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9. i. ANNABEL CLARK, b. June 25, 1852; m. Aug. 27, 1873, George F. Conant, a civil engineer. Children: i. Francis Obear Conant, b. Oct. 12, 1874; he graduated from Amherst Col- lege; he is a real estate dealer at Brookhaven, Miss. ii. Annabel Henrietta Conant, b. Feb. 9, 1876; d. July 23, 1876. iii. Clark Carlton Conant, b. May, 1877; d. Oct. 18, 1885. iv. Alice F. Conant, b. Oct. 17, 1878; m. Howard S. Knowl- ton, an electrical journalist. v. Clarabel Adelia Conant, b. Mar. 4, 1884; d. Oct. 28, 1885. vi. Hope Adgate Conant, b. Aug. 4, 1891; m. Thomas Walsh.
10. ii. FRANCIS A., b. July 7, 1857; m. Sarah J., dau. of Charles and Helen Jenkins of Mason. He is a letter carrier at Nashua. Children : i. Harold Clark, b. June 21, 1881; he graduated from Harvard University in 1905; he spent two years in Europe, and has since been in a publishing house of New York city. ii. Alice M., b. Feb. 12, 1883; she graduated from Smith College in 1905, and continued her studies at Columbia University, from which she received the degree of A. M. in 1907; she is a teacher in New York city. iii. Donald Francis, b. Oct. 25, 1894.
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JOHN1 PAGE, b. about 1586; d. Dec. 18, 1676; m. Phebe - [b. about 1590; d. Sept. 25, 1677]. He came from Dedham, England, in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass.
JOHN2 (John1), b. Watertown, 1630; m. May 12, 1664, Faith Dunster [d. Apr. 3, 1699]. His home during the greater part of his life was in his native town, but for a few years about 1660 to 1676 he res. in Groton, Mass. He is said to have represented his town in the General Court.
JONATHAN3 (John2, John1), b. June 24, 1677; d. Oct. 10, 1751; m. Mary Res. in Groton.
JOSEPH4 (Jonathan3, John2, John1), b. Oct. 22, 1714; d. Mar. 20, 1799; m. Nov. 21, 1739, Abigail, dau. of Daniel and Abigail Shedd of Groton
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[d. Apr. 26, 1812]. He res. in Groton until his late years, when he re- moved to Rindge. He was a lieutenant.
DANIEL® (Joseph4, Jonathan3, John2, John1), b. July 18, 1745; d. Sept. 14, 1831; m. Feb. 9, 1768, Abigail Johnson [d. Aug. 26, 1819]. He re- moved from Groton to Rindge earlier than 1780.
1. NATHAN6 (Daniel5, Joseph4, Jonathan3, John2, John1), b. probably in Rindge about May, 1779; d. Sept. 4, 1856; m. Dec. 27, 1808, Betsey, dau. of Jeremiah and Martha Towne [b. about 1779; d. May 27, 1860]. He came to New Ipswich about 1823 and purchased the Dea. Chandler farm, (XIII : 2, N. L. O.,) at the summit of the elevation since known as Page Hill and in its cultivation passed a life of exceptionally constant industry even for those days. Children :
2. i. LUTHER.+
3. ii. JOHN.
4. iii. LEMUEL.
2. LUTHER7 (Nathan6, Daniel5, Joseph4, Jonathan3, John2, John1), m. - [b. 1817 ; d. Sept. 5, 1858]. Children :
5. i. CHARLES M., b. 1854.
6. ii. GEORGE W., b. 1856; m. Nellie F. Goodrich.
7. iii. ADALINE L.
PARKER.
This name has been borne upon the New Ipswich records during nearly its entire history, but there is no reason to believe that the numer- ous citizens thus designated are of one family. Apparently five families are represented, as shown below.
PARKER (ABRAHAM).
ABRAHAM1 PARKER, b. about 1609; d. Aug. 12, 1685; m. Nov. 18, 1644, Rose Whitlock [d. Nov. 30, 1691]. He is believed to have been a native of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, whence he came to New England and had settled at Woburn, Mass., in 1644. He removed to Chelmsford, Mass., about 1653, and there passed his remaining years.
MOSES2 (Abraham1), b. about 1657; d. Oct. 12, 1732; m. June 19, 1684, Abigail, dau. of Richard1 Hildreth of Chelmsford. Res. in Chelms- ford.
