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OSGOOD.
JOHN1 OSGOOD, probably from Wherwell, Hampshire, England, with wife Sarah, resided in Andover, Ipswich, and Newbury, and died in Andover, 1651. A son Stephen2, born 1638, married Mary Huber, and had a son Huber3, born 1668, who married Dorothy Wood, they moved to Lancaster, about 1711, with seven sons and three daughters. A son Joshua4 married Ruth Divoll, and had a son Ephraim5.
OSGOOD Ephraim5 (Joshua4, Huber3, Stephen2, John1), son of Joshua4 and Ruth (Divoll) Osgood, born Jany. 22, 1726, in Lancaster, came to Princeton, from Shutesbury, in May 1768, and lived in a log house, which stood on land opposite the house now occupied by Roswell T. Osgood. He was in the Colonial service during the Indian Raids, 1748. Married Nov. 17, 1751, Abigail Houghton, daughter of Benjamin. He died Nov. 24, 1777, and his widow married Silent Wilde of Shutesbury, pub. Dec. II, 1782. She died Feb. 22, 1822, ae. 87. The children of Ephraim and Abigail were:
1. i. EPHRAIM, b. 1762-3.
ii. MICHAL, b. - , m. (int.) Nov. 19, 1783, Jonathan Nelson, Jr. of Sterling, she d. April 20, 1808.
3. iii. HOUGHTON, b. Sept. 27, 1768.
iv. ASA, b. May 18, 1771, d. Aug. 19, 1791.
v. LUTHER, b. March 27, 1777, went to Londondery, N. H., a dau. ANNE, m. Milton Burr of Sterling.
1. OSGOOD Ephraim6 (Ephraim5, Joshua4, Huber3, Stephen2, John1), son of the above Ephraim5, born 1762-3, married March 9, 1800, Mrs. Mary (Palmer) May, of Sterling, and built the house now occupied by his descendants. He died Nov., 1836, and she June 23, 1817. Their children were:
i. HITTY-PALMER, b. June 19, 1800, d. Dec. 2, 1869, unmarried. 2. ii. EPHRAIM (CAPT.), b. Dec. 6. 1808,
2. OSGOOD Capt .- Ephraim7 (Ephraim6 Ephraim5, Joshua4, Huber3, Stephen2, John1), son of the above Ephraim6, born Dec. 6, 1808, married Nov. 12, 1834, Nancy Ann Chandler, daughter of Ephraim, he died Aug. 13, 1883. Their children were:
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i. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1836.
ii. MYRA, b. Dec. 9, 1839, m. Myron Buxton, Oct. 3, 1883, res. Prince- ton.
3. OSGOOD-Houghton6 (Ephraim5, Joshua4, Huber3, Stephen2 John1), second son of Ephraim5 and Abigail (Houghton) Osgood, born Sept. 27, 1768, married Nov .- , 1794, Rhoda T. Everett. He died Sept. 16, 1844, and she May 7, 1853. About 1794, he built a house, on the opposite side of the road from the old log house, where he was born. Children of Houghton and Rhoda T. were:
i. POLLY, b. Aug. 19, 1795, d. Oct. 12, 1795.
ii. POLLY-EVERETT, b. Oct. 29, 1797, m. July 2, 1844, Ralph R. Stewart, d. May 4, 1878.
iii. PAMELA, b. Jany. 30, 1800, m. Feb. 19, 1831, Ralph R. Stewart, and d. April 11, 1843, in Sterling.
iv. RUSSELL-TITUS, b. Sept. 6, 1813, m. Sept. 27, 1838, Clarissa Nelson of Sterling, son Charles H., b. July 25, 1841, d. April 26, 1874, ae. 32, Oliver, b. Oct. 31, 1845, m. Nov. 2, 1878, Evelyn R. Snow, res. Princeton, a son Wilbur N., b. Dec. 1, 1880.
PARKER.
The progenitor of this family in Princeton, Deacon THOMAS1 PARKER sailed from London in the Susan and Ellen, March II, 1635, and arrived in Boston or Lynn in the latter part of the same year. He was 26 years of age, and it seems unmarried at that time as no Amy Parker appears at an earlier or later date, upon the emigration records, and no one in the list of the ship's passengers, whose first name was Amy.
