - a period when the most important duties were devolved upon that board. He was a member of the Lexington company which stood undismayed before the British on the 19th of April 1775, and was subsequently in the service eight months. He was one of the delegates chosen from Lexington to a convention assembled at Concord for the pur- pose of considering the high rate of necessaries of life, and the ruinous state of the currency, and fixing a system of prices. The con- vention met in July, and fixed a scale of prices for goods, wares, and merchandise, and also for articles of produce and the wages of labor.
He married first MRS. MARY (BRIDGE) REED, born 19 Apr. 1733, died 22 Mar. 1776, daughter of John4 and Sarah (Tidd) Bridge and widow of Isaac5 Reed; secondly 15 Sept. 1785 MARY STAMINERS, died 9 Oct. 1811, in her 73d year, g. s.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. Child,6 d. 13 Nov. 1759.
ii. MARY, b. 26 Sept. 1760; d. 3 June 1787.
iii. SARAH, b. 24 Aug. 1762; d. 2 Feb. 1789.
iv. BETTY, b. 28 Aug. 1765; d. 27 Aug. 1788.
v. THADDEUS, b. 10 July 1767; d. 14 Jan. 1789.
vi. JOSIAH, b. 19 Sept. 1770; d. unm. 27 Dec. 1840.
vii. Child, d. Mar. 1776.
11. JOSEPH5. PARKER (Josiah,4 John,' Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 28 Nov. 1733, died at Lexington 4 Sept. 1787.
He married 5 July 1759 EUNICE HOBBS of Weston, born 22 Apr.
* Great grandson of Uriah.ª
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1741, died at Lincoln 3 Jan. 1784, daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice (Garfield).
Children, the first born at Lexington, the others at Lincoln, first six baptized at Lexington:
i. SUSANNA,6 b. 31 Dec. 1760; probably m. ( ) GREGORY.
ii. LEVI, b. 16 Apr. 1762; m. 26 Oct. 1786 POLLY LYON of Hubbardston, d. at Potsdam, N. Y., dau. of Bazael and Mary ( ); d. at Royalton, Vt., 18 Mar. 1813. They had six children b. at Hubbardston and three at Royalton, Vt.
iii. Lors, b. 17 Nov. 1763; m. (1) (intention dated 14 Sept. 1782) JOHN CO- BURN of Weston, who d. June 1796; m. (2) 18 Dec. 1800 JOSEPH HOL- BROOK of Sherborn; d. at Weston 5 Mar. 1835. She had six children by the first husband and two by the second, all b. at Weston.
iv. AARON, b. 5 Dec. 1765; killed in the West while in the army under Gen. St. Clair, 4 Nov. 1791.
v. JOSEPH, b. 4 Oct. 1767; m. 17 Nov. 1791 POLLY FISK, b. at Weston 6 Mar. 1771, dau. of Samuel and Mary ( ). They had nine children.
vi. JONATHAN, b. 17 Oct. 1769; killed in the West while in the army under Gen. St. Clair, 4 Nov. 1791.
vii. ELISHA, b. 7 Dec. 1772; d. 1773.
viii. ELISHA (twin), b. 10 Sept. 1775; m. 28 Aug. 1800 JERUSHA WENTWORTH of Weston. They settled at Stoughton after living in Maine. They had nine children.
ix. REBECCA (twin), b. 10 Sept. 1775; m. 13 Dec. 1796 ELIJAH RAND of Weston.
12. JONAS6 PARKER (Jonas,5 Andrew,4 John,3 Hananiah, 2 Thomas1), born 10 July 1753, died 14 July 1783. He was in Capt. Parker's company 19 April 1775.
He married MARTHA HOSLEY of Billerica, born 3 July 1753, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tarbell). They were admitted to the church 28 Feb. 1779.
Children, the first three born and all baptized at Lexington:
i. PATTY,7 b. 23 Feb. 1777.
ii. BETTY, b. 31 Nov. 1778.
iii. JOHN HOSLEY, b. 1 Nov. 1780.
iv. JONAS, bapt. 2 Mar. 1783.