AARON3 (Moses2, Abraham1), b. Apr. 9, 1689; d. Dec. 17, 1772; m. (1) Aug. 12, 1712, Abigail Adams; (2) Dorothy Fletcher. He was a farmer in the part of Chelmsford which is now Westford, where he was selectman for several years.
SAMUEL4 (Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Jan. 1, 1717; d. Aug. 7, 1795; m. (1) Jan. 22, 1738/9, Sarah, dau. of Joshua4 Fletcher of Westford [b. May 29, 1719; d. Oct. 12, 1846]; (2) May 12, 1748; Mary (Proctor) Robbins, dau. of John3 (John2) Proctor of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. Nov. 2, 1757]; (3) Hannah, widow of Ephraim Fletcher.
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1. JOSEPH5 (Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. May 20, 1742 ; d. Sept. 22, 1807 ; m. July 18, 1763, Susannah, dau. of Zachariah3 (Joshua4) and Susannah (Fassett) Fletcher [b. Oct. 24, 1743; d. 1812; m. (2) Lieut. Jonathan Robbins of Plymouth, N. H.]. He came to New Ipswich about 1766, and settled first near the Temple line on the "Stickney farm," lately for many years the property of Stephen W. Wheeler, (44, N. D.) Later he removed to the farm long the property of the Fox family, (XII : 3, S. R.,) and thence one lot southward to the Chandler farm, (XII : 4, S. R.) He did worthy service in the Revolution, responding to the first alarm and later being the efficient captain of a company largely from New Ipswich and rising to the rank of major. Children :
5. i. JOSEPH, b. July 25, 1766; d. Sept. 25, 1766.
6. ii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 13, 1767.+
7. iii. ZACHARIAH, b. Oct. 17, 1770.+
8. iv. AMOS, b. Mar. 24, 1773. He removed to Lempster.
9. v. SUSANNAH, b. Sept. 21, 1774; d. 1781.
10. vi. ASA, b. Jan. 3, 1777.
11. vii. JOHN, b. Mar. 30, 1779.
12. viii. BETTY, b. Mar. 17, 1783.
13. ix. SARAH, b. Mar. 27, 1785; d. Preemption, Ill., Dec. 19, 1854; m. Sampson Tenney (7).
14. x. LYDIA, b. Apr. 27, 1789.
2. LEONARD5 (Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Nov. 10, 1745; m. Mary -. His name first appears upon the New Ipswich tax-lists at the same time as that of his brother Joseph, but as he had not then attained his majority it is perhaps uncertain whether he was allowed the rights of manhood at an early age, or his uncle bearing the same name was briefly a citizen of the town. Records and tradition are alike silent concerning him save in respect to his Revolution- ary service and his children. He is known to have ultimately removed from town. He marched to the April alarm in 1775, was a member of his brother's company in 1776, in the com- pany of Capt. Brown in 1777, of Capt. Fletcher in 1778, and in the latest military expedition organized in the town to meet the attack from the north in 1780. Children :
15. i. LEONARD, b. June 28, 1769.
16. ii. ELIAS, b. May 17, 1771.
17. iii. ABEL, b. May 13, 1773.
18. iv. POLLY, b. July 3, 1775.
19. v. SARAH, b. May 24, 1778.
20. vi. REBECCA, b. Apr. 8, 1782.
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3. JONATHAN5 (Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Mar. 28, 1751; d. Rindge, Mar. 19, 1820, unm. He passed the greater part of his life in New Ipswich. He was somewhat eccentric, but maintained the military reputation of the family by service in the companies of Capts. Brown and Stephen Parker, and by an enlistment in 1780 until the close of the war.
It seems proper in this place that to the record of the loyal service of the three brothers just named a brief mention should be added of a fourth son of Samuel4, not resident in New Ipswich, who gave equally faithful labor in the days of the nation's birth.
4. ABEL5 (Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Mar. 25, 1753, was one of the soldiers stationed at Cambridge in the first of the Revolutionary strife, and was wounded at Bun- ker Hill. Later he served at Ticonderoga and elsewhere in New York, and also in Rhode Island. He held the office of lieutenant. Afterward he resided in Jaffrey, where he was a leading citizen. He represented that town in the Legislature and Constitutional Convention, was judge of probate, and a Presidential elector. Two of his sons were graduates of Dart- mouth College and prominent citizens: Edmund, of Amherst and Nashua, representative from both towns and speaker of the House, judge of probate, and a leading man of business ; and Joel of Keene, chief justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and professor of Law at Harvard University.
