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5-18 tJoseph, bap. March 19, 1710.
19 Esther, bap. Feb. 16, 1712; m. Nathaniel Merriam.
20 +John, bap. Feb. 12, 1716; d. Dee. 16, 1784.
21 Mary, bap. March 2, 1718; m. - - Reed.
22 Benjamin, b. -; m. Feb. 19, 1752, Hannah Discom, and moved to Shrewsbury, where they were ad. to the ch. July, 1753. Their children were Benjamin and Hannah, a pair of twins, who were bap. Aug. 15, 1753, James, bap. Jan. 2, 1757, Seth, bap. Oct. 8, 1758, Benoni, bap. April 26, 1760.
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AMOS MUZZY m. Sept. 26, 1734, Esther Green, dau. of Samuel and Esther Green. Hle d. June 26, 1752. His wid. m. March 4, 1758, Thomas Prentice, Esq., of Newton. Mr. Muzzy died pos- sessed of a large property for that period. Among his chattels were a male and female negro-the former inventoried at £350, and the latter at £100. His homestead is thus described : " The home land, containing by estimation eighty-two acres, with a mansion house and barn and corn house upon it, consisting of pasturage, mowing, ploughing, orchard, and woodland, lying upon both sides of the great county road leading to Concord." This mansion house was on or near the spot where David W. Muzzey now resides, and the land extended down upon Waltham street, to what is now called Grape Vine Corner. Ile also owned land in Woburn and Townsend. He was an assessor in 1744, and a selectman in 1750.
7-23 Esther, b. July 11, 1735 ; d. Oct. 9, 1789, unm.
24 Sarah, b. March 30, 1737; m. Oct. 19, 1758, Bezaleel Lawrence.
25 Amos, b. June 7, 1739 ; d. July, 1740.
26 +Amos, b. May 24, 1741 ; m. Nov. 29, 1764, Abigail Bowers.
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+William, b. July 31, 1743; m. Lydia Reed.
27 28 Samuel, b. July 12, 1745; d. Aug. 23, 1747.
29 Bethiah, b. July 8, 1747 ; m. Nov. 16, 1769, Thaddeus Brown.
30 Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1749.
31 Benjamin, b. Jan. 25, 1752. Ile was grad. H. C. 1774, sailed from Boston, Sept. 1777, in the privateer Hero Revenge as chaplain, and was lost at sea.
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JOSEPHI MUZZY m. Lois -. We have been able to learn but little of this family. He was ad. to the ch. June 9, 1728. He was a house-holder in 1735, and was taxed the following years for real estate.
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Lois, bap. Oct. 12, 1735. 33 Sarah, bap. Jan. 8, 1738. Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1740; probably went to Shrewsbury.
Abigail, bap. July 28, 1745. 36 Nathan, b. May 12, 1751.
They may have had other children. Some of these probably d. in infancy. In 1769, we have a record of the death of Joseph Muzzy's child.
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JOHN MUZZY m. first, Rebecca Reed, dau. of Maj. Benjamin and Rebecca Reed, who was b. Nov. 5, 1724. She d. Jan. 24, 1771, and he m. second, Aug. 19, 1773, Mrs. Rebecca Munroe, wid. of Jonas Munroe, a grandson of the first William. He d. Dee. 16, 1784, and she d. Jan. 14, 1839, aged 85. He was one of the Lex. company who met the enemy in 1775. He was also two months with the army at Cambridge, during the siege of Boston, in 1776.
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Isaac, bap. Dec. 6, 1744. He was ad. to the ch. Nov. 17, 1771. He was one of the heroes who fell, a prey to British aggression, on the Common at Lex. April 19, 1775. His name is preserved on the Monument.
Rebecca, b. -; d. unm.
38 39 Mary, b. June 3, 1748 ; m. Aug. 31, 1769, Silas Fuller.
40 +Ebenezer, bap. July 8, 1750; m. Betty Reed.
