PARKER FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH
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The Parkers were among the first settlers (of No. 4) and Lieut Isaac Parker was among the most prominent men in the township. On the Proprietor's Records his name is found in connection with the most important business transactions. On the Town Records it is found six times as moderator and eight times as one of the selectmen; and when it is considered that he died April 1, 1762, only nine years after the organization of the town, it shows that he must have possessed the confidence of his fellow townsmen to an unusual degree. He had been moderator, and had also been elected first selectman the March previous to his decease. Mrs. Parker died March 25, 1759.
Lieut. Isaac Parker, Capt. John Spafford and Stephen Farnsworth were the first captives taken by the Indians from No. 4. They were taken on the l9th of April 1746 They were carried to Canada where they were retained through the following winter when they were returned to Boston under a flag of truce.
Lieut. Parker was a member of Capt. Hobb's company in 1748 in which he held the position of lst Lieutenant and did his duty most bravely and manfully in the almost unexampled fight which they had with Sackett on the 26th of June 1748 (see pp45-47) He was also a lieutenant in Col. Meserve's regiment in 1756. After Capt. Stevens left for the war in Nova Scotia, Lieut Parker was put in his place as commander of the post of Charlestown (NH) The following is an extract of a letter from him while acting in this capacity, dated Charlestown, Oct 3, 1756 It was directed to Governor Wentworth:
Charlestown
October 3 1756
To Governor Wentworth
"This day arrived here one Enoch Byshop, an English captive, from Canada, who was taken from Contoocook about two years since. He left Canada twenty six days ago, in company with two other English captives, viz. William Hair late of Brookfield, entered into Shirley's regiment and taken at Oswego. The other name unknown taken from Pennsylvania. They came away from Canada without gun, hatchet or fireworks and with no more than three loaves of bread, and four pounds of pork. As they suffered much for want of provisions, his companions were not able to travel any further than a little on this side Cowoss (Coos) where he was obliged to leave them last Lord's day, without any sustenance but a few berries. Six men sent out this evening to look for them but it is to be feared they perhished in the wilderness."
The letter of Lieut Parker also contained important in-formation given by Byshop of the movements of the enemy confirming intelligence which had been previously re-ceived. The inhabitants of No. 4 having failed to gain the needed force for their protection from New-Hampshire had, at the instance of Gov. Shirley, forwarded a petit-ion to the King. Before an answer had been received, the settlement still being in great danger, Lieut Parker on Sept. 1, 1757 had addressed a letter to Lord Loudoun informing him of the circumstances of its situation. To this he received the following answer:
New York, Sept. 12th 1757
"Sir. I am commanded by His Excellancy the Earl of Loudoun to acquaint you that he has received your letter of the first instant and to assure you that he will give proper orders for the protection of the inhabitants in your part of the country.
I am likewise to acquaint you that his Lordship has re-ceived the Petition of the inhabitants back from England with directions thereupon.
I am Sir Your Most Humble Servant
Jo. Forbes, Adjutant General."
To Mr. Isaac Parker at No. 4 on Connecticut River
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Isaac Parker Jr. was also a useful and respected citizen and would probably have stood before the public much more prominently had it not been for the overshadowing in-fluence of his father which appears to have been only second to that of Capt. Phineas Stevens. He was still placed often on the important committees and entrusted with business of such consequence s would at least be adapted to show the confidence of the public, both in his trustworthiness and ability. He died about two years before Lieut Parker (senior) and in his death and that of his father, subsequently a loss was experience which doubless affect the little settlement deeply. For there-by was removed not only an exemplary member of the church which had been but a short time formed, but a citizen of much promise.
Nathaniel Parker, though his name occurs occasionally in the Proprietor's records, was not entrusted with much public business, and of David, another son of Lieut Parker, little more is known than that he was wounded in a fight which Capt. Stevens and Capt. Brown had with a party of Indians on the 19th of June, 1746 who laid an ambush for them while they were going to the meadow for their horses into which fortunately, they did not fall.
