Ebenezer Parkman I (1703 - 1782)

Born 5 Sep 1703 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Champney) Parkman — married 7 Jul 1724 (to 29 Jan 1735) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1782 at age 79 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Rev. Ebenezer Parkman was born in 1703 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of William Parkman and Elizabeth (Adams) Parkman.

He graduated from Harvard University. AB 1703, AM 1724.^[1]

In 1723, he began to preach, and twice during that summer occupied the Westborough pulpit. In 1724, he and Rev. Jacob Eliot were nominated in a Town meeting as candidates for the position of Town Minister of Westborough, and he, proving the successful candidate, was installed nine months later, over the little church organized just before.

Those nine months had been very busy ones to the young man. Only a month had passed since he had become twenty-one years of age. he had built himself a house on the bleak hill-top where the Lyman School now stands, and he had married a wife in July - Mary Champney, of Cambridge.

He first married Mary (Champney) Parkman in 1724. Together, they were the parents of Ebenezer Parkman II and Lucy Parkman. His first wife passed away in 1735. Most of his children bore the names of his brothers and sisters.

He married Hannah (Breck) Parkman in 1737. They had eleven children born between Dec 28, 1738 and 6 Jan 1761.^[1]

He founded the Congregational Church in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay in 1724.

He passed away in 1782 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried at Memorial Cemetery in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., Boston, 1910)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., Boston, 1910)

• "The Diary of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, of Westborough, Mass" For the Months of...", by Ebenezer Parkman, edited by Harriette M. Forbes, The Westborough Historical Society, 1899

Also see:

• EbenezerParkman.org: Westborough Center for History and Culture at the Westborough Public Library, in collaboration with scholars, created a website that centralizes access to all of Parkman's writings, along with a complete and fully searchable diary transcription, created by Professor Ross Beales.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #124461101 retrieved 7/22/19 Rev Ebenezer Parkman (5 Sep 1703–9 Dec 1782), , citing Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Daniel M. Parkman, Sr. (contributor 47750345).
• Ebenezer Parkman on Parkman Genealogy website
• Tarbox, Rev. Increase N., Necrology of The New-England historic genealogical Society, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1886) Vol. 40, Page 117