6. JOSEPH6 (Joseph5, Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Aug. 13, 1767; d. Mar. 14, 1825; m. May 1, 1792, Sarah, dau. of Simeon and Sarah Wright [b. Oct. 2, 1769]. He lived in the same neighborhood as his father and brother Zachariah, very probably in the "Underwood house," situated midway between their homes upon the road now long discontinued formerly passing a short distance southerly of the house built by James L. Chandler and long his place of residence. About 1802 he removed from New Ipswich to Lempster, where he passed his life as a farmer. Children :
21. i. SALLY.
22. ii. JOSEPH.
23. iii. ZACHARIAH.
24. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 24, 1798.+
25. v. JONAS.
26. vi. ALMENA.
27. vii. HIRAM.
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28. viii. WILLIAM BATEMAN.
29. ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
7. ZACHARIAH6 (Joseph5, Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abra- ham1), b. Oct. 17, 1770; d. 1855 ; m. Nov. 19, 1796, Margaret, dau. of William and Margaret Clary [b. May 2, 1778; d. June 4, 1808]. He was a farmer on the Rindge road just west from the crossing of the Fox Brook, (XIII : 4, S. R.,) where he was also one of the early manufacturers of crude potash from the abundant store of ashes purchased at a low price from the surrounding farmers. He removed to Ludlow, Vt., in 1823 or earlier. Children :
30. i. ZACHARIAH, b. Sept. 21, 1797; m. Apr. 8, 1823, Dolly Wood. He apparently removed from New Ipswich at about the same date as his father.
31. ii. CYNTHIA, b. Jan. 30, 1799; m. Jan. 21, 1819, Timothy Fletcher of Ashburnham, Mass.
32. iii. HARVEY, b. Jan. 25, 1801.
33. iv. JOHN, b. Jan. 28, 1803.
24. BENJAMIN7 (Joseph6, Joseph5, Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1), b. Aug. 24, 1798; d. Dec. 18, 1845; m. Sept. 9, 1824, Olive, dau. of Timothy Nichols of Lempster [b. 1799]. He succeeded to his father's farm in Lempster, where he was also a maker of potash. He was a prominent citizen, holding the offices of selectman and representative. Children :
34. i. EMILY L., m. Ransom P. Beckwith. Res. in Claremont.
35. ii. HIRAM, b. July 3, 1830; m. Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G., dau. of Charles and Anna (Beckwith) Moore of Lempster [b. June 16, 1836]. He succeeded to the family farm, and also in effect to the official duties of his father. Four children.
36. iii. HOSEA WASHINGTON, b. May 30, 1833; m. May 30, 1861, Lovisa, dau. of Mark and Lovisa (Curtis) Southgate of Bridgewater, Vt. [b. Nov. 18, 1831; d. Sept. 14, 1904]. He graduated from Tufts College in 1855, studied law, and has practiced for many years in Claremont. He has also been active in educational and other local interests, and in po- litical movements of state and nation, having held a seat in the National Congress. One daughter.
PARKER (NATHAN).
NATHAN1 PARKER, m. Mary -. Res. at Andover, Mass.
JOHN2 (Nathan1), b. Dec. 20, 1653; m. May 24, 1687, Hannah Brown [d. May 26, 1734].
BENJAMIN3 (John2, Nathan1), b. June 10, 1693; d. Dec. 31, 1732; m. Sept. 19, 1727, Sarah Chadwick of Boxford, Mass. [d. Mar. 31, 1779].
ASA4 (Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Sept. 24, 1729; d. May 27, 1820; m. Feb. 27, 1752, Sarah Marbel. Res. at North Andover, Mass.
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AARON5 (Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. June 2, 1774; d. Feb. 2, 1822; m. Jan. 1, 1801, Lydia Bates [b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 1779; d. Aug. 10, 1864]. Res. in Cambridge, Mass.