13. EBENEZER6 PARKER (Thomas,5 Andrew, 4 John,3 Hananiah, 2 Thomas1), born 13 Aug. 1750, died at Princeton 19 Oct. 1839.
He was a corporal in Capt. Parker's company and was with them on the 19th of April, the 6th of May and the 17th of June 1775. He moved to Princeton in 1777.
He married first DORCAS MUNROE, baptized 14 Nov. 1749, died at Princeton 28 Nov. 1798, daughter of William3 and Tabitha (Hobbs-Jones); secondly 30 Apr. 1799 MRS. MARY (BINNEY) RICE, who died 22 Mar. 1816, widow of Solomon Rice of Princeton. He and wife Dorcas were dismissed to the church at Princeton 9 Nov. 1788.
Children by the first wife, born at Lexington:
i. ABIJANI,7 b. 28 May 1773; d. 21 Aug. 1775.
ii. QUINCY, b. 28 Apr. 1775; m. PATIENCE BROOKS of Princeton, who
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d. at Providence, R. I., 12 May 1864, aged 85 y. 11 m., dau. of John; d. at Rindge, N. H., 27 Sept. 1828. Children, last two b. at Rindge, N. H., the others at Princeton: i. Thomas,8 b. 28 Sept. 1801; d. 3 June 1802. ii. Thomas Maxwell, b. 26 Apr. 1803; m. at Provi- dence, R. I., 9 Aug. 1829 Esther Cole Luther, b. 4 Aug. 1802, d. 27 Nov. 1845, dau. of Theophilus and Mary ( ); d. at Providence, R. I., 9 Dec. 1884. iii. Joseph Brooks, b. 31 July 1805; m. 16 Oct. 1833 Mary Ann Morgan, b. at Brimfield 28 Dec. 1809, dau. of Calvin and Polly (Forbush). iv. William Eaton, b. 6 June 1808. v. Priscilla Elvira, b. 26 Apr. 1809; d. 6 Nov. 1872. vi. Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1811; m. William Sweet of Providence, R. I. vii. Quincy, b. 20 Sept. 1812; d. 21 Apr. 1815. viii. Ira, b. 16 Apr. 1814; m. Maria Haskell, dau. of Moses and Kezia (Warner); d. at Ashburnham. ix. Eliza, b. 20 Oct. 1815; m. at Provi- dence, R. I., 16 Dec. 1840, Jonas Hunt, b. at Boylston 29 Apr. 1810, d. at Clinton 20 Aug. 1892, s. of David and Nancy (Cutting); d. 20 Apr. 1892. x. Sally, b. 1 Mar. 1817; m. 28 Sept. 1847 George Brown Thomas of Providence, R. I., d. 18 Feb. 1875. xi. Artimus, b. 22 Feb. 1819; m. Susan Pierce of West Boylston, dau. of John and Lucy (Car- roll); d. 8 Oct. 1864. xii. Quincy, b. 12 Jan. 1821; m. 1848 Almira Kent of Eaton, N. Y., d. 30 Jan. 1888; m. (2) 20 Nov. 1889 Emerancy Kent, sister of his first wife. xiii. Eunice, b. 1 Aug. 1822; in. George Herrick; d. 1849.
Children by the first wife, born at Princeton:
iii. BETSEY, b. 8 June 1777; m. 14 Nov. 1799 BENJAMIN GOULD of Princeton, b. at Bolton, d. 10 Dec. 1835, aged 64. They had five children.
iv. POLLY, b. 4 May 1779; m. (1) 16 Jan. 1803 RUFUS DODDS, b. at Prince- ton 22 Feb. 1773, d. at Westminster 19 Oct. 1810, s. of William and Anna (Child); m. (2) (intention dated 10 Nov. 1811) DR. ISAAC WAR- REN, JR., who d. at Princeton 14 Sept. 1815, aged 28; d. 10 Oct. 1857. She had three children by her first husband and two by the second.
v. LUCY, b. 11 Mar. 1781; m. (1) 2 Apr. 1801 JONAS BEAMAN, JR., b. at Lancaster 25 Dec. 1778, d. at Camden, Me., 3 Oct. 1807, s. of Jonas and Rebecca (Whitcomb); m. (2) 1809 EDWARD HANFORD of Camden, Me., d. at Belfast, Me., 3 May 1851, aged 76. She had two children by her first husband and three by the second.