From other data it seems probable that his wife Amy, was a daughter of puritan ancestors, in New England, and that they were married about Christmas, 1635. The old records of Lynn which were destroyed by fire doubtless contained the record of their marriage, as the " Lynn Annals " which were in the portion saved, record the arrival of Thomas Parker, farmer in 1635.
On May 17, 1637, he was made a freeman in Lynn, and soon after removed to Lynn Village, now the town of Reading, where he was prominent in local affairs, and active in the establishing of a church, was made a deacon, and later honored as chief deacon. He died Aug. 12, 1683, aged about 74.
Nehemiah Parker6, who came to Princeton in 1794, was a
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lineal descendant of Deacon Thomas1, through Sergeant John2 and Hannah Kendall; John3 and Elizabeth, -: John4 and Sarah Lilley; Jacob5 and Abigail Bancroft.
Thomas Parker5 of Lexington, who located in Princeton in 1777, descended from Deacon Thomas1 through Hannaniah2, and Elizabeth Brown; John3 and Deliverance and Andrew4 and Sarah Whitney.
PARKER Nehemiah6 (Jacob5, John4, John3, Sergt. John2, Thomas1), son of Jacob5 and Abigail (Bancroft) Parker, born in Reading, Aug. 16, 1760, married (Ist), Molly - and with their children Moses, Lovell and Newell came to Prince- ton, from Southboro, in 1794. She died June II, 1803, ae. 57. He married (2nd) Aug. 5, 1804, Anna Bragg, who died Sept. 3, 1829, ae. 57. He died Jany. 12, 1850, g.s. age 89. Children of Nehemiah and Molly:
i. MOSES, b. -
ii. LOVELL, b. - , 1790, d. Dec. 31, 18II, ae. 21.
iii. NEWELL, b. - , 1793, d. Feby. I, 1812, ae. 19.
iv. DANIEL, b. Sept. 24, 1794, m. Nancy Bryant.
1. v. POLLY (MARY), b. Sept. 10, 1796, m. Bela Williams of Hubbardston (int.) May 15, 1816, a son Lovell Parker Williams, she d. Sept. 20, 1878. He d. Barre, March 29, 1864.
vi. BETSEY, b. Nov. 5, 1798, m. Cheny Lewis of Barre (int.) April 16, I826.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. March 20, 1801, d. Feb. 1, 1812. Child of Nehemiah and Anna:
viii. JONAS, b. Feb. 27, 1805, m. (Ist) Sally Gregory, (2nd) Hatty Silver d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1849. He had 2 children by the first marriage and 7 by the second.
1. PARKER Daniel7 (Nehemiah6, Jacob5, John4, John3, Sergt. John2, Thomas1), son of Nehemiah, and Molly, born Sept. 24, 1794, married Oct. 13, 1827. Nancy Bryant, of Petersham, dau. John and Hannah. She died July 10, 1867 ae. 64. He died March 19, 1869, ae. 74. Children:
i. ELIZA-ANN, b. April 10, 1829, d. Jany. 13, 1858.
ii. MARY-ANN, b. April 30, 1831, d. Dec. 23, 1858.
iii. SUSAN-ELLIS, b. Oct. 30, 1833, m. B. F. Muzzy, and d. May 6, I86I.
iv. ABNER-GRAVES, b. Aug. 3, 1836, d. at Leominster, Nov. 26, 1879.
v. HENRY-HARTWELL, b. Jany. 8, 1841, d. May 27, 1867.
vi. RUFUS-BRYANT, b. Feb. 16, 1842.
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PARKER Thomasb (Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), third son of Andrew4 and Sarah (Whitney) Parker, born (bapt.) Dec. 24, 1727, married March 8, 1750, Jane Parrot of Chelmsford (South Lexington).
He was quartermaster of the Lexington Military Company in 1774. It seems that he was ill in bed and not with Capt. Parker's Company at the Lexington fight, but his son Corporal Ebenezer Parker, was doing service with his com- pany. Tradition relates that although ill at the time and confined to the house he captured two British soldiers, who had forced an entrance to his house, bound them securely with a strong cord, which his daughter had brought him, and turned them over to the Colonial authorities.