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Elijah Parker, son of Isaac Parker Jr. and his wife, Mary, b. July 4th 1750 married Nov. 3, 1769 Elizabeth Farwell dau of William and Bethiah Farwell b. at Mans-field, CT Aug 12, 1751. Their children:
1. Isaac Parker b. Apr 9, 1770
2. Dolly (or Dorothy) Parker b. May 15, 1772 m. (l) Lemuel Cone of Westminster; she m. (2) Benjamin Bellows of Charlestown, NH
3. Elizabeth Parker b. Apr 14, 1774 d. Mar 20, 1791
4. Jacob Parker b. May 25, 1776
5. Elijah Parker Jr. b. June 26, 1778
6. Ora Parker b. March 30, 1780
7. David Parker b. April 4, 1782 m. Fanny Jones on April 1810 and their children:
1. Fanny Jones Parker b. Dec 3, 1813
2. Mary Ann Parker b. Jan 2l, 18l4.
3. Isaac Parker b. Mar 25, 1816 d. 1837
4. David Parker, Jr. died at Evansville, Indiana June 5, 1837.
David Parker was a colonel in the 16th Regiment of New Hampshire Militia whence his title Colonel Parker, by which he was always called. He was a prosperous farmer and lived where Edwin Hubbard, Esq. later lived and Col. Parker died May 4, 1846 His widow at last accounts was living at Vergennes VT with her daughter.
8. Polly (or Mary) Parker b. June l9, 1784
9. Enos Parker b. May 1, 1786
10. Patty (or Martha) Parker b. Mar 7, 1788
11. Phineas Parker b. Apr 2l, 1790
12. Sophia Parker b. Feb 7, 1792
13. John Parker b. Feb 17, 1794
l4. Sarah Parker b. March 9, 1797 Elijah Parker, Senior died Dec. 25, 1804. Mrs. Parker died Sept 9, 1840.
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Stephen Parker b. Oct 18, 1770 died Feb 7, 1865 m. Mary Bellows who died 1845 aged 63. Their children:
1. Solomon Parker b. at No. 4 1798 m. Miriam Wright of Westminster and settled at Middlebury, VT. He was a paper maker and had five children.
2. Mary A. Parker b. Jan l7, 1798 at No. 4 m. Mar 14, 1820 Lewis C. Osgood.
3. Stephen Parker, Jr. b. 1800 m. (1) Caroline Bowles (one son by this marriage in 1876 resided in Stockton, CA) Stephen Parker Jr. m. (2) in Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Eliza Parker m. Hiram Leach and lived in Middlebury VT and had eight children.
5. Milicent Parker d. in infancy.
6. Sibil Parker b.___m. James C. Stebbins.
7. Laura Parker b. Apr 28, 1813 m. George Parker (see profile below)
8. Sarah Parker m. Aurelean Justus Cook of Springfield VT had 3 living children.
9. Royal Bellows Parker m. Nancy Miller of Nantucket and resided at Stockton, CA and had nine children eight lived.
10. Elithea Parker m. Levi Harlow of Fort 4 and had nine children.
George Parker (son of Joseph and Anna (Upham) Parker b. at Nantucket, Mass. April 8, 1814 m. July 7th, 1839 Laura Parker (above) dau of Stephen and Mary (Bellows) Parker, b. April 28, 1813 Their children:
1. George Lewis Parker b. Mary 7, 1841 d. Jan 7, 1842
2. Susan Sophia Parker b. Feb 27, 1844
3. Willie Leverett Parker b. Apr 9, 1856.
George Parker came to Charlestown, NH in 1843.
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Lieut Isaac Parker son of Joseph Parker and his wife, Elizabeth_______ (Joseph Parker lived at Old Dunstable then removed to Groton, MA) Capt. Joseph Parker was ancestor of the most numerous branches of the Parker families of that vicinity. Both Isaac Parker's father and grand father possessed large estates. (See Shattuck Memorial p.376) Lieut Isaac Parker m. Ruth Blood (See Butler's History of Groton p.423) Isaac Parker and Ruth Blood had the following children:
1. Isaac Parker Jr. b. 1709
2. William Parker (grandfather of of Amos, Abbott and Samuel Lawrence)
3. Thomas Parker
4. Esther Parker
5. Ruth Parker
6. Nathaniel Parker b. 2/25/1718
7. David Parker b. 2/20/1720
8. Anna Parker
9. Abraham Parker
Note: Isaac Parker Jr., Nathaniel Parker and David Parker settled at Fort No. 4 Note: The Isaac Parker of Fort No. 4 fame was, then Isaac Parker, Jr. son of Lieut Isaac Parker and Ruth Blood.