vi. EBENEZER, b. 4 June 1784; m. 27 Feb. 1806 HANNAH BROOKS MERRIAM, b. at Concord 11 Mar. 1785, d. 31 Aug. 1876, dau. of Capt. Amos and Deborah (Brooks); d. 25 Oct. 1869. They had twelve children.
vii. BETHIA, b. 26 July 1786; m. 26 Oct. 1809 CAPT. CHARLES FOLGER of Camden, Me., b. at Waldoboro, Me., Jan. 1780, d. at Princeton Oct. 1857; d. Nov. 1871. They had six children.
Child by the second wife, born at Princeton:
viii. AURELIUS DWIGHT, b. 23 Apr. 1803; d. unm.
14. JOHN6 PARKER (John, " Josiah, 4 John, 3 Hananiah, 2 Thomas1), born 7 Feb. 1761, died 3 Nov. 1836.
He married at Waltham HANNAH STEARNS, born 21 May 1764, died 14 May 1823, daughter of Benjamin4 and Hannah (Seger). Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,7 b. 11 Apr. 1785; m. 25 June 1816, as his second wife, SAMUEL GREEN, widower of her sister Hannah, d. 5 Dec. 1818; d. 24 Jan. 1833 .*
* Jonathan Harrington's list.
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ii. JOHN, b. 12 Oct. 1786; m., he then of Brighton, 6 May 1813 HARRIET MARIA GREEN of West Cambridge.
iii. LYDIA, b. 2 Apr. 1789; d. 25 Apr. 1791.
iv. HANNAH, b. 15 Mar. 1791; m. 15 Mar. 1811 SAMUEL GREEN of Brighton, b. at Weston, who moved to Burlington, Vt .; d. at Burlington, Vt., 1 Oct. 1815. They had three children.
v. LYDIA, b. 1 July 1793; m. 20 July 1815 ISAAC HERRICK of Brighton. They had two children.
vi. REBECCA, b. 10 Dec. 1795; d. 18 Feb. 1812.
16. vii. ISAAC, b. 5 Nov. 1798.
viii. RUTH, b. 12 Nov. 1800; d. 27 Oct. 1812.
ix. HIRAM STEARNS, b. 16 July 1803; m. 1 Jan. 1828 NANCY LEAVITT, b. at Amherst, N. H., 7 Apr. 1803, d. at Lowell 22 Feb. 1889, dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth; d. at Lowell Jan. 1852. Children: i. Abigail Anna,8 b. 24 Aug. 1828; m. at Lowell, 17 July 1850, Charles William Rea, b. at Hereford, P. Q., 10 Nov. 1827. ii. Theodore Henry, b. 4 Nov. 1833; d. 5 June 1891. iii. Emma Frances. iv. Charles Leavitt, b. 1 Aug. 1839; m. at Nashua, N. H., 23 Oct. 1867, Maria Barker, b. at Sandwich 25 Sept. 1847, dau. of John and Rebecca (McLane). v. Susan Weather- bee, b. 24 Nov. 1841; m. at Lowell, 19 Mar. 1864, George Edgar Went- worth, b. at Alstead, N. H., 14 Mar. 1842, d. 14 Oct. 1881.
x. EMILY ANN, b. 11 May 1806; m. CHARLES MILLER of Somerville.
xi. THEODORE, b. 24 Aug. 1810; m. 20 Apr. 1837 LYDIA D. CABOT of Boston, b. 12 Sept. 1813, dau. of John and Lydia (Dodge); d. at Florence, Italy, 10 May 1860. In 1830 he entered Harvard, but owing to limited means was unable to incur the expense of a life at the college and re- mained at home pursuing his studies through the winter, and then en- gaged himself as a teacher. Not residing at the college he did not receive a degree, but in 1840 he received the honorary degree of A.M. In 1834 he entered the Theological School at Cambridge, and after graduating, he was first settledat West Roxbury, and subsequently became pastor of the twenty-eighth Congregational Society, which worshipped at Music Hall in Boston. By incessant labor his constitution became enfeebled and a hemorrhage from the lungs required him to suspend all labor. In Feb. 1859 he embarked for the West Indies, where he remained for a time, when he sailed for Southern Europe. The leading characteristic of the man was his thirst for knowledge. His love for books became almost a passion, and he made himself acquainted with various languages. His moral character, as seen by the world, was above reproach. But to judge the man aright we must look beneath the surface and see the motives by which he was actuated. And here we find a stern sense of justice tempered with mercy, a strong love for the poor and downtrodden, and a warm sympathy for humanity, for whose elevation he was ready to spend and be spent. The centenary of his birth was observed at Lex- ington, 26 Sept. 1910, Rabbi Wise, orator.