41 Abigail, b. -; drowned in a tub of water, at the age of 2 years. 42 +John, b. - , 1754.
Abigail, bap. Feb. 1, 1756 ; m. Nov. 20, 1780, Abel Winship. They resided in Bedford.
43 44 Thaddeus, bap. Sept. 25, 1757; d. 1785, unm. 45 Eunice, b. - · ; m. Ebenezer Estabrook of Holden.
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Betty, bap. Aug. 10, 1761; m. March 14, 1786, Joshua Stearns of Princeton. They moved to New Ipswich, N. H.
John Muzzy and his first wife had several other children, who d. in early infancy.
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AMOS MUZZY m. first, Aug. 29, 1764, Abigail Bowers of Billerica. They were ad. to the ch. June 26, 1766. She d. March 15, 1803, aged 58 years, and he m. second, Abigail Smith, wid. of Capt. Joseph Smith, Dec. 25, 1806. She d. Feb. 18, 1814, aged 63, and he d. Dec. 10, 1822, aged 82. Amos Muzzy and his two wives were placed in a tomb in the church yard in Lex., covered with a slab bearing this inscription : "The northwest corner of this tomb is reserved for Mr. Amos Muzzy and wives, and no other corpse to be laid there." He was in the Battle of Lex. 1775, and in 1776 was five months at Ticonderoga, and three months at Camb. 1778.
26-47 +Amos, b. April 19, 1766 ; m. Lydia Boutelle.
48 |Josiah, bap. Nov. 7, 1767 ; d. Nov. 26, 1767.
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Abigail, b. May 27, 1769 ; m. 1800, Thomas Conant of Boston. +William, b. May 25, 1771; d. April 16, 1835.
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WILLIAM MUZZY m. Nov. 29, 1764, Lydia Reed of Charlestown. They were ad. to the ch. May 18, 1766. He d. Nov. 20, 1770.
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Lydia, bap. July 26, 1767 ; m. Dec. 25, 1788, Nathan Brown. Mary, bap. Jan. 7, 1770; m. Feb. 24, 1796, Daniel Marrett, minister in Standish, Me.
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EBENEZER MUZZY m. June 6, 1774, Betty Reed, dau. of Joshua and Susanna Reed. They commenced life in Lex., but afterwards moved to Rindge, N. H., where most of their children were born. They returned to Lex., where he d. March 29, 1804, and she d. March 12, 1846, at the advanced age of 91.
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tIsaac, b. April 5, 1775.
Betsey, b. -; m. Jonas Reed and moved to Heath.
Nabby, b. - -; m. John Parker and moved to Phillipston, where she d. He afterwards came came back to Lex. and m. Esther Reed, dau. of Thaddeus Reed, and moved to Nashua, N. H.
Joshua, b. He was killed by falling from a tree, when about eight years of age.
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Thaddeus, b. 1784; m. Mrs. Mary Patch of Boston, where they lived. He was drowned in Boston Harbor, by the upsetting of a boat, June 15, 1815, aged 31 years. She d Dec. 7, 1816, aged 32. John, b. Nov. 19, 1794; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Lydia More, dau. of Thomas D. More of Boston. They resided in the city till 1854, when they came to Lex. They had two children, -the first d. in early infancy, the other, John M., b, July 18, 1819, and d. April 5, 1839, aged 20 years. He d. Dec. 30, 1864, aged 70 years ; she d. Dec. 20, 1862, aged 66.
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JOHN MUZZY m. May 2, 1777, Rebecca, dau. of Jonas and Re- becca Munroe. She was the dau. of his step-mother. He was in the army in the Jerseys in 1776, and also at Ticonderoga the same year.
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Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1777 ; m. Aug. 30, 1798, Nathan Reed, Jr. +John, b. Dec. 22, 1780. Jonas M., b. July 18, 1782.
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AMOS MUZZY m. Lydia Boutelle, dau. of Timothy Boutelle of Leominster. They were ad. to the ch. April 28, 1798. He was chosen deacon April 14, 1822. He d. May 20, 1829; she d. Dec. 24, 1838.
