Joshua Parker (1740 - 1834)

Born 13 Dec 1740 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Boynton) Parker — married 15 Mar 1764 (to 30 Nov 1771) in Westford, Middlesex, Mass

Husband of Hannah (Kidder) Parker — married 8 Mar 1774 in Westford, Middlesex, Mass

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1834 at age 93 in LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States

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Biography

Captain Joshua Parker served with 9th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Joshua Parker is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 265552
Rank: Captain

Joshua Parker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087673.

Joshua Parker was born on December 13, 1740 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. His parents were Aaron Parker and Dorothy Fletcher. ^{[1] [2]}

Capt. Joshua Parker married first, Mary Boynton on March 15, 1764. ^{[1] [2]}

Their children born in Westford: ^{[1] [2]}

1. Joshua Parker Jr. b. 1764, removed to Cavendish, VT. He m. Hannah Jackman of Lunenburg, 1790, and had Polly, Betsey, Levi, Abner, Joshua & John. The 3d Joshua Parker had a son, Charles G. Parker, a merchant at Proctorville, VT.
2. Patty Parker, b. 1766, m. Daniel Coffin of Cavendish
3. Mary Parker b. 1769, m. Abel Kimball of Cavendish.

Mary, Joshua's wife, died Nov 30, 1771 at Westford. ^{[1] [2]}

Joshua Parker Sr., m. (2) Hannah Kidder of Cambridge in 1774. ^{[1] [2]} She was left an orphan and had lived for a time with her sister in Brighton, Mass.

Their children born in Westford: ^{[1] [2]}

1. Amaziah Fasset Parker, b. 1775.^[1]
2. Hannah Parker b. 1778^[1]

She became the second wife of Isaiah Boynton of Plymouth, VT and had two children. Capt. Joshua Parker died in the state of New York.

He died on April 27, 1834 in LeRoy, Genesee, New York, USA.

p.111 The Battle of Bunker Hill In the list of companies in this battle there is given one of which Joshua Parker was captain. The following is a muster roll of Capt. Joshua Parker's company including ONLY the names of Westford, Mass. men. They were in Colonel William Prescott's Regiment.

Captain, Joshua Parker. Date of Enlistment, 1775, April 12th.

2nd Lieut. Thomas Rogers

Sgt. Solomon Spalding

Sgt. Nehemiah Green

Sgt. Jonathan Minott

Corp. Peter Brown

Corp. Obadiah Perry

Corp. Levi Temple

Corp. Jonas Holden

Drummer, Isaac Parker

Fifer, Ephraim Spalding

Calvin Blanchard

David Bixby

Abel Boynton

William Chandler

Samuel Craft

Ephraim Dutton

Benjamin Esterbrooks

Levi Fletcher

Josiah Fletcher

Joshua Fassett

Isaac Green

Ephraim Heald

Oliver Heald

Jonathan Hildreth

David Keyes

Samuel Keyes

Thomas Kidder

Peter Larkin

John Parker

John Pushee

Nathaniel Prentice

William Read

Oliver Read

Francis Smith

Silas Spalding

Simeon Senter

Joseph Underwood

Robbin Skinner

James Perry

Jonas Blodgett

Nathaniel Holmes.

10:05, 29 July 2016 (EDT) Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth _____________________

C. Anderson, (C Anderson) writes:

I asked the DAR Patriot Index Service for further information on Capt. Joshua Parker and where he is buried. They replied with the following: "A search of our Patriot Index provided the information found below. PARKER, Joshua Birth: MA 13 Dec 1740 Service: MA Rank: Capt Death: NY 1835 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: 2- Hannah Kidder Spouse: 1- Mary (Polly) Boynton (No other info is listed in the Patriot Index)"

Research Notes

His death place is alternatively listed as LeRay - much closer to Vermont where he was prior and where he may show up in the 1820 census in Amaziah's household. The Find-a-Grave link is closer to LeRoy than to LeRay, but far enough removed to call into question whether it is the correct Joshua Parker. On the other hand, how many Capt Joshua Parkers could there be from that period?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-12-31), "Record of Joshua Parker", Ancestor # A087673.
• Title: Mary Parker.FTW
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27210991 Note this memorial gives his age as "the 63(?) year of his age". If that were "93rd" it would be a fit.

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 248-9

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 11, p. 882

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-WZQ : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker, 13 Dec 1740; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR8-QMV : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker, 15 Mar 1764; citing Marriage, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-VLP : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Joshua Parker, 31 Dec 1764; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-VLT : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Patte Parker, 12 Jul 1767; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-VL1 : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Mary Parker, 3 Nov 1769; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7L-T2V : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Mary Parker, 30 Nov 1771; citing Death, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWJ-NXN : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker, 26 Apr 1773; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-LLN : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker, 26 Apr 1774; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-VGS : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Amaziah Fasset Parker, 28 Dec 1775; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X4-VG7 : 10 November 2020), Joshua Parker in entry for Hannah Parker, 16 Feb 1778; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-V9D : accessed 4 January 2022), Joshua Parker, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 679, 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://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-8N7F : 1 March 2021), Joshua Parker, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-T7DQ : 1 March 2021), Joshua Parker, 15 Jul 1781; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFKW-1L3 : 19 February 2021), Joshua Parker in entry for Benjamin Parker, 1785.

• Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1915); p. 78-9, p. 209, p. 301