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Isaac Parker Jr. b. 1709 m (l) Mary____who d. 3/8/1755 Their children:
l. Mary Parker b. 1729
2. Isaac Parker III b. 1730
3. Ruth Parker b. 1734
4. Thomas Parker b. 1736
5. Rebecca Parker b. 1738
6. Jacob Parker b. 1740 (the year that Isaac Parker and Ruth Blood removed from Groton to Fort No. 4
7. Elizabeth Parker b. 1744 at Fort No.4 she m. Phineas Graves m (2) Col.Abel Walker.
8. Sarah Parker b. 1746
9. Elijah Parker b. 1750
l0. Anna Parker b. 1753 d.18l0 at Keene (See Jehoshaphat Grout) When Isaac Parker Jr. wife, Mary died in 1755, he m (2) Mehitable_______ He had these children by Mehitable:
ll. Sarah b. 1756
l2. Thomas b. 1757
l3. Mary b. 1760
The date of Isaac Jr death on his gravestone is April 1758 and this is in error! He held office in the town of Charlestown in 1759 He actually died April, 1760.
p. 50l Nathaniel Parker son of Isaac Parker and Ruth Blood m. 174l Eleanor Walker. Their children were:
l. Nathaniel Parker Jr. b. 174l - Killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.
2. Sybil Parker b. Oct. l3, 1743
3. Abel Parker b. 1745
4. David Parker b. 1747
5. Lucy Parker b. 175l
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Elijah Parker, son of Isaac Parker Jr and his lst wife, Mary. m. in 1769 Elizabeth Farwell, daug. of William Farwell and w. Bethiah. They settled at Mansfield Conn. in 175l. Their children were:
l. Isaac Parker b. 1770
2. Dorothy Parker (Dolly) b. 1772 m. Lemuel Cone of Westminster m. (2) Benjamin Bellows of Charlestown.
3. Elizabeth Parker b. 1774 b. 1791
4. Jacob Parker b. 1776
5. Elijah Parker Jr. b. 1778
6. Ora Parker b. 1780
7. David Parker b. 1782 m. Fanny Jones. Their children were:
l. Fanny Jones Parker b. 18l3
2. Mary Anne Parker b. 18l4
3. Isaac Parker b. 18l6
4. David Parker Jr. died at Evansville, Indiana 1837David Parker was a colonel in the l6th Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia hence his title: Colonel Parker He d. 1846 His widow lived at Vergennes, Vermont with one of her daughters.
8. Mary Parker (Polly) b. 1784
9. Enos Parker b. 1786
10.Martha Parker (Patty) b. 1788
11.Phineas Parker b. 1790
12.Sophia Parker b. 1792
13.John Parker b. 1794
14.Sarah Parker b.1797
Note: Elijah Parker, Senator d. 1804 His wife, d. 1840
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Stephen Parker b.1770 d. 1864 m. Mary Bellows who d. 1845 Their Children were:
1. Solomon Parker b. Fort No. 4 1798 m. Miriam Wright of Westminster. They removed to Middlebury VT. He was a paper maker. They had 5 children
2. Mary Parker b. 1798 m. Lewis Osgood
3. Stephen Parker b. 1800 m (l) Caroline Bowles He married again at Cleveland Ohio
4. Eliza Parker m. Hiram Leach res: Middlebury VT 8 Children
5. Millicent Parker died in childhood
6. Sybil Parker m. James C. Stebbins
7. Laura Parker b. 18l3 m. George Parker
8. Sarah Parker m. Aurelean Justus Cook of Springfield Vt
9. Royal Bellows Parker m. Nancy Miller of Nantucket MA
They removed to Stockton, CA had 9 children
Further, p. 504 George Parker son of Joseph Parker and Anna Upham
p. 505 AAron Parker b. 1758 m. Anna Jenison
p. 505 Darius Parker son of David Parker and Mary Bingham
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