1. BENJAMIN6 (Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Apr. 15, 1804; d. Nov. 17, 1883; m. (1) Jan. 7, 1830, Cathe- rine, dau. of Maj. Zachariah Hall of Chelsea, Mass. [b. Med- ford, Mass., Sept. 8, 1795 ; d. Woburn, Mass., Mar. 23, 1840] ; (2) Mary Ann, dau. of William and Hepzibath Tucker of Andover, Mass. [b. Apr. 25, 1817]. He lived in Malden and in Woburn, Mass., but in 1856 he removed to Temple, and thence five years later he came to New Ipswich and settled upon the "Chickering farm," (22, N. D.,) where he passed his remaining years, occupying the house upon the eastern side of the brook. Children :
2. i. CATHERINE EMERSON, b. Oct. 15, 1830; m. Jan. 23, 1854, Harry S. Hill of Lynn, Mass. Children : i. Henrich Ernest Hill, b. Nov. 15, 1854; m. Lizzie Allison. ii. Catherine Maude Hill, b. Sept. 1, 1859; m. Thomas Henry Brewer.
3. ii. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 31, 1832.+
4. iii. CONANT SAWYER, b. Jan. 22, 1834; d. infancy.
5. iv. AARON HALL, b. Aug. 6, 1836.+
6. v. EMILY JANE, b. Dec. 7, 1842; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1863, William Wallace Hawkes of Lynn, Mass. [d. Apr. 12, 1872]; (2) Nov. 7, 1888, William B. Gould of Lynn [d. Aug. 9, 1900]. Child : i. Mabel Parker Hawkes, b. Aug. 7, 1864; d. Feb. 20, 1886.
7. vi. CONANT ALONZO, b. Aug. 16, 1844.+
8. vii. WILBUR BATES, b. Mar. 16, 1846.+
9. viii. ARTHUR FRANCIS, b. Sept. 10, 1847.+
10. ix. GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. May 4, 1849.+
3. BENJAMIN7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Mar. 31, 1832; d. Mar. 2, 1899; m. July 31, 1856, Caroline Elizabeth Mckown of Boston [b. Oct. 18, 1835; d. Jan. 12, 1905]. He was a tailor in Boston, living successively in Charlestown and Roxbury. Children :
11. i. NELLIE HALL, b. June 25, 1857; m. Nov. 11, 1878, William H. Tobey. Children: i. Charles W. Tobey, b. July 22, 1880. ii. Marion Isabel Tobey. iii. Mildred Parker Tobey. iv. Doris Emerson Tobey.
12. ii. GEORGE WRIGHT, b. Oct. 18, 1859; unm. He is a stock broker in Boston.
13. iii. CHARLES LINCOLN, b. Aug. 21, 1862.+
14. iv. RALPH EUGENE, b. Aug. 18, 1872.++
5. AARON HALL7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Aug. 6, 1836; d. Jan. 1, 1909; m. Edith
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Kurtz of Boston. He came to New Ipswich at about the same time as his father, and commenced the practice of dentistry in the Center Village, having also an office in Greenville. After several years of very successful practice he removed his business to Boston. Children :
15. i. AUSTIN H. He is a dentist in the West.
16. ii. MARION.
17. iii. ELEANOR.
7. CONANT ALONZO7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Aug. 16, 1844; d. Sept. 5, 1913; m. Dec. 27, 1864, Rosetta Amelia, dau. of George and Lavinia (Whit- comb) Jones [b. Mar. 28, 1847 ; d. Mar. 2, 1904]. He has lived in Bank Village and later in Greenville in the employ of the Columbian Manufacturing Company. Children :
18. i. FREDERIC CONANT, b. June 7, 1866; m. Dec. 14, 1893, Sanara E. Kelley. Res. Taunton, Mass.
19. ii. EDITH EMOGENE, b. Apr. 25, 1868; m. Apr. 25, 1894, Arthur L. Sunbury. Res. Ashby, Mass.
20. iii. HARRY JAMES, b. May 1, 1870; m. Nov. 1, 1893, Jeanette (Far- quher) Green. Res. Methuen, Mass.
21. iv. WILLIS WHITCOMB, b. Oct. 6, 1882; m. Mar. 10, 1904, Lana B. Flanders. Res. Taunton, Mass.
8. WILBUR BATES7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Mar. 16, 1846; m. Dec., 1904, Louise How- land. Child :
22. i. HOWLAND, b. Sept. 25, 1905.
