Ezra Parker (abt. 1745 - abt. 1842)

Born about 13 Dec 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Died about 7 Jul 1842 at about age 96 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ezra Parker was born December 13, 1745, in Wallingford, Connecticut. He died July 7, 1842, in Royal Oak, Michigan, and was buried in the Royal Oak Cemetery. Ezra Parker was Benedict Arnold’s Orderly Sergeant on his memorable march to Quebec. After his return from Quebec, a commission was offered to him by the state of Massachusetts, but he declined. Still, as a sergeant, he was engaged among the troops in eastern New York and fought in the battles of Bennington, Bemis Heights, and Saratoga. He married a young woman, Sarah Tuttle, who lived but a few months but left a little daughter, Sarah. In 1772 he contracted a second marriage with Elizabeth Perry who bore him ten children. Ezra Parker was the great-grandfather of Ella Parker Benjamin, a charter member of Ezra Parker Chapter, NSDAR, the second great-grandfather of Grace Parker, a former member of our chapter, and the third great-grandfather of late member Helen Class Potter. On July 15, 1928, the chapter dedicated a bronze marker in his honor at his grave in the Royal Oak Cemetery.

Revolutionary war veteran.

Birth data is conjecture - could have been born in New Haven as well, not Wallingford.

Sources

Ezra Parker Chapter, NSDAR Royal Oak Michigan

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-L6H6 : accessed 1 October 2016), Ezra Parker, 04 Mar 1835; citing Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387.
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-2Q74 : 11 March 2016), Ezra Parker, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 159; FHL microfilm 882,677.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYX-3Y8 : 24 August 2015), Ezra Parker, Royal Oak Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing p. 90, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 209; FHL microfilm 14,797.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-R67N : 13 December 2015), Ezra Parker, 1842; Burial, Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States of America, Royal Oak Cemetery; citing record ID 15167043, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Acknowledgements

• 'This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Parker-13248 was created by Sean Smart through the import of Sean.ged on May 10, 2014.