David
Parker
Born in Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of John Parker
and Abigail (Phillips) Parker
Brother of
Elihu Parker, Charles Parker, Peter Parker, Peter Parker, George Parker and William Parker
Husband of
Lydia Thornton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 87
in Vermont
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Biography
David was born in 1764. He passed away in 1851.
Sources
- BIRTH
- David's personal testimony in his Revolutionary War Pension Application: "He was born in Scituate, Rhode Island April 1st 1764, he knows of no record of his age but he understood that it is recorded in Scituate, that his father, with himself moved to Adams, Mass. in the year that Burgoyne was taken [i.e., 1777, when he was age 13], that he moved in 1785, when he was 21 years of age, to Clarendon in Rutland county, where has ever since lived & now lives." Dated 21 Jul 1832.
- Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, a database with images on Ancestry.com
- https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_136492-00297?pId=45979
- Detail in newspaper article: "David Parker, an early settler of Ira Vermont, died at his residence on the 3d inst., at the advanced age of 93 years.
- Source: Rutland County Herald (Rutland, VT), Thu, 9 Oct 1851, Vol 57, page 2.
- [NOTE: This suggest his birthdate was 1758].
- Name: David Parker
- Age: 90
- Birth Year: abt 1760
- Home in 1850: Ira, Rutland, Vermont, USA
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ira, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 927; Page: 2a.
- [NOTE: This suggests his birthdate was 1760].
- MARRIAGE (First)
- The following two records support that David Parker was married to Lydia Thornton:
- Anna Colvin, died 2 Apr 1883 in Wallingford, Vermont, age 88. Born 1795 in Ira, Vermont. Married. Father’s name: David Parker. Mother’s name: Lydia Thornton.
- Source: Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, database, Familysearch.org.[Source Film Number 540076, Digital Folder Number 4357179, Image Number 535, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07545-6]
- Calvin Parker, died 14 Dec 1887 in Middleton Springs, Rutland, Vermont, age 91. Born (est.) 1796 in Ira, Vermont. Farmer. Widowed. Father’s name: David Parker. Mother’s name: Lyda (sic).
- Source: Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, database with images, Familysearch.org. [Source Film Number: 540129. Digital Folder Number 4357282. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07554-2. Image Number 1231. Reference Number: Alpha P.]
- MARRIAGE (Second)
- Name: David Parker
- Marriage Date: 18 Apr 1822
- Marriage Place: Middletown, Vermont
- Spouse's Name: Betsy White
- Name Party Officiating: Isaac Bucklin M.G.
- Source: Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, a database with images on FamilySearch.org
- DEATH
- Newspaper notice: "David Parker, an early settler of Ira Vermont, died at his residence on the 3d inst., at the advanced age of 93 years.
- Source: Rutland County Herald (Rutland, VT), Thu, 9 Oct 1851, Vol 57, page 2.
Residence
- David's personal testimony in his Revolutionary War Pension Application: "He was born in Scituate, Rhode Island April 1st 1764, he knows of no record of his age but he understood that it is recorded in Scituate, that his father, with himself moved to Adams, Mass. in the year that Burgoyne was taken [i.e., 1777, when he was age 13], that he moved in 1785, when he was 21 years of age, to Clarendon in Rutland county, where has ever since lived & now lives." Dated 21 Jul 1832.
- Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, a database with images on Ancestry.com
- https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1995/images/MIUSA1775D_136492-00297?pId=45979
- Newspaper article: [Quoting David Parker]: "I lived in the Wyoming valley [Pennsylvania] at the outbreak of the revolution."
- Source: Old Memories, Number Forty-Five. By Judge O. L. Ray. David Parker's Statement - Battle of Wyoming. The Poultney Journal (Poultney, Vermont), Fri, 3 Sep 1886, page 1. (Newspaper.com).
- CENSUS 1790
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females: 2
- Number of Household Members: 3
- CENSUS 1800
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Ira, Rutland, Vermont
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
- Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
- Number of Household Members: 5
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Ira, Rutland, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 111; Image: 113; Family History Library Film: 218689.
- CENSUS 1810
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Middletown, Rutland, Vermont
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
- Number of Household Members Over 25: 4
- Number of Household Members: 10
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Middletown, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 65; Page: 24; Image: 00022; Family History Library Film: 0218669
- CENSUS 1820
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Ira, Rutland, Vermont
- Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1820; Census Place: Ira, Rutland, Vermont; Page: 453; NARA Roll: M33_126; Image: 211.
- CENSUS 1830
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont
- Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 3
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
- Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont; Series: M19; Roll: 188; Page: 74; Family History Library Film: 0027454.
- CENSUS 1840
- Name: David Parker
- Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Middletown, Rutland, Vermont
- Birth Year: abt 1763
- Age: 77
- Military service: Veteran
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Middletown, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 545; Page: 93; Family History Library Film: 0027441.
- CENSUS 1850
- Name: David Parker
- Gender: Male
- Age: 90
- Birth Year: abt 1760
- Birthplace: New York
- Home in 1850: Ira, Rutland, Vermont, USA
- Occupation: Laborer
- Industry: Industry Not Reported
- Line Number: 32
- Dwelling Number: 18
- Family Number: 23
- Household Members Age
- David Parker 90, Laborer, born New York; Jane Parker 75, born New York.
- Source: United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ira, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 927; Page: 2a.
- Newspaper article: "Old Memories, Number Forty-Five. David Parker's Statement - Battle of Wyoming. -- The hero of this statement, or rather of the above event, David Parker, lived in the town of Ira, sixty years ago. He removed later to the west part of Middletown and remained some years. He afterwards returned to Ira where he died about forty years since. He was often at my father's house in West Tinmouth in my early childhood. He was a hale, genial, sociable old man, who rather delighted in talking over the story of his battles." <snip> David Parker, in his better days, was a large, supple man. He was far up in the eighties when he related to me his stories of the revolution. I was a boy of nineteen and engaged in teaching school near Birdseye [Rutland County, Vermont]. I met him one evening at the home of his son, Stukely, who lived in the same district. I asked him to give me his experience in the revolutionary war."
- [The author, Orin L. Ray, was nineteen years old in about 1843].
- Source: Old Memories, Number Forty-Five. By Judge O. L. Ray. David Parker's Statement - Battle of Wyoming. The Poultney Journal (Poultney, Vermont), Fri, 3 Sep 1886, page 1. (Newspaper.com).
Research
- Entry in book, in section written about the town of Ira, Vermont: "David Parker was here in 1800 and died here aged over 80 years. He had a number of sons, Solomon, Calvin C., and William Parker."
- Source: The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: a magazine embracing a history of each town, civil, ecclesiastical, biographical and military." Edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Claremont, N.H.: The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1877. Vol. 3, Orleans and Rutland Counties. Page 781.
- Evidence of brothers William and Peter.
- Inquiry found at Parker Heritage Forum http://www.parkerheritage.com/profiles/requests/david-parker-1764-1851-ri-ma-vt
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~3.12%
Dale Parker
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~1.56%
Paula King :
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~1.56%
Dan Pasco :
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~1.56%
D Ready :
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~0.78%
Jerry Hopkins :
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~0.78%
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Parker-42731 and Parker-26805 appear to represent the same person because: I mistakenly created a profile for David Parker when I had a different Source, that suggested he was born in 1758. I recently discovered his Rev War Pension Application where he stated he was born 1 Apr 1764, and that led me to discover the duplicate profile. Apologies to trouble you, but thank you for making the merge. ~ Paula King
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