Daniel Parker (1670 - 1728)

Born 18 Apr 1670 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Lumbart) Parker — married 11 Dec 1689 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1728 at age 58 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Daniel Parker, s/o Robert Parker and Patience Cob, was born 18 Apr 1670 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony^[1][2]

He married 11 Dec 1689 Mary Lumbert, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Derby) Lumbart.^[2]

Daniel received an equal share in his father's estate but became the wealthiest & most prominent of Robert Parker's children. He was admitted to the West Parish Church on 18 Feb. 1690/1. His children were baptized there.^[2]

In 1693 Joseph and his brother, Daniel, jointly conveyed to Benjamin Dexter their share of land inherited from their "father, Robert Parker...at Sepican, alias Rochester"^[3]

Daniel Parker was designated as "Mr." by 1702 and was called Ensign, when he and his wife, Mary, swore to the will of Edward Taylor of Barnstable. He served as Selectman, as chairman of Land-distribution committees, etc., was a member of the committee which laid out Woods Hole in 1706. He was named executor of his half brother, Samuel's, will. In 1712 he was chosen Representative of Barnstable to the General Court, where he was one of the leading members. He was appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1713, in which capacity he served until 1727, when he was appointed Chief Justice.^[2]

"Perswasive" published in 1730 with preface by Rev. Thomas Price, Library of Congress, BX7115-P3 Office) "Prince says of Judge Parker as a young man "under considerable disadvantages, both in his education & way of living, he in the remarkable strength of his genius, & the Divine Blessing, made an unusual progress in the knowledge of Civil & Ecclesiastical matters & Particularly of the Law, in which he was for many years a pleader, & then a Judge. He had a quick apprehension, an accute Discernment & a ready Speech, which joined with piety & a love of Justice & the Publick good made him very eminent & useful in his County, raised him to the seat of judicature in it where he sat about 16 years, & in the chief place about 14 months before he died"."^[2]

Parker's will was dated 10 Sep 1724. He made bequests: "to my loving wife, Mary...one half of the housing & household stuff, one thire the dwelling house, with conveniences of gardening,...two cows, 20 pounds in current money, & directs that his son David pay 5 pounds annually during her natural life, to his mother. He further directs his son Samuel to pay a similar amount to Mary (Lumbert) Parker, as well as the testator's obligation to Patience (Cobb) (Parker) Crocker, "his grandmother". He gives his son, Samuel, my mansion seat, reserving to his mother as....lands........He mentions his sons, Samuel & David; minor sons, Jonathan, & Nehemiah; his three grandsons, Benjamin, Jabez & Daniel Bacon; to daughters, Abigail, Rebecca, Mary. He left in personal estate, besides Coffee, a negro woman & child & a "Spanish Indian". Livestock was numerous & varied, including 15 cows, a bull, 5 steers, 9 calves, 9 two year olds, 9 oxen, 3 horses, etc. Also a one eighth share in a sloop, valued at 100 pounds, & large amount of salt pork, beef, cheese, butter, Indian corn, barley, rye, wheat, oats, flax, wool, etc."

Daniel Parker Esq'r Departed this Life the 23d of Decbr 1728 Aged 59. in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts^[4][2]

Burial

His gravestone no longer exists, but his widow's stone is in the "Ancient Burying Ground on Lothrop's Hill", Barnstable. It reads as follows: "In Memory of Mrs. Mary Parker, Relict of Daniel Parker, Esqr., Who Departed This Life Novr. Ye 17, 1744, in Ye 74th Year of Her Age". Still to be seen are neighboring stones of his daughter, Hannah, son Daniel, brother Elisha, & other members of his family.^[2]

yDNA

Daniel is believed to fall into Parker Y-DNA family group 5. See Parker Name Study for details.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 March 2022), memorial page for Daniel Parker Sr. (18 Apr 1670–23 Dec 1728), Find A Grave: Memorial #56974223, citing Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939) .

1. ↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, p. 11:100. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} McLean, Maclean W. "Robert Parker of Barnstable, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 112:257.
3. ↑ Plymouth County Deeds, vol. 12, p 207.
4. ↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, p. 32:58. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)

• Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant". With Added Index of Names by Col. Leonard H, Smith, Jr. & Norma H. Smith (Available at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48648)
• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13885/57/248779419
• Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21067/274/1425818689
• McLean, Maclean W., Robert Parker of Barnstable, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1974) Vol. 128, Page 207.

• "...there is an ancient "table" type memorial in the Lothrop's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, near the other Parker graves of the period. The inscription on the flat surface has disappeared but, considering the prominence of Judge Parker, and the location of the tomb, it would seem probable that this is the marker for the Daniel Parker grave."