Some Descendants of Jacob Parker and Sarah Unknown of Chelmsford

  1. Jacob Parker was born in May 1652 [MVRC, before 1653, record torn], doubtless in Woburn. [DGAL, 1;466] He was baptised on 19 Apr 1656 in Chelmsford. [DGAL, 1;466] He died on 31 Oct 1694 and is buried in the Bell Cemetery in Malden. [DGAL, 1;466] He married Joanna Call. [DGAL, 1;466] She was born about 1659. She died on 4 Dec 1737, age 78, and is buried in the Bell Cemetery. [DGAL, 1;466] She married second John Stearns. [DGAL, 1;466][FMW, p. 455]
  2. Sarah Parker was born on 14 Jan 1653/[4?] in Chelmsford. [MVRC][DGAL, 1;466] She was baptised on 19 Apr 1656 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died on 26 Sep 1739. [DGAL, 1;466] She married as his second wife Nathaniel Howard of Charlestown and Chelmsford. [DGAL, 1;466]
  3. Sgt. Thomas Parker was born on 28 Mar 1656 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] He was baptised on 19 Apr 1656 in Chelmsford. [DGAL, 1;466] Sgt. Thomas died on 8 May 1698 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] He married Mary Fletcher on 21 Oct 1678 in Chelmsford. [MVRC, daughter of Ensign William][DGAL, 1;466]
    Thomas and Mary had seven children recorded in Chelmsford between 1684 and 1695. [MVRC]
    1. Mary Parker was born on 26 Nov 1684 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died on 12 Jan 1715/6 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She married Dea. Benjamin Adams on 18 Dec 1707 at Charlestown. [MVRC]
    2. Ebenezer Parker was born on 17 Dec 1690 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] He married Elizabeth Parker [PG] on 13 Aug 1712 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [MVRC]
      1. Elizabeth Parker was born on 3 Apr 1713 in Chelmsford. [MVRC]
      2. Lucy Parker was born on 24 Feb 1714/5 in Chelmsford. [MVRC]
      3. Mary Parker was born on 14 Jan 1716/7 in Chelmsford. [MVRC]
      4. Thomas Parker was born on 25 May 1718 in Chelmsford. [MVRC]
      5. Ebenezer Parker was born on 4 Jun 1720 in Chelmsford. [MVRC]
  4. Tabitha Parker was born on 28 Feb 1658 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died on 31 Jan 1741/2. [DGAL, 1;466] She married Steven Pierce, the son of Thomas of Woburn, on 8 or 18 Nov 1676 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] Stephen was born on 16 Jul 1651. [MJWP, p. 27] He died on 10 Jun 1733. [MJWP, p. 27]
    1. Stephen Pierce was born in 1679. He died on 9 Sep 1749. [MJWP, p. 38] He married Esther Fletcher on 5 Jan 1707. [MJWP, p. 38]
      1. Benjamin Pierce was born on 25 Nov 1726. [MJWP, p. 55] He died on 16 Jun 1764. [MJWP, p. 55] He married Elizabeth Merrill on 22 Feb 1728. [MJWP, p. 55]
        1. Gov. Benjamin Pierce was born on 25 Dec 1757 in Chelmsford. [MJWP, p. 97] He died on 1 Apr 1839. [MJWP, p. 97] He married first Elizabeth Andrews on 24 May 1787. [MJWP, p. 97] She was born about 1768 and died on 13 Aug 1788. [MJWP, p. 97] He married second Ann Kendrick on 1 Feb 1790. [MJWP, p. 97] She was born about 1768 and died on 10 Dec 1839. [MJWP, p. 97]
          Benjamin lived in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [MJWP, p. 97] He was governor of New Hampshire 1827 - 1829. [MJWP, p. 97] Click here to see his wikipedia article.
          1. President Franklin Pierce was born on 23 Nov 1804. [MJWP, p. 166] He died on 8 Oct 1869. Click here so see his wikipedia article
  5. Rebecca Parker was born on 29: 3m: 1661 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died on 25 Mar 1754 in Billerica. [DGAL, 1;466] She married first Jonathan Danforth, Jr. of Billerica on 27: 4 m: 1682 in Billerica. [MVRC] Jonathan was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) Danforth and the grandson of Mary Unknown, the wife of John Poulter and John Parker. [DGAL, 1;264] He was born on 18 Feb 1658/9 in Billerica. [DGAL, 1;466] He died on 17 Jan 1710/1 in Billerica. [DGAL, 1;466] Rebecca married second as his third wife Dea. Joseph Foster. [DGAL, 1;466] Joseph was the son of Thomas Foster. [DGAL, 1;466]
  6. Benjamin Parker was born on 8 Aug 1663 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] He died on 14 Apr 1742. [DGAL, 1;466] He married Sarah Hayward on 14 Jan 1690/1 [DGAL, 1;466, Howard] in Chelmsford. [MVRC] Sarah was the daughter of Nathaniel Howard. [DGAL, 1;466]
    Benjamin and Sarah had seven children recorded in Chelmsford between 1691 and 1709. [MVRC]
  7. Rachel Parker was born on 9 Mar 1664/5 [DGAL, 1;466, born or baptised] in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died after 1690. [DGAL, 1;466] She married John Floyd, Jr. of Malden and Boston. [DGAL, 1;466]
  8. Mary Parker was born on 8 Sep 1667 in Chelmsford. [MVRC] She died on 6 Jan 1763. [DGAL, 1;466] She married her stepbrother Thomas Waite. [DGAL, 1;466] Thomas was the son of Capt. John Waite. [DGAL, 1;466]
All eight children of Jacob are named in the 1672 petition for a division of his estate. [ACFM, 2;146]

References

FMW Bond, Henry, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town, Vol. I, Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.
MVRC Essex Institute, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1914.
DGAL Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Cuneo Press, 1931-1943.
APBM Fitzpatrick, Marilyn, "Abraham Parker of Bradford, Massachusetts and Family," Essex Genealogist 25, 2005, 33-46, 83-94.
MVRC New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Concord, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
ACFM No author, Middlesex County, MA, Abstracts of Court Files, 1649-1675, New England Historical and Genealogical Society database, http://www.americanancestors.org.
PG Parker, Francis J., "Parker Genealogy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 1862, 41-44.
MJWP Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Pierce Genealogy: Being the record of the posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce, who came to this country from England, Albany, NY, Published for the author by J. Munsell's Sons, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1889.

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