15. ROBERT PARKER (John,5 Josiah,4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 15 Apr. 1771, died 31 Dec. 1840, g. s.
He married ELIZABETH SIMONDS, born 14 July 1772, died 11 Apr. 1849, g. s., daughter of Joshua4 and Martha (Bowers).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,7 b. 26 Dec. 1794; m. 11 Apr. 1822 ISAAC W.6 LAWRENCE.
ii. JOSIAH, b. 6 July 1798; d. unm. 25 Dec. 1840, g. s.
iii. THOMAS, b. 16 Mar. 1800; d. 30 Apr. 1800.
iv. ELIZA ELEANOR, b. 20 Sept. 1804; m. 12 Apr. 1829 NATHAN ROBBINS of West Cambridge, s. of Nathan® and Rebecca (Prentice).
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v. ALMIRA, b. 30 Aug. 1806; m. 1 Oct. 1837 JOSHUA® ROBBINS, brother of Nathan.
vi. JONATHAN SIMONDS, b. 8 Aug. 1808; d. 12 Feb. 1813.
17. vii. JONATHAN SIMONDS, b. 30 July 1812.
viii. WILLIAM BOWERS, b. 13 Jan. 1817; m. PRISCILLA ELIZABETH GAFFIELD, b. at Charlestown 22 Mar. 1825, d. at Everett 28 June 1907, dau. of Emery and Betsey (Harrington); d. at Everett 31 July 1869. Children: i. Mary Eliza,8 b. 3 Feb. 1844; m. 20 Sept. 1864 Albert W. Lewis, s. of Seth W. and Sarah (Stone). ii. Almira Robbins, b. 1 Oct. 1845; m. Thomas Faber of Everett; d. 4 Oct. 1882. iii. Josiah Bowers, b. 31 Aug. 1848; m. 17 July 1873 Cristina Alice Savage; d. at Everett 18 Oct. 1909. iv. Lucius N., b. 7 Apr. 1851; d. May 1856. v. Edith Josephine, b. 26 Dec. 1854; m. Edward Faber of Everett; d. 20 May 1874. vi. Ellen E., b. 26 Feb. 1860; d. Dec. 1867.
16. ISAAC7 PARKER (John,6 John,5 Josiah,4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 5 Nov. 1798, died 20 June 1872. He was selectman 1846, '47, '48, '50.
He married MARTHA MACOLLEY MILLER, born at Hillsboro, N. H., 28 June 1801, died 15 Mar. 1897, daughter of James and Ann (Macolley). They first settled at Waltham but came to Lexington in 1832 and took up their abode on the old Parker place in the south part of the town.
Children, the first two born at Waltham, the others at Lexington:
i. ISAAC MOORE,7 b. 10 Nov. 1829; d. 12 Dec. 1873.
ii. MARTHA ANN, b. 16 June 1831; m. 28 Oct. 1855 WILLIAM W. DINGEE of York, Pa .; resided at Racine, Wis., and Chicago, Ill.
iii. FRANCES MARIA, b. 21 Jan. 1833; d. unm. 22 Dec. 1875.
iv. CHARLES MILLER, b. 15 Feb. 1835. He enlisted 9 Aug. 1862 in Co. D, 24th Regt. Inf'y, discharged as corporal 4 Dec. 1864 by reason of expiration of service; selectman 1872.
v. JAMES THEODORE, b. 18 Sept. 1837; d. 2 Apr. 1838.
vi. EMILY REBECCA, b. 7 Apr. 1839; d. 6 Aug. 1858.
vii. THEODORE JAMES, b. 21 Apr. 1841; d. unm. 20 June 1892.
viii. GEORGE EDWIN, b. 2 Jan. 1843; d. 6 Oct. 1857.
