Daniel Parcher (1784 - 1868)

Born 25 Mar 1784 in Saco, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Andrews) Parcher — married 17 Apr 1807 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine

Husband of Clara (Berry) Parcher — married 17 Jul 1826 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1868 at age 84 in Maine

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Biography

Daniel went to sea in his early life, mostly in the West India trade. In 1808, he came to Leeds with his brother-in-law Robert Gould and bought the 400-acre Stone lot upon which he settled. A Free Will Baptist, was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party. He married twice, first to Sally Andrews and second Clara Berry.

Daniel enlisted July 3, 1775 as a Private in Captain John Rice's Company in the 31st. Regiment of Foot commanded by Col. Edmund Phinney, All the company came from Scarborough. (Mass. Archives, Vol. 56, Part 2, Page 207)

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Sources

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-2LW : 10 February 2018), Daniel Parcher and Sarah Andrews, 17 Apr 1807; citing , reference p 23; FHL microfilm 12,243.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVG-13K : 27 December 2014), Olive Sevey in entry for Daniel Parcher, Death 08 Nov 1868; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,205,235.

• Collections of the Maine Historical Society

• Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States, 1800

• Stinchfield, J. C., etals, History of the Town of Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine; from its settlement June 10, 1780 Press of Lewiston Journal Company (1901)