Some Descendants of Samuel Parker (Aaron, Moses, Abraham) of Westford

and Sarah Fletcher

  1. Samuel Parker was born on 27 Feb 1738/9 [FFH, pp. 33-35, 1739] in Westford. [MVRW] He died in Maine. [FFH, pp. 33-35]
  2. Sarah Parker was born on 23 Oct 1740 [FFH, pp. 33-35] in Westford. [MVRW] She married Solomon Dutton [FFH, pp. 33-35] on 28 Feb 1765 in Westford. [MVRW]
    Solomon was of Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [HTWM, p. 463]
  3. Maj. Joseph Parker was born on 20 May 1742 [FFH, pp. 33-35] in Westford. [MVRW] He died in 1807. [HTWM, p. 160] He was buried on 22 Sep 1807 in the Smithville Cemetery in New Ipswich. [Ref] He married Susanna Fletcher. [FFH, pp. 33-35]
    Joseph was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving at Cambridge, Ticonderoga, Rhode Island and the taking of Burgoyne. [HTWM, p. 160] He moved to New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [HTWM, p. 463]
  4. Silas Parker was born on 23 Jan 1743/4 [FFH, pp. 33-35, 1743] in Westford. [MVRW] He died in Mt. Desert. [FFH, pp. 33-35]
  5. Leonard Parker was born on 10 Nov 1745 [FFH, pp. 33-35] in Westford. [MVRW] He died in New York. [FFH, pp. 33-35] He married Mary Foster on 20 Sep 1768 in Westford. [MVRW]

and Mary Proctor

  1. Mary Parker was born on 14 Feb 1748/9 in Westford. [MVRW] She married Thomas Wright of New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire in 1766. [HTWM, p. 463]
  2. Jonathan Parker was born on 28 Mar 1751 in Westford. [MVRW] He died in 1820, unmarried. [HTWM, p. 464]
    Jonathan moved to Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [HTWM, p. 464]
  3. Hon. Abel Parker was born on 25 Mar 1753 in Westford. [MVRW] He died on 28 May 1831. [Ref] He is buried in the Old Burial Ground in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Click here to see a photo of his grave on the Findagrave website. He married Edith Jewitt [HTWM, p. 464] on 19 Oct 1777 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [MVRP] Edith was the daughter of Jedidiah Jewett. [HTWM, p. 464] She was born on 4 Jan 1752. [Ref] She died on 28 Oct 1848. [Ref] She is buried in the Old Burial Ground in Jaffrey. [Ref]
    1. Hon. Edmund Parker was a probate judge.
    2. Hon. Isaac Parker was a merchant in Boston.
    3. Hon. Joel Parker was born on 25 Jan 1795 in Jaffrey. He died on 17 Aug 1875 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
      Joel was a well known New Hampshire jurist. Click here to see his entry in the Appletons Cyclopedia and here to see his entry in Wikipedia.
  4. Elizabeth Parker was born on 9 May 1755 in Westford. [MVRW] She married Joseph Tenney [HTWM, p. 464, no first name] on 7 Feb 1774 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [MVRP]
  5. Lydia Parker was born about 1757. [HTWM, p. 464] She died of a fever on 10 Feb 1774, age 17, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [MVRP]

References

MVRW Essex Institute, Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1915.
FFH Fletcher, Edward Hatch, Fletcher Family History: the descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass., Boston, Rand, Avery & Co., 1881.
MVRP New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Pepperell, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.