Private Thomas Parker served with 14th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Biography
Mayflower Families provides that he was the son of Samuel and Hannah (-----) Parker.
Sources
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 13 p. 122
"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG5-LB5B : 15 November 2020), Thomas Parker, 25 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-SK3 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker, 27 Apr 1733; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3NR : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Polly Parker, 10 Jan 1761; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWD-7JB : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker, 24 Nov 1761; citing Marriage, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3NB : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Betty Parker, 22 Jun 1763; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3J9 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for John Parker, 7 Feb 1767; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3JQ : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Lucy Parker, 10 Mar 1770; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3J4 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Pearly Parker, 10 Mar 1770; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3JZ : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Roby Parker, 29 Mar 1773; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-3J6 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Fally Parker, 5 Sep 1775; citing Birth, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009440.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH72-LYH : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Pearley Parker, 24 Aug 1841; citing Death, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009540.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH72-5B6 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Parker in entry for Fally Parker, 8 Dec 1850; citing Death, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009540.
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-7NS : accessed 7 February 2021), Thomas Parker, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 545, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-LKLS : 15 December 2020), Thomas Parker, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.
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