Having sold his land in Lexington to his cousins there, Thomas bought timber land in Shrewsbury, and new land in Hubbardston, formerly owned by his brother Amos. In 1777, he purchased an estate in Princeton, of Elisha Hedge, of Marlborough, and located his home on the spot known as the old homestead, this tract of land, a part of the Blagrove farm, comprised four hundred acres. To this he soon added several hundred acres until his estate extended from Sterling to Rutland E. Wing line, and more than a mile in width, but later sold portions to his friends, including several Lexington families, who settled in Princeton in this way.
In 1790, a brick house was built adjoining and attached to the little red house which was at first built. This was used as a tavern by Thomas Parker, and afterwards by his son Ebenezer. The original house continued to do duty as a kitchen only. Thomas Parker died July 3, 1799. His widow Jane died Aug. 17, 1814, aged 85. Their children, all born in Lexington, were:
1. i. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 13, 1750, m. Dorcas Monroe.
ii. WILLIAM, b. (bapt.) Dec. 29, 1751, d. young.
iii. ) They buried two children probably b. between William and Mary,
iv. ) one d. Oct. 7, 1757, the other July 13, 1758.
v. MARY, (bapt.) July 13, 1760, m. Jonas Smith of Waltham.
1. PARKER Ebenezer Deacon6 (Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Thomas5 and Jane (Parrot) Parker, born in Lexington, Aug. 13, 1750, married Dec. 3, 1772, Dorcas Monroe, born Nov. 14, 1750, dau. of William and
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Tabitha (Hobbs-Jones) Monroe of Weston, she died Nov. 28, 1797 (g.s. 1798, ae. 48), and he married (2nd) April 30, 1799, widow Mary (Binney) Rice, widow of Solomon, she died March 22, 1816.
While in Lexington, he was a corporal in Capt. Parker's Company, and was in the Lexington fight, April 19, '76. He removed to Princeton with his father in 1777, and there "took an active part in the affairs of the town, and in the church of which he was deacon. His father in 1795, transferred his estate to him, he succeeding to the tavern business, which had become considerable under his father's management. The estate also included a grist mill and saw mill. In addition to this, he bought real estate in other places, and gave each of his children a farm.
When he came to Princeton, he became one of its most valued citizens, was made assessor in 1782, serving almost continuously for twenty years. He was also a selectman, for nearly twenty years and a Representative for three terms, 1796-97 and 1800, He died Oct. 19, 1839. The first three children were born and baptized in Lexington, all were by first wife, Dorcas, save the last born, A .- Dwight Parker. Their children were:
i. ABIJAH, b. May 28, 1773, d. Aug. 21, 1775.
2. ii. QUINCY, b. April 28, 1775, m. Patience Brooks.
iii. BETTY (BETSEY), b. June 8, 1777, m. Benjamin Gould.
iv. POLLY (MARY) b. May 4, 1779, m. (Ist) Rufus Dodds, (2nd) Dr. Isaac Warren.
v. LUCY, b. March II, 1781, m. (Ist) Jonas Beaman, (2nd) Edward Hanford.
3. vi. EBENEZER, b. June 4, 1784, m. Hannah B. Merriam.
vii. BITHA, b. July 26, 1786, m. Charles Folger.
viii. AURELIUS-DWIGHT, b. April 23, 1803. He was admitted to the bar in Boston, where he was a prominent lawyer, for many years. He died unmarried.
By his marriage to Mrs. Mary Binney Rice, Mr. Parker, thus became stepfather of two children: (I) BETSY, and (II) JOHN P. RICE. The latter became a well-known merchant in Boston.
2. PARKER Quincy7 (Deacon Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrewe4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Dea. Ebenezer6 and Dorcas (Monroe) Parker, born in Lexington, April 28, 1775, named for John Quincy Adams (Ebenezer Parker and John Quincy Adams, were boys together in Lexington).
