Parker Joseph b. 30 MAR 1653 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1725 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

1653 - 1725

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Birth 30 Mar 1653 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Gender Male

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Died 1725 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Person ID I4939 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Parker Joseph, d. 1690

Mother Margaret, d. 1654

Family ID F2066 Group Sheet

Family 1 Blood Elizabeth

Married Y [1]

Children

1. Parker Joseph, b. 01 Mar 1689, d. 26 Nov 1753, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F2065 Group Sheet

Family 2 Hannah

Married 19 Nov 1684 [1]

Family ID F2069 Group Sheet

Notes	Joseph Parker. 1653-1725. Son of Joseph. Born at Chelmsford March 30,1653. Said to have been the first child born there. He and his father both served in King Philip's war. Feb. 15, 1676, while goingafter reinforcements from Major Willard's forces, they were ambushed and " had ye Indian bullets thick about them." The son was wounded in the shoulder and had his clothes torn by pistol bullets. Oneof the two was at Charlestown, for a time, after the destruction of the frontier towns, and was admitted as a citizen there AprilS, 1676. He settled, later, in Groton. His first wife, Elizabeth, was probably the daughter of Eichard and Isabel Blood of Groton. He married (2) Nov. 19, 1684, Hannah. He died at Groton in 1725, and his widow, Hannah, was appointed to administer his estate. She sold the homestead in Groton to Thomas Tarbell in 1729.

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