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Elmira, b. Oct. 21, 1794; m. Oct. 12, 1817, Charles Reed. + Benjamin, b. Dee. 13, 1795; m. 1822, Elizabeth Wood. Lydia, b. June 11, 1799 ; m. Oct. 29, 1818, Samuel Chandler.
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Artemas Bowers, b. Sept. 21, 1802; he grad. H. C. 1824, studied theology, was ordained at Framingham, June 10, 1830, left in 1833, and in 1834 was installed at Cambridgeport, left in 1846, and the same year was settled over the Lee street ch. in Cam- bridgeport, resigned his situation, and in 1854 was settled over the Second Congregational Church in Concord, N. H. He mu. June 26, 1831, Hepsabeth Patterson of Boston, dau. of Enoch Patterson, Esq., by whom he had several children. His oldest son, Henry W. Muzzy, read law, and is now in practice in Boston.
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Abigail, b. Nov. 26, 1804; m. Sept. 11, 1834, Samuel Chandler. Amos Otis, b. June 14, 1808; d. Jan. 20, 1812.
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WILLIAM MUZZY m. Sept. 20, 1798, Anna Munroe. He was grad. H. C. 1793, and was ordained at Sullivan, N. HI., Feb. 7, 1798. He left in 1828, and returned to Lex. with his family, where he d. April 16, 1835 and she d. June 19, 1850, aged 79. They had five children b. in Sullivan, two of whom d. 1814 of the spotted fever. William, b. June 30, 1804, lives at Philadelphia ; Emily, b. Nov. 1800, d. unm. ; Abby Ann, b. June 15, 1806, m. Aug. 4, 1835, Dea. William Brigham, resides in Lexington.
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ISAAC MUZZY m. Mary Boutelle of Malden. He d. Aug. 1, 1842, and she d. Aug. 2, 1849, aged 71.
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+Charles, b. May 12, 1804; d. Aug. 27, 1853. Thomas, b. March, 1808. Mary Ann, b. April 15, 1811 ; m. Ebenezer Hosmer.
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JOHN MUZZY m. Oct. 1811, Rebecca Lincoln of Hingham, dau. of Seth and Mary (Fearing) Lincoln. She was b. Oet. 26, 1789, and was descended, both on her father's and mother's side, from two of the oldest families of that town. He resided on the Concord road, and d. Dee. 1843. After the death of her husband, she returned to Hingham, where she was living, 1859.
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Julia A., b. Nov. 4, 1815. She resides in Hingham with her mother, unmarried.
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JONAS M. MUZZY m. June 12, 1816, Abigail Dunklee of Milford, N. H. He resided near the Common, in the house now occupied by Simon W. Robinson, Esq. He d. Dec. 10, 1846. His widow resides in Hingham.
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Louisa C., b. June 1, 1818; m. Dec. 22, 1836, Seth L. IIobart of Hingham, and has had Alice L., b. 1837; Caroline H., b. 1842 ; Elsa IV., b. 1846 ; Marion L., b. 1854. William P., b. Feb. 14, 1822 ; d. July 16, 1844. Franscena S., b. April 25, 1833.
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BENJAMIN MUZZEY In. June 19. 1822, Elizabeth Wood of New- buryport. He d. suddenly at the Exchange Coffee House in Boston, where he was called on business, April 21, 1848. Ile commenced business in Boston as a trader, where he remained till about 1830, when he came to Lex. He was a leading popular man in the town, filled important town offices, and was a justice of the peace. The Lexington railroad is a standing monument of his publie spirit aud energy of character.
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Charles O., b. in Boston, Aug. 17, 1824. He entered in the navy in the late rebellion, Nov. 1861, as secretary to Capt. Pickering, U. S. Steamer Kearsarge, was transferred to the steamer Housa- tonic, May, 1863, and was killed by the explosion of a torpedo in Charleston Harbor, which destroyed the ship, Feb. 18, 1864. Susan Elizabeth, b. in Boston, July 21, 1826; d. Sept. 12, 1827. Helen Elizabeth, b. in Boston, June 25, 1828; m. Nov. 22, 1854, Richard F. Hooper of Charlestown.