17. JONATHAN SIMONDS7 PARKER (Robert,6 John,5 Josiah, 4 John,3 Hananiah,2 Thomas1), born 30 July 1812, died 5 July 1859.
He was captain of the Lexington Artillery, town treasurer 1839- 44, assessor 1850-57 and '59, and selectman 1843, '44, '49.
He married 30 Dec. 1835 ABIGAIL TUTTLE, born 2 Aug. 1814, died 4 Apr. 1860, daughter of David6 and Abigail (Smith). Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JOHN HENRY,8 b. 16 Sept. 1836; d. 12 Sept. 1855.
ii. ELIZABETH SIMONDS, b. 30 Sept. 1838.
iii. ESTHER TUTTLE, b. 21 Feb. 1842; d. 8 Mar. 1898.
iv. ABBY MARIA, b. 23 Apr. 1847; m. 17 Feb. 1869 GEORGE9 CUTTER.
v. GEORGIANNA TUTTLE, b. 12 Oct. 1849; m. 14 Aug. 1872 CHARLES WILLIAM CONVERSE, b. at Woburn 29 July 1849, d. at Marietta, Ga., 26 Mar. 1888, s. of Charles S. and Joanna C. (Hopkins); d. 24 Dec. 1892. Child- ren: i. Charles Atherton,9 b. 1 Sept. 1873; d. 29 July 1878. ii. Wallace Parker, b. 9 Jan. 1876. iii. Helen M., b. 18 July 1883; d. at Marietta, Ga., 22 Oct. 1887.
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vi. EMMA FRANCES, b. 8 Apr. 1853.
vii. ELLEN HENRY, b. 28 June 1858; m. 2 Sept. 1891 GEORGE BABSON GRANT, b. at Gardiner, Me., 25 Jan. 1860, s. of William Barker and Catherine (Babson). Children, both b. at Dorchester: i. Abigail Barker,9 b. 10 Oct. 1893; d. 10 Oct. 1893. ii. Madeline Parker, b. 1 Mar. 1895.
OBADIAH1 PARKER of Lexington married at Concord, 18 Sept. 1800, HEPHZIBAH FLINT of Concord.
He was appointed to pronounce a eulogy on Washington in 1800, whose death was then noticed with appropriate solemnities. Later he opened a private school which was quite popular.
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. ELMIRA,2 b. 16 Apr. 1802; d. 14 Nov. 1802.
ii. ELMIRA, b. 9 Nov. 1803. Authority: T. Parker, John Parker and his descendants.
PARKHURST
JOHN PARKHURST was born at Chelmsford 1741, died 9 July 1812, "aged 77," supposedly a descendant of Joseph Parkhurst of Chelmsford.
He was in the campaign of White Plains in 1776, and a selectman in 1791. He resided on the Concord road and built a house occupied later by Col. John Parkhurst Merriam. He was also one of those who served in Capt. Parker's company during the day of the 19th of April 1775, and in 1777 was one of the Committee of Correspond- ence. His will dated 4 June 1812 mentions wife Elizabeth, John White of Gardner, John Muzzy, John P. Merriam, John Peake Hunt of Jaffrey, N. H., brother Jonathan, and sisters Hannah Par- ker, Mary Colburn and Elizabeth Baldwin.
He married 15 Sept. 1763 ELIZABETH BOWERS, born at Billerica 15 Mar. 1739, died 15 July 1822, daughter of William and Eliza- beth ( ).
PARKS
ALEXANDER3 PARKS (James,2 James1) was born at Sherbrook, Canada, 27 Sept. 1856, younger son of James, born in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, 1823, and grandson of James and Jane (McDonald). His mother, Elizabeth Robinson, was born in Ennis- killen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, 1818. He became a resident of Lexington 15 Apr. 1893.