9. ARTHUR FRANCIS7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Sept. 10, 1847 ; m. June 11, 1873, Celia Rus- sell of Lynnfield, Mass. Children :
23. i. ALICE FRANCIS, b. Jan. 1, 1875; m. Jan. 1, 1895, Walter D. Griffin. One son.
24. ii. EMILY RUSSELL, b. Apr. 4, 1882; m. Sept. 18, 1906, J. W. Franklin McDonald.
10. GEORGE FRANKLIN7 (Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benja- min3, John2, Nathan1), b. May 4, 1849; m. Feb. 16, 1875, Mary Helen Rowd of Wrentham, Mass. Children :
25. i. WALTER HENRY, b. Mar. 26, 1877.+
26. ii. OLIVE DERBY, b. Jan. 8, 1885.
13. CHARLES LINCOLN8 (Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Aug. 21, 1862; m. Apr. 25, 1888, Elizabeth Wade. He is a stock broker in Boston. Child :
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27. i. HAROLD LINCOLN, b. June 11, 1890.
14. RALPH EUGENE8 (Benjamin7, Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Aug. 18, 1872 ; m. Oct. 28, 1896, Ethel, dau. of William George and Hattie Patten (Clark) (18) Mckown. He is a stock broker in Boston, and has his home in New Ipswich on the Supply Wilson farm, (35, N. D.) Children :
28. i. DONALD CLARK, b. Oct. 31, 1897.
29. ii. DAPHNE, b. Sept. 24, 1900.
25. WALTER HENRY8 (George Franklin7, Benjamin6, Aaron5, Asa4, Benjamin3, John2, Nathan1), b. Mar. 26, 1877; m. Apr. 25, 1907, Sarah P. Cushing. Child :
30. i. HELEN CUSHING, b. Dec. 30, 1908.
PARKER (OBADIAH).
1. OBADIAH PARKER, b. Groton, Mass., Apr. 19, 1730 ; d. Oct. 5, 1816; m. Ruth [b. Jan. 5, 1732; d. Feb. 5, 1818]. He was son of Obadiah and Hannah Parker of Groton. He came to Mason in 1751 and settled upon one of the western range of lots in that town, building his house within a few rods of the New Ipswich line and thus becoming a near neighbor of Jonas Wheeler (3), who had settled upon 5, A. D. It is not certain that he ever was a citizen of New Ipswich, but his re- lations across the town line were so numerous that his name should have a place here. The births of the first seven of his ten children are found upon the New Ipswich records, and his name appears upon the tax-list during nearly his entire life. He may almost be termed the father of Mason, as he was a leading Proprietor, was the chosen agent for obtaining the incorporation of the town, and was authorized to call the first town meeting, at which he was chosen moderator and select- man, which offices he held in later years, as also that of repre- sentative. Children :
2. i. HANNAH, b. July 18, 1754; m. Mar. 15, 1774, James Wilson.
3. ii. PHINEAS, b. May 11, 1756; m. Dec. 8, 1779, Elizabeth Swan.
4. iii. OBADIAH, b. Dec. 17, 1758; d. Jan. 27, 1763/4.
5. iv. GRACE, b. Aug. 19, 1761; d. Sept. 5, 1761.
6. v. SAM STEVENS, b. Oct. 17, 1763.
7. vi. RUTH, b. Sept. 9, 1765.
8. vii. SAMPSON, b. Oct. 11, 1767; d. Mar. 18, 1818.
9. viii. GRACE, b. June 2, 1770.
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10. ix. OBADIAH, b. Feb. 18, 1772; d. about 1830. He graduated from Harvard College in 1799, and passed his life as a teacher in Massachusetts and New York.
11. x. JOEL, b. July 11, 1775.
PARKER (SAMUEL 1ST).
1. SAMUEL1 PARKER, b. about 1729; d. Nov. 26, 1806; m. (1) Abiah Cook [b. about 1728; d. Sept. 15, 1786]; (2) Apr. 15, 1792, Sarah, widow of Abner Howe of Brookfield, Mass. [b. about 1736; d. Dec. 30, 1795]. He is said to have been born in Groton, Mass., and was probably a descendant of James and Elizabeth (Long) Parker, but his lineage has not been determined. His early manhood was passed in Lunenburg, Mass., where six of his children were born, but at about the age of thirty-three he came to New Ipswich, remaining about twenty-five years, but passing his later years in Jaffrey. He is said to have lived upon the western part of the "Champney farm," (VI: 1, S. R.,) but during his residence in town the farm near the South burying-ground, (XI : 4, S. R.,) seems to have been occupied by a resident bearing the same name, thus causing some uncertainty regarding location of residence, and also, perhaps, in the names of his children. The records of his family, as given by the historians of the different towns of his residence, differ very widely, but the following seems to be best authenticated. Children :
2. i. ABIGAIL, b. June 11, 1752; d. Feb. 11, 1790; m. Nov., 1778, Ebenezer Champney (1).