77 76 78 Loring W., b. in Lex. Aug. 28, 1831. He entered the service in 1861, in the 12th Regt., promoted to Quartermaster, May, 1862-
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to captain and commissary of subsistenee, March, 1864-and to major and commissary of subsistence, July, 1865.
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David Wood, b. July 10, 1833 ; m. Dee. 13, 1860, Anna W. Saville, dau. of David and Anna Saville. They have one child, viz., Ben- jamin, b. Sept. 19. 1866.
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George Eveleth, b. Aug. 4, 1838. He entered the 12th Regt. Mass. Vols. 1861, was appointed quartermaster-sergeant 1862, promoted to first lieutenant, 1863, and quartermaster, 1864.
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Benjamin Lyman, b. Nov. 14, 1840; d. March 13, 1855.
The three sons living are engaged in business in Boston.
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CHARLES MUZZY m. Feb. 3, 1827, Sarah Oakes of Malden. He was a trader, and moved to Philadelphia in 1829, and came back to West Camb. in 1834, where lie was in trade at the "Foot of the Rocks," for several years, when he moved to Charlestown. In 1853, his health declining, he came to Lex., in hopes of recovery, but d. Aug. 27, 1853. They had but one child, Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Phil. June 6, 1834. She m. in Lex. April 5, 1855, George Tuttle, who d. Jan. 27, 1856, within a year of his marriage.
NASH .- JOSEPH NASH, of Weymouth. had among other children Joseph, who m. Eunice Ford, and had James, Joseph, Nathaniel, Charles, Atherton, and Oran, and several daughters.
ORAN NASH, the youngest son of Joseph and Eunice, b. March 19, 1805, m. Oct. 12, 1822, Luey Cushing of Weymouth, dan. of Samuel and Elizabeth. They resided in Boston, where all their children but the youngest were born. They came to Lex. 1835. They have had five children, viz. Emeline Augusta, b. April 11, 1827 ; Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1829, d. 1830 ; Howard A., b. July 18, 1831, m. Elizabeth Sutton, r. at Cincinnati, Ohio; Rowena, b. Dec. 30, 1833; Ellen Louisa, b. in Lex. Oct. 20, 1840.
THE NELSON FAMILY.
The name of Nelson appears first upon our records in 1722, when TABITHA NELSON, wife of Thomas, was ad. to the ch. In 1724, Thomas was chosen to a subordinate town office, which shows that he was an inhabitant of the town at that time; in 1730, he had a seat assigned in the meeting house, and in 1743, he was constable. He resided on the road to Concord, above what is now known as the old Viles Tavern, near what was then the line of Coneord. When the town of Lincoln was created, in 1754, he and others were taken from Lex. to constitute that town. The Nelsons of Lincoln are from that stoek. They were connected by marriage with the Hastings of Lex. The children of Thomas and Tabitha were Thomas and Tabitha, twins, b. Dec. 19, 1721, and Josiah, bap. in 1726.
Thomas Nelson first' named was b. in Rowley, 1685; he was son of Thomas, b. in Rowley, 1661 ; who was son of Thomas, b. in Eng., who came over with his father, Thomas, in 1638, and settled in Rowley.
THE NORCROSS FAMILY.
JEREMIAH NORCROSS, who settled in Wat. as early as 1642, had Richard, who by wife Mary had Nathaniel, b. 1665, who m. Mehita- bel Hager, and had a son bearing his own name. This Nathaniel,
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b. 1695, m. 1717, Jemima Abbott, and had among other children, Josiah, b. 1734, m. Jan. 6, 1754, Elizabeth Child. They both died 1801. They had nine children. John, their sixth child, b. May, 1771, m. Margaret Everett. He d. 1823, and she d. 1843. They had Eliza, b. 1798, d. young ; John, b. 1801, d. young ; John, b,. Sept. 28, 1803 ; Anna M., b. 1805, m. John English of Boston.