He married at Sherbrook, P. Q., Canada, 16 Dec. 1885, BAR- BARA ELIZABETH KERR, born at Compton, Canada, 22 Mar. 1859, daughter of William and Marjorie (Carroll).
Children, last two born at Lexington, the others at Sherbrook, P. Q .:
i. HELEN ALEXANDRIA, 4 b. 18 Nov. 1886.
ii. WARREN JAMES KERR, b. 13 May 1888.
iii. ALBERT LEROY, b. 26 June 1889.
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GENEALOGIES
iv. JOSEPH ASHE, b. 19 July 1891.
v. KATHLEEN CANADA, b. 17 June 1893.
vi. ALEXANDER WILLIAM, b. 22 Aug. 1895.
vii. MARJORIE BARBARA ELIZABETH, b. 19 Feb. 1899.
PARSONS
ALBERT STEVENS3 PARSONS (Albert C.,2 Jabez1) was born at Northfield 16 Nov. 1841, eldest son of Albert Collins, born at North- field 31 July 1812, and grandson of Jabez and Jerusha (Collins). His mother, Hannah Stevens, was born at Warwick 29 May 1820, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Mayo).
He was a retail grocer 1862; travelling salesman 1868-75, and is now a publisher of The Standard Diaries, etc. He is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Twentieth Century Club, Free Trade League, Mass. Reform Club, Anti-Imperialist League and Economic Club. He moved to Lexington from Cambridge 16 Nov. 1884.
He married at Chelsea, 4 Sept. 1871, MRS. LOUISE FRANCES (HOBART) ILSLEY, born at Quincy 29 Apr. 1835, daughter of Samuel Bradstreet and Louise (Jenkins) Hobart, and widow of John C. Ilsley.
Children, both born at Cambridge:
i. HOBART ILSLEY,4 b. 6 Apr. 1874; d. at Cambridge 18 Apr. 1893.
ii. SUMNER STEVENS, b. 15 Dec. 1876; d. at Cambridge 15 Mar. 1881.
PATCH
CHARLES E.1 PATCH was born at Somerville.
He married EDNA P. ANDREWS, born at New York, N. Y. Child, born at Lexington:
i. WINTHROP SWAN,2 b. 2 Apr. 1908.
JAMES EDWIN2 PATCH (James1) was born at Hamilton, son of James and Mary A. ( ). He was cashier of the Shoe and Leather Bank of Boston, and connected with it over forty years.
He married 15 Sept. 1869 ELLEN AMELIA DAVIS, born at Charles- town 18 Mar. 1848, daughter of John2 and Mary A. E. (Davis). Children, first two born at Lexington, the others at Boston:
i. ALICE DAVIS,3 b. 18 Oct. 1870; d. 21 Aug. 1871.
ii. WALTER WOODBURY, b. 19 Jan. 1872; m. 5 Apr. 1900 ALICE W. WALKER. Grad. Technology, B.S., 1894.
iii. ARTHUR HOWARD, b. 8 Jan. 1880.
iv. JAMES BRADFORD, b. 1 Apr. 1887. Grad. Worcester Polytechnic, B.S., 1910.
OSCAR LLEWELLYN3 PATCH (Franklin, 2 Oliver1) was born at Med- ford, son of Franklin, b. 3 Aug. 1815, died at Boston 29 Aug. 1883, and grandson of Oliver and Polly (Shattuck). His mother, Ann
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
Brown, was born at Eastham 4 July 1818, died 2 Aug. 1881, daugh- ter of John and Hannah ( ).
He married at East Boston, 28 Oct. 1884, STELLA MADRID STINCHFIELD, born at Boston 7 Apr. 1848, died 29 Nov. 1886, daughter of Arthur and Mary D. (Currier) Huston, and adopted by Levi B. and Frances T. ( ) Stinchfield.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. £ FLORENCE STINCHFIELD,4 b. 7 Aug. 1885; d. 21 Sept. 1891.
PATTERSON
HARRY W.2 PATTERSON (Ingerson1) was born in Nova Scotia, son of Ingerson and Caroline (Orpin).
He married at Sherborn, 23 Dec. 1896, JANET MAUD WEBSTER, born at Waterville, N. S., daughter of Leverett and Mary Re- becca (Best).
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