3. ii. PHEBE, b. Dec. 26, 1753; m. Benjamin Bancroft of Rindge. Four children.
4. iii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 9, 1755.+
5. iv. ASA, b. Aug. 6, 1757.+
6. v. EBENEZER, b. July 15, 1759.+
7. vi. EUNICE, b. Apr. 16, 1761; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Eli Ames of Groton, Mass.
8. vii. NATHAN, b. May 6, 1763; unm.
9. viii. MERCY, b. July 3, 1765; m. 1791, Benjamin Champney (2).
10. ix. DANIEL, b. Dec. 18, 1766.+
11. x. LUCY, b. Oct. 25, 1768; d. about 1787.
12. xi. AMOS, b. Mar. 1, 1771; d. Feb. 27, 1797; m. Ruth
4. SAMUEL2 (Samuel1), b. Aug. 9, 1755; m. Sarah Bullard of Dublin [d. Jan. 20, 1816]. He res. in Stoddard. Children :
13. i. SARAH, m. Mar. 25, 1804, Caleb Farrar (15).
14. ii. PHEBE, b. about 1782; d. Nov. 20, 1848; m. (1) Jonas C. Champney (11); (2) 1826, Ephraim H. Farrar (17).
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15. iii. SAMUEL, b. about 1787; d. Oct. 3, 1812.
16. iv. LUTHER. He was a teacher in Boston.
17. v. ABIGAIL, b. about 1795; d. Mar. 24, 1863.
There were other children of whom no record has been found.
5. ASA2 (Samuel1), b. Aug. 5, 1757; d. Apr. 13, 1838; m. Lucy, dau. of Oliver and Mary (Stockwell) Gould [b. about 1764; d. Nov. 8, 1844]. He removed to Jaffrey as early as 1800, and until that time he seems to have lived upon the Champney farm, probably succeeding his father in its occu- pancy. Children :
18. i. AsA, d. 1819. He removed to Cuba.
19. ii. OLIVER. He removed to Baltimore, Md.
20. iii. NATHAN, b. 1794; d. 1851. He removed to Baltimore, Md.
21. iv. ABNER HOWE, b. 1796. He removed to Guiana, S. A.
22. v. LUCY, b. 1796, unm. Res. in Jaffrey.
23. vi. ABIGAIL CHAMPNEY, b. 1799; d. 1859.
24. vii. MARY STOCKWELL, b. 1801; d. 1841.
25. viii. ELIZA, b. 1803; unm. Res. in Jaffrey.
26. ix. ABIAH COOK, b. 1808; d. 1873.
27. x. EDWIN LLEWELLYN, b. 1811; d. 1868; m. Cassanda Lewsdale. Removed to Baltimore, Md.
6. EBENEZER2 (Samuel1), b. July 15, 1759; d. Feb. 16, 1804; m. Dec. 12, 1790, Lydia Richardson (4). He succeeded Sam- uel Heywood as tavern-keeper in the house since occupied by the Preston family, opposite the Baptist church. Children :
28. i. BETSY, b. Nov. 27, 1891.
29. ii. EBENEZER, b. Apr. 17, 1795.
10. DANIEL2 (Samuel1), b. Dec. 18, 1766; m. Jenny Coch- ran of Peterboro. He removed to Jaffrey in early manhood, and thence to Waitsfield, Vt., about 1800. Children :
30. i. DANIEL, b. 1798; d. Glover, Vt., Feb. 6, 1850. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1826. He was a Congre- gationalist minister.
31. ii. ITHAMAR. He had three other children of whom no record has been found.
PARKER (SAMUEL 2D).