1 JOHN NORCROSS, son of John and Margaret, m. April 22, 1826, Eleanor Estabrook, dau. of Eliakim and Hannalı Estabrook. He came to Lex. in 1846, and has been to the present day depot-master at East Lexington,-a term of service which furnishes the best evi- dence of his fitness and fidelity.
Eleanor M., b. Jan. 13, 1827 ; m. Dec. 14, 1848, James Prentice of West Cambridge.
Eliza J., b. July 27, 1830 ; m. 1856, Leroy Chappell.
Samuel T., b. Sept. 5, 1834. He was residing at the West, where he had accumulated some property. His health failing, he had converted his property into money and started, in a weak and enfeebled condition, for home. A villain, who had learned the facts in the case, ingratiated himself into his favor, and volunteered to become his protector ; and when the train had arrived at a sta- tion in Altona, Pa., in the night time, he induced Norcross to leave the car and go with him, promising to conduct him to good quar- ters for the night; and when he had enticed him to a place of seclusion, he basely murdered him, Jan. 16, 1857. The murderer was ultimately arrested, tried, and executed.
John Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1841; m. June 6, 1866, Cynthia J. White of Medford, where they reside.
THE NUTTING FAMILY.
There was a family of Nuttings in Camb. Farms about the time the parish was organized. EBENEZER NUTTING was taxed in the parish in 1693. He and his wife owned the covenant in June, 1699, when Jonathan, Lydia, and Sarah, their children, were bap. Ebenezer and James, also children of Ebenezer, were bap. May 30, 1703. After this the name disappears on our records.
OVERING .- In 1729, John Overing of Boston, bought of William Russell of Lex., for £ 308, a tract of fifty-one acres of land, with buildings thereon, bounded on land of Jason and Philip Russell and Joseph Mason. In 1735 and 1737, he sold lands to Dea. Joseph Brown, and in 1738, he bought lands in Lex. of David Comee. John Overing of Lex. was probably a son of John Overing, Esq., of Boston. He probably came to Lex. about 1730. He must have been a man of some pretension, for in 1735 he was taxed in town for three houses, two slaves, three cows, and two horses, besides other personal and real estate. He probably left town about 1740. We find no records of his family, though he probably had one. We have a record of the death of three of the name, who were probably his children, or perhaps one of them was his wife. Henry Overing, d. Aug. 6, 1738; Henrietta Overing, d. Sept. 13, 1738; George Overing, d. Sept. 17, 1738.
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THE PARKER FAMILY.
Parker has always been a common name in New England. Emi- grants of that name were found in most of the early settlements. The oft repeated fiction of three brothers coming over and settling in three different towns, will not meet the present case; for we find Abraham and Amariah and Edmund and George and Jacob and James and Joseph and Matthew and Nicholas and Robert and Thomas and two or more Williams and as many Johns, appearing in nearly as many of the different settlements at an early day. This name has been common in Reading, Groton, Billerica, Woburn, and other towns in this vicinity. But it is believed that the Lexington Parkers are the descendants of
THOMAS PARKER of Lynn, who was made freeman in 1637. He embarked at London, March 11, 1635, and settled in Lynn the same year. He moved to Reading, where he aided in establishing a church, of which he was a deacon. He had by his wife, Amy, a family of eleven children. He d. 1683, aged 74 years, and conse- quently must have been born in 1609. She d. Jan. 15, 1690.
1- 2 3 4 6 Joseph, b. 1645 ; d. . 1646. 7 Mary, b. March 12, 1647.
Thomas, b. 1636; d. June 9, 1699.
+Hananiah, b. 1638; d. March 10, 1724, aged 86.
John, b. 1640; d. Feb. 28, 1699. 5 Joseph, b. 1642, d. 1644.
Martha, b. March 14, 1649. 9 Nathaniel, b. May 16, 1651.
Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1653; d. Oct. 16, 1656.
8 10 11 Jonathan, b. May 18, 1656; m. Sept. 24, 1677, Bethia Polly, and had fourteen children.
12 Sarah, b. May 23, 1658.
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HANANIAH PARKER m. Sept. 30, 1663, Elizabeth Brown. She d. 1698, and he m. second, Mrs. Mary Bright, widow of Dea. John of Wat. He d. March 10, 1724; she d. Jan. 4, 1736, aged 87. He lived and died in Reading, and had the honorable title of Lieutenant.
3-13 tJohn, b. Aug. 3, 1664; m. Deliverance
Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1666. 15 Elizabeth, b. June, 1668.
Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1672; d. Oct. 2, 1673.
14 16 17 Hananiah, b. Nov. 2, 1674; d. Oct. 2, 1675.
18 Ebenezer, b. Feb. 13, 1676; m. Rebecca
19 Mary, b. ; m. - - Poole.
20 Hananiah, b. April 30, 1681.
JOHN PARKER m. 1689, Deliverance Dodge They came to Lex. about 1712, and settled in the south part of the town. By a deed, dated June 25, 1712, John Cutler sold to John Parker, then of Reading, land at Camb. Farms, containing "one small mansion house and sixty acres of land, bounded southerly on Watertown line," elsewhere by Daniel White, John Stone, and Thomas Cutler. He was chosen fence viewer in 1714, and tythingman in 1715 and 1721. He must have been a man of dignity of character; for in seating the meeting house, 1731, where they had reference to age, honor, and property, they placed him in the second seat below, with Ensign John Mason, Thomas Mead, and other highly respectable citizens. She d. March 10, 1718, and he d. June 22, 1741, aged 78. There is scarcely a prominent family in Lex. whose record in every period of its history is so incomplete. This accounts for any inac- curacy, if any should be found.
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13-21 Hananiah, b. Oct. 10, 1691; d. at Port Royal, 1711.
22 +Andrew, b. Feb. 14, 1693 ; m. Aug. 2, 1720, Sarah Whitney.
23 +Josiah, b. April 11, 1694; m. Dee. 8, 1718, Anna Stone.
24 Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1695.
25 Eddie, b. Aug. 19, 1697; d. 1709.
These births are recorded in Reading, where they occurred, and are also found on the Lex. records.
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ANDREW PARKER m. Aug. 2, 1720, Sarah Whitney, dau. of Josiah Whitney, b. April, 1703. Nov. 4, 1724, they made their peace with the ch., when three of their children were bap. They were ad. to the ch. 1728. She d. Dec. 18, 1774, aged 70, and he d. April 8, 1776, aged 83.
22-26 Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1721; m. June 21, 1739, Jabez Kendall.
27 ¡Jonas, b. Feb. 6, 1722; m. Luey .
28 tAmos, b. July 27, 1723 ; m. Anna -
29 Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 22, 1725; d. young.
30 t Thomas, bap. Dec. 24, 1727 ; m. Jane Parrott of Bil. Mar. 8, 1750.
31 Abigail, bap. July 27, 1729.
32 Luey, bap. April 4, 1731 ; m. May 24, 1750, Joshua Mead.
33 Elizabeth, bap. June 22, 1735.
34 +Andrew, bap. April 16, 1738; m. Nov. 29, 1759, Abigail Jennison of Weston.
35 Kezia, bap, June 1, 1740; m. June 1, 1759, Joseph Wyman of Lunenburg.
37 36 Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 28, 1742; probably d. 1743. Mary, bap. Oet. 21, 1744.
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JOSIAH PARKER m. Dec. 8, 1718, Anna Stone, dau. of John and Rachel (Shepard) Stone. Lieut. Parker, for he was honored with that title, was one of the most popular men in the town for a numn- ber of years. He filled almost every town office. He was an excel- lent penman, and filled the office of town elerk four years. He was an assessor nineteen years, from 1726 to 1755, with occasional intermissions, and was seleetman seven years. He d. Oct. 9, 1756, aged 62; she d. Sept. 8, 1760. They were ad. to the ch. Aug. 13, 1719.