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Feb. II, 1801, married Patience Brooks, daughter of John Brooks, she died May 12, 1864, ae. 86 and he at Rindge, N. H., Sept. 26, (g.s. 1827, ae. 53). He lived several years in Princeton, after marriage, but removed to Rindge, about 1820. His widow, at his death returned with her family of eleven children, to Princeton, some of whom removed later to Provi- dence, R. I., and to Clinton, Mass. Their children were all born in Princeton, save the two last born, Quincy (2ª) and Eunice.
i. THOMAS, b. Sept. 28, 1801, d. June 3, 1802.
ii. THOMAS-MAXWELL, b. April 26, 1803, m. Esther Luther of Swansea, Mass.
iii. JOSEPH-BROOKS, b. July 31, 1805, m. Mary Ann Morgan.
iv. WILLIAM-EATON, b. June 6, 1808, m. prob. in Columbus, Ohio.
v. PRISCILLA-ELVIRA, b. April 26, 1809, d. in Providence, R. I., Nov. 6, 1872.
vi. MARY, b. April, 1811, m. William Sweet of Providence, R. I. vii. QUINCY (1) b. Sept. 20, 1812, d. April 21, 1815.
viii. IRA, b. April 16, 1814, m. Maria Haskell of Providence, R. I. ix. ELIZA, b. Oct. 20, 1815, m. Jonas Hunt of Providence, R. I.
X. SALLY, b. March 1, 1817, m. George B. Thomas.
xi. ARTEMAS, b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. Susan Pierce of West Boylston. xii. QUINCY (2), b. Jany. 12, 1821, in Rindge, N. H., m. Alimira Kent of Eaton, New York.
xiii. EUNICE, b. Aug. I, 1822, m. George Herrick.
3. PARKER Ebenezer7 (Deacon Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Dea. Ebenezer6 and Dorcas (Monroe) Parker, born June 4, 1784, married Feb. 27, 1806, Hannah Brooks Merriam, daughter of Capt. Amos and Deborah (Brooks) Merriam of Concord, Mass. Ebenezer re- mained on the Parker homestead until 1818, when he took up the place now known as the Princeton Poor Farm, but a short distance from his old home. He was both a farmer and clothier, and carried on a good business in coloring and smooth- ing homespun cloth. The old homestead brick house, was destroyed by fire in the winter of 1835, when he assumed charge of his father's estate. After a few years residence in Ware, Mass., he returned and in company with his son Fred- erick, built upon the old homestead site the house now stand- ing. He lived to the age of 85 years and 4 months, dying Oct. 25, 1869, his wife Hannah died August 31, 1876, at the age of 91 years 5 months and 20 days. Their children were:
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i. LOUISA, b. Dec. 13, 1806, m. Eli Walker of Holden or (West Boyls- ton).
4. ii. CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. Aug. 18, 1808, m. Sylvia A. Moore.
5. iii. FREDERICK, b. June 19, 1810, m. Eunice C. Howe.
6. iv. EBENEZER-WARREN, b. Oct. 28, 1813, m. Chloe A. Parmenter.
7. v. ADALINE
(b. Oct. 24, 1815, m. Stephen H. Smith.
8. vi. AMOS, TWINS ( b. Oct. 24, 1815, m. Sarah Merrill.
viii. (unnamed) )
[ b. Feb. 1, 1818, m. Emily R. Coller.
9. vii. GEORGE, TWINS ( b. and d. Feb. 1, 1818.
ix. DEBORAH-MERRIAM, b. Sept. 9, 1819, m. Israel Howe of Princeton. 10. x. WILLIAM-WHEELER (REV.), b. March 2, 1824, m. Emily Walker.
11. xi. EDWARD-HANFORD, b. Dec. 28, 1825, m. Mary C. Brown. xii. LUCY-MARIA, b. Sept. 10, 1828, d. March 7, 1829.
4. PARKER Charles-Augustus8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4 John3, Hananiah,2 Thomas1), son of Ebenezer1 and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, Aug. 18, 1808, married Dec. 18, 1834, Sylvia A. Moore, dau. John and Sirena Moore of Princeton. They lived on the north side of the pond, on a portion of the Homestead Estate. He died Sept. 5, 1854, ae. 46. Children of Charles Augustus, and Sylvia A .:
i. LUCY-MARIA, b. Nov. 8, 1835, m. Thomas R. Howe, res. Holden. ii. SARAH-ANN, b. March 14, 1839, m. Milton K. Howe, res. Worcester. iii. GEORGE-WASHINGTON-M., b. Aug. 19, 1841, m. Laura D. Hamil- ton, res. Champaign, Ill.
iv. WILLIAM-DWIGHT, b. Jan. 27, 1844, m. Margaret Smith, res. Worcester.
v. MARY-FRENCH, b. Aug. 5, 1846, d. Aug. 23, 1851.
vi. ELLEN MOORE, b. March 5, 1850, d. Aug. 29, 1851.
vii. EMMA FRANCIS, b. Sept. 1853, m. Warren F. Bartlett of Rutland.
