Some Descendants of Joseph Parker (Moses, Abraham, John) and Rebecca Unknown

  1. Rebecca Parker was born on 16 Dec 1719. [APBM] She married William Butterfield before 6 May 1758.
  2. Sarah Parker was born on 6 Apr 1722. [KP, p. 41] She died in 1729. [KP, p. 41]
  3. Joanne Parker was born on 8 May 1724. [KP, p. 41] She died on 20 Sep 1810, age 86. [APBM] She married first Dr. Nehemiah Abbott of Andover on 7 Dec 1748. [APBM] Nehemiah, the son of Nehemiah and Sarah (Foster) Abbott was born on 13 Mar 1716/7 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [MVRW] He was buried on 13 Jul 1785. [APBM] He was the grandson of Dea. Nehemiah (Nehemiah, George, George of Rowley). [DGAR, p. 100-102] Nehemiah left a naming his brothers and sisters and the son of Capt. Moses Parker: see [APBM]. She married second Rev. Ebenezer Bridge in 1792 in Billerica. [APBM]
  4. Esther Parker was born on 25 Jul 1726. [KP, p. 41] She married first Obadiah Emerson [KP, p. 41] of Haverhill on 22 Mar 1744. [APBM] Obadiah, the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Duston) Emerson, was born on 20 Mar 1720/1 in Haverhill. [MVRH] He died on 10 Jan 1746 in Haverhill. [MVRH] She married second Samuel Adams [KP, p. 41] on 15 Dec 1746. [APBM]
  5. Joseph Parker was born on 16 Nov 1728. [APBM] He may be the Joseph Parker who died on 8 Nov 1806, age 78. [APBM]
  6. Lieut. Col. Moses Parker [PG] was born on 13 May 1731. [KP, p. 41] He died on 4 Jul 1775. [ABL] He married Sarah Unknown. [APBM]
    Moses was Lieutenant Colonel of Bridge's Massachusetts Regiment, 27th May, 1775. [ABL] He was wounded and taken prisoner at Bunker Hill on 17 Jun 1775 and died of his wounds on 4 Jul 1775. [ABL]
  7. Bridget Parker was born on 11 Apr 1734. [KP, p. 41, 16 Apr][APBM] She may have married Ephraim Pierce on 2 Oct 1760. [APBM]
  8. Mary Parker was born on 12 May 1738. [KP, p. 41] Mary, the wife of Ephraim, died on apoplexy on 14 Feb 1806, age 70, in Chelmsford. She married Ephraim Warren, Jr. [KP, p. 41][APBM] on 7 Aug 1755 in Chelmsford.

In his will dated 25 Apr 1738 Joseph Parker named his wife Rebecca; his sons Joseph and Moses; his daughters Rebecca, Joanna, Esther and Bridget. He made provision for an unborn child. [APBM] On 6 May 1758 the widow and children sign: Rebecca Parker; Samuel Adams and Esther Adams; Ephraim Warren and Mary Warren; Bridget Parker; Joseph Parker; William Butterfield husband of daughter Rebecca. [APBM] On 20 Mar 1746 the widow Rebecca was given guardianship of Moses and Joseph. [APBM]

References

DGAR Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., Boston, Abbott, 1906.
ABL Ancestry.com, American Biographical Library, online database, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997.
APBM Fitzpatrick, Marilyn, "Abraham Parker of Bradford, Massachusetts and Family," Essex Genealogist 25, 2005, 33-46, 83-94.
KP Kilpatrick, Marian Douglas Jones, The Kilpatrick Family: Ancestors and descendants of Marian Douglas Jones and Robert Jackson Kilpatrick: with related families, Beatrice, Neb.?, R.J. Kilpatrick, 1930.
MVRW New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Weston, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
PG Parker, Francis J., "Parker Genealogy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 1862, 41-44.
MVRH Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Haverhill to the End of the Year 1849, V. 1, Births, Topsfield, Topsfield Historical Society, 1910.

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