23-38 Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1719 ; m. Nov. 6, 1737, Benjamin Smith.
39 Deliverance, b. May 28, 1721 ; m. April 7, 1737, Marrett Munroe.
40 Mary, b. July 3, 1723.
41 tJosiah, b. April 11, 1725 ; m. Oet, 27, 1748, Mary Munroe, Weston.
42 Lois, b. Aug. 20, 1727; d. July, 1735.
43 tJohn, b. July 13, 1729; m. May 22, 1755, Lydia Moore.
44 t Thaddeus, b. Sept. 2, 1731; m. May 29, 1759, Mary Recd.
45 tJoseph, b. Nov. 28, 1733 ; m. July 5, 1759, Euniec Hobbs, Weston.
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JONAS PARKER m. Lucy -. They made their peace with the ch. Sept. 15, 1745. He was one of the first martyrs of freedom who fell on the 19th of April, 1775. See History, p. 181 of this volume.
27-46 Nathan, b. -; m. and had Abigail.
47 Lucy, bap. Oct. 6, 1745.
48 Jonas, bap. March 29, 1747 ; d. young.
49 Sarah, bap. Sept. 4, 1748.
50 tJonas, b. July 10, 1753; m. Aug. 15, 1776, Martha Hosley of Bil.
51 Eunice, bap. -; m. June 9, 1772, Asa Morse of Newton.
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THOMAS PARKER In. March 8, 1750, Jane Parrott of Chelmsford. They made their peace with the ch. in July, and their first child was bap. Aug. 19, 1750.
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+Ebenezer, bap. Aug. 19, 1750; m. Dec. 3, 1772, Dorcas Munroe. William ?, bap. Dec. 29, 1751. 58 Mary, bap. July 13, 1760.
They buried two infant children, probably b. between William and Mary.
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ANDREW PARKER m. Nov. 29, 1759, Abigail Jennison of Weston. They made their peace with the ch. April 20, 1760. They removed about 1763 to Rutland, to the ch. of which place they were dismissed May 10, 1765. They had two children b. in Lexington.
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Rhoda, b. June 19, 1760.
60 Abigail, bap. Feb. 7, 1762.
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JOSIAH PARKER In. Oct. 27, 1748, Mary Munroe of Weston, dau. of Benjamin Munroe, son of the original William of Lex. He must have left town about the time of his marriage, as his name disappears from the tax bills after that time.
JOHN PARKER m. May 25, 1755, Lydia Moore, dau. of Thomas and Mary Moore of Lexington. They were admitted to the church Oct. 31, 1756. John Parker was an assessor, 1764, '65, '66, and '74. But he was most distinguished for the part he acted at the opening of the Revolution. He commanded the company of minute men who stood firmly at their post on the 19th of April, 1775, when ordered to disperse by the impetuous Pitcairn, backed up, as he was, by eight hundred British regulars. 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." It has been said that he had served in the French war ; but I have failed to find his name upon the rolls. 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 regulars, when some of his men seemed to falter, he announeed 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 were 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 Septem- ber of that year, was making a steady inroad upon his constitution, he obeyed the calls of patriotism, and marched with a portion of his co. to Cambridge on the 6th of May, and with a still larger detachment of them on the 17th of June. But though he performed a noble part
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53 Elizabeth, bap. March 18, 1759. 54 Polly, b. Jan. 4, 1761. Philemon, b.
AMOS PARKER m. Anna --. They made their peace with the ch. Jan. 27, 1745. They probably left town in 1745, as his name disappears from the tax bill. He settled in Shrewsbury, where he had a child bap. 1750. They had Amos ; Sarah, b. July 15, 1750; Hollis, b. Oct. 2, 1752 ; Elisha, b. Dec. 31, 1754; Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1757 ; Frederick, b. May 4, 1762; Elizabeth, b. March 29, 1769.
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