5. PARKER Frederick8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebenezer and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, June 19, 1810, married Nov. 28, 1833, Eunice C. Howe, born Aug. 13, 1812, dau. of William and Eunice (Robbins) Howe of Princeton. He was born at the homestead, and later lived on that place which is now the Princeton Poor Farm, in 1837, he with his father assumed charge of the old place, and there he spent the remainder of his life. He was selectman and assessor, and Representative in 1876. He died Sept. 4, 1883, at the age of 73. Children :
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i. CHARLES-WILLIAM, b. Feby. 1, 1837, m. Oct. 12, 1859, Inez M. Bullard.
ii. AMOS-MILTON, b. Sept. 12, 1839, m. (Ist) Anna J. Frizel, m. (2nd) Esther A. Holt.
iii. HENRY A., b. June 12, 1843, enlisted in Co. K. 53ª Regt., d. at Arsenal Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., of injury and sickness, July 2, 1863, ae. 20 years, 14 days.
iv. EUNICE H., b. July 5, 1851, m. Oct. 3, 1889, Levi Cushman of Bucksfield, Me. He was for a number of years a stock raiser in Oregon, came east, and lived on the Parker Homestead in Princeton.
6. PARKER Ebenezer-Warren8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebenezer and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, Oct. 28, 1813, married May 26, 1840, Chloe A. Par- menter, born Sept. II, 1817, dau. Solomon Parmenter, Jr. They removed in 1856, to Urbana, Ill., the portion in which they lived is now the town of Philo. Their three children born in Princeton, were:
i. MARY-ADELIA, b. Jany. 27, 1842, m. Pascal P. Parkman of North- field.
ii. EMMA-ELVESTA, b. Dec. 7, 1846, d. Dec. 7, 1849.
iii. EBENEZER-CALVIN, b. Sept. 7, 1850, m. July 3, 1872, Martha E. Baker, b. in Bellfontaine, O., Sept. 1, 1851, dau. of Reuben and Susan (Kembrough) Baker. They settled in Philo, Ill., where he was a prominent citizen and proprietor of the Philo Ex- change Bank.
iv. LOUISA-FLORENCE, b. Nov. 23, 1858, in Philo.
7. PARKER Adaline8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), daughter of Ebenezer7 and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, Oct. 24, 1815, (twin sister of Amos), married Sept. 17, 1844, Stephen Smith, born Jany. 27, 1816, son of John Smith of Southboro, and Martha (Hastings) Smith of Boylston. She died in West Boylston, May 23, 1876. He married (2d) Mrs. Abby Florilla (Beaman) Keyes, born in Princeton, Aug. 2, 1823, dau. of Phineas and Phebe (Merriam) Beaman. He died in W. Boylston, June 17, 1891, she died in West Boylston, May -, 1891. Children of Stephen and Adaline (Smith) Parker, were:
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i. EDNA-CARLONA-SMITH, b. Oct. 9, 1852, m. Sept. 25, 1877, Oscar S. Whittemore, s. of Woodbury, and Nancy (Lawrence) Whitte- more of Ballston, New York, their children were: (I) EDITH A. WHITTEMORE, b. Aug. 7, 1879, d. Dec. 24, 1885, and (II) HAROLD O. WHITTEMORE, b. Sept. 9, 1880.
ii. JOHN-SMITH, b. Sept. 3, 1856, m. Jany. 17, 1882, Fanny A. Keyes, dau. of Ezra S. and Abby F. (Beaman) Keyes of E. Princeton, res. West Boylston, children: (1) CHESTER-MILTON SMITH, b. July 25, 1884, (II) MYRTIS F. SMITH, b. Feb. II, 1891.