1. SAMUEL PARKER, m. Zeruiah -. It is thought most probable that this owner of the Parker name is designated in the former history of the town as the first resident upon XI : 4, S. R., unless the grantee of the lot, David Nevins, himself lived upon it for a short period, of which no evidence appears. But it is entirely possible that his acts and those of Samuel
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Parker mentioned above have been confounded. Neither the town records nor tradition have yielded further information, except in the official list of his children. In that record the name of his wife is by no means certainly to be read as given above. Children :
2. i. AGNES, b. Feb. 4, 1761; d. Sept. 16, 1766.
3. ii. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, 1762; d. Aug. 24, 1775.
4. iii. SARAH, b. Nov. 21, 1764.
5. iv. ZERUIAH, b. Jan. 21, 1767.
6. v. ANNE, b. Apr. 27, 1769.
7. vi. SAMPSON, b. Apr. 2, 1771.
8. vii. REUBEN, b. Dec. 11, 1773; d. Aug. 7, 1775.
PARKER (THOMAS).
THOMAS1 PARKER, b. 1605; d. Aug. 12, 1683; m. Amy - [d. Jan. 15, 1690]. He came from England in 1635, and settled at Lynn, Mass., whence he removed to Reading, Mass., where he was deacon in 1644. He was also selectman. He seems to have been a kinsman of Abraham, but the claim that they were brothers is not generally accepted. Probably they were not more nearly related than cousins. Capt. John5 Parker, in command at the battle of Lexington in 1775, was of this family, by the line Thomas1, Hananiah2, John3, Josiah4.
NATHANIEL2 (Thomas1), b. May 16, 1651; m. 1677, Bethia, dau. of John and Bethia (Cowdrey) Polly of Roxbury, Mass. [b. Feb. 12, 1659; d. Aug. 23, 1748]. Res. in Reading.
STEPHEN3 (Nathaniel2, Thomas1), b. Apr. 21, 1692; m. 1713, Elizabeth Batchelder.
STEPHEN4 (Stephen3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), b. Newton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1714; m. Abigail Wright. He resided for a time in Roxbury, Mass., and removed thence to Shrewsbury, Mass.
1. STEPHEN5 (Stephen4, Stephen3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), b. Shrewsbury, Mar. 8, 1738; d. July 4, 1814 ; m. (1) Dec. 17, 1760, Mary Morse; (2) Hannah (Morse) Hitchcock. He came to New Ipswich in 1765, and settled near the Temple line on 36, N. D., his house probably being at the south end of that lot, on or near an obliterated path, perhaps never a legal highway, extending from the home of John Cutter, (32, N. D.,) to that of Simeon Gould, (40, N. D.) He removed to Nelson before the close of the Revolutionary War, and later to Walpole, where he died. His name appears very frequently in Revolu- tionary records, beginning with the roll of men who marched from New Ipswich in April, 1775, and continuing nearly to the close of the contest. He was captain of a company mostly enlisted in New Ipswich and Peterboro. He was a selectman at Nelson and also a member of the Committee of Safety. Children :
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2. i. JONATHAN, b. 1764.
3. ii. ALMORIN, b. 1764.
4. iii. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 22, 1766.
5. iv. MOLLY, b. Aug. 7, 1768.
6. v. NEHEMIAH, b. June 25, 1770.
7. vi. HEZEKIAH, b. May 16, 1772.
8. vii. ELIJAH, b. Aug. 31, 1776.+
8. ELIJAH6 (Stephen5, Stephen4, Stephen3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), b. Aug. 31, 1776; d. Aug. 26, 1858; m. June 14, 1814, Sally, dau. of Rev. Aaron Hall [b. about 1783; d. 1875]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806, studied law, and in 1813 entered upon a successful practice at Keene, where he remained until his death. Children :
9. i. DAVID HALL, b. 1815; d. 1868; m. Elizabeth Britton.
10. ii. MARY MORSE, b. 1817; m. Joel, son of Abel5 Parker (Samuel4, Aaron3, Moses2, Abraham1).
11. iii. ELIJAH WELLMAN, b. 1819; d. infancy.
12. iv. HENRY ELIJAH, b. Apr. 17, 1821; d. Nov. 7, 1896. He gradu- ated from Dartmouth College in 1841, was a pastor in Con- cord for twenty years, and served in the Civil War as chaplain of the Second New Hampshire Regiment. After 1866 he was professor of Latin in Dartmouth College.
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