8. PARKER Amos8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, An- drew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebenezer and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, Oct. 24, 1815, (twin brother of Adaline), married in Lowell, Aug. 15, 1842, Sarah Merrill, dau. of Richard and Sarah (Whipple) Merrill. He early learned the chairmaking trade, and worked at this in East Princeton, then in a cotton mill in Ware, and later was an overseer in the Massachusetts Mills in Lowell. After his marriage he had charge of the Princeton town farm for five years, that of Sterling three years and the Parker homestead place in Princeton, for a few years. He removed to Worcester in 1874 and made farm implements, in the Court Mills, at Lincoln Square. Their children were:
i. A daughter, b. and d. in Princeton, June 26, 1844.
ii. FRANK-ELLINGWOOD, b. in Worcester, July 21, 1849, d. July 3, 1851.
iii. ABBY-DANE, b. in Princeton, Sept. 11, 1851, m. Eben D. Blood. iv. A son, b. and d. in Princeton, 1852. 4
v. A son, b. and d. in Princeton, 1853.
vi. HATTIE-LOUISE, b. in Sterling, Aug. 13, 1855, d. Dec. 12, 1856. vii. HATTIE-FRANCES, b. in Sterling, Aug. 13, 1856, m. Frederick J. Miller, res. Worcester.
9. PARKER George8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebenezer7 and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton Feb. 1, 1818, (twin) married Sept. 14, 1841, Emily R. Collar, dau. of Rev. Hezekiah, and Rhody (Robbins) Collar of Northfield. They lived in Lowell and later at the homestead in Princeton. In 1856, he accompanied his brother Ebenezer Warren, to Urbana, Ill., but soon returned, and in 1874, removed to Blackstone, Mass., where he died, Jany. 20, 1893, ae. 74. Their children were:
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i. WALTER-E., b. in Princeton, Sept. 29, 1847, m. (Ist) Anna Elliott, (2d) Lida Willis, (3ª) Mary Butler.
ii. HERBERT, b. in Lowell, April 23, 1850, d. Jany. 23, 1873.
10. PARKER Rev .- William-Wheeler8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebene- zer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebenezer and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, March 2, 1824, married Aug. 27, 1847, Emily Walker, dau. of Joel and Diedama Walker of Holden. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, in 1858, preached two years in York, Me., and was settled in Cambridge. Left Cam- bridge, to take charge of the Christian Commission work of the Ioth Army Corps (Gen. Butler's). After the war, was in- stalled over the Union Church, in Groton, later in Williams- burg, and other places, no issue:
Their adopted son was:
i. WILLIAM-E., m. Feb. 14, 1883, Luna Florence Keyes, dau. of Ezra Sawyer and Florella (Beaman) Keyes, was a machinist, res. Worcester.
11. PARKER Edward-Hanford8 (Ebenezer7, Dea. Ebenezer6, Thomas5, Andrew4, John3, Hananiah2, Thomas1), son of Ebe- nezer and Hannah Brooks (Merriam) Parker, was born in Princeton, Dec. 28, 1825, at the age of 17 he apprenticed himself to Mason H. Morse, a well-known builder of Boston, of whom he learned the carpenter's trade. He later worked with Alzirus Brown of Worcester. At the age of 26 he married Jan. 12, 1851, Mary Calesta Brown, born in Boylston, March 13, 1832, dau. of Joel and Lucy (Whitney) Brown of Boylston, Mr. Parker resided in Worcester with the exception of two years spent in Urbana, Ill. His death hastened by accident occurred Feb. 26, 1874, age 47. His widow continued her residence in Worcester. Their children all born in Worcester were:
i. ARTHUR-AUGUSTUS, b. April 5, 1855, m. Lida E. Denton of Jersey City, N. J.
ii. CLARENCE-EDWARD, b. April 4, 1860, m. Jennie See of Hastings-on- Hudson, N. Y.
iii. EDWARD-HENRY, b. Jany. 4, 1867, m. Lena A. Converse of Oxford, Mass.
iv. THEODORE, b. Sept. 8, 1869, compiler of the Parker Genealogy.
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PARKER Dr .- Charles-E., born in Oakham, Mass., Aug. 17, - 1864, married at Oakham, Nov. 21, 1883, Nellie A. Davis, removed to Princeton, May I, 1892, died in Princeton, July 10, 1905. Fitted for his profession at University of Vermont, medical department. Children:
i. LESLIE-MERTON, b. Aug. 12, 1888, in Oakham, Mass., m. Aug. 24, 1912, Sarah Caroline Keyes, res. Worcester, Mass.
ii. CHARLES-CONRAD, b. Dec. 28, 1890, in Charlton, Mass.
iii. MARJORIE, b. July 8, 1897, in Princeton.
iv. WINTHROP, b. April 27, 1899, in Princeton.
PARMENTER.
PARMENTER Luther, son of Peletiah and Sarah (Green) Parmenter, born in Sudbury, April 1, 1757, and died in Prince- ton, Aug. 1, 1850, (g.s. 94-4). He married (Ist) Dec. 3, 1783, Lydia Brooks, (2ª) Lydia Green. He married (3ª) Betsey Thompson, Nov. - , 1803, she was born in Boylston, daughter of Thomas, of Holden, and died in Princeton, Sept. 6, 1861, ae. 90-10-24.
Child of first wife:
1. i. SEWELL, b. Oct. 2, 1791, m. May 6, 1827, Sally Hodgeoney. Child of second wife:
ii. DEXTER, b .----
Child of third wife:
iii. BETSEY, b. Nov. 28, 1810, m. (int.) March 28, 1833, John Bryant, of Rutland.
1. PARMENTER Sewell, son of the above Luther, and grand- son of Peletiah, born Oct. 2, 1791, married May 6, 1827, Sally Hodgeoney, daughter of George, and Lydia, she died in Newton, Dec. 2, 1880, ae. 79, and he March 4, 1867, ae. 75. Their children were:
i. SALLY-E., b. March 28, 1826.
ii. HIRAM-A., b. March 8, 1828.
iii. ESTHER-J., b. Nov. 7, 1830.
iv. DEXTER-W., b. Sept. 7, 1832.
v. ANGELINE, b. 1841, m. Charles Holman.
PARMENTER Reuben, ancestry untraced, married in Prince- ton, 1768, Martha Mosman, married (2ª) in Princeton (int.) Oct. 26, 1791, Anna Dunster of Westminster. He died Dec.
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30, 1823, and his widow married May 21, 1826, Benjamin Roper. Children of Reuben and Martha were:
i. REUBEN, b. March 21, 1769, d. Oct. 4, 1769.
ii. ABEL, b. Oct. 25, 1770, d. May 19, 1771.
iii. MARTHA, .Sb. July 25, 1772.
iv. MARY, TWINS ( b. July 25, d. Sept. 19, 1810.
v. OLIVE, b. Feb. 21, 1775, m. Dec. 30, 1805, Joseph Jacobs of Royal- ston.
vi. HANNAH, b. Aug. 25, 1777, m. Dec. 1, 1808, Lovis Wilson.
vii. ANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1779, pub. April 2, 1798, John Mosman.
PARTRIDGE.
PARTRIDGE Lyman-F., son of Daniel Partridge, born April 30, 1850, at Princeton, married April 4, 1872, Mary R. Wellington, born May 19, 1856, in Rutland. Children:
i. NELLIE-L., b. April 21, 1873, at Rutland, Mass., m. Edgar E. Hubbard, Dec. 1, 1896. Chn .: (I) LOUISE-M. HUBBARD, b. April 11, 1898, at Princeton, (II) KENNETH-W. HUBBARD, b. Oct. 23, 1907, at Worcester, Mass.
ii. MAIDA-M., b. Nov. 17, 1875, m. John H. Kenney, Aug. 24, 1896. Child: (I) DOUGLAS P. KENNEY, b. June 20, 1897, at Salem, Mass.
iii. ELLIOTT-W., b. Oct. 29, 1876.
iv. MINA-L., b. Feb. 2, 1879.
v. FLORA-B., b. Dec. 1, 1882, m. Herbert Williams, June 8, 1903.
PARTRIDGE Dr. Warren, son of Ezekiel and Hannah Part- ridge, born in Walpole, Mass., Jany. 16, 1798, married Amoret Potter. Died Dec. 24, 1852. Children:
i. JULIA-MARIA, b. May 8, 1833, d. July 5, 1840.
ii. GEORGE-DANA, b. June 3, 1835, d. June 27, 1840.
iii. MARY-ELLEN, b. Jany. 27, 1840, m. Henry Farrar.
iv. AMORET-AMELIA, b. March 8, 1842.
v. JOHN-WARREN, b. Sept. 24, 1843, m. Feb. 14, 1871, Mary E. Partridge dau. of Elbridge G. and Lois Partridge. He became a Congregational minister, went west on account of his health and died there.
vi. JAMES-BINNEY, b. Dec. 31, 1846.
PATERSON.
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