Free Groves Parker (1755 - 1842)

Born 17 Apr 1755 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Hardy) Parker — married 4 Dec 1777 in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Burbank) Parker — married 3 Jun 1818 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1842 at age 86 in Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private Free Parker served with 10th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Free Parker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087446.

Free Groves Parker; b. 17 Apr 1755 ^[1]at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts;

m. Suannah Hardy 4 Dec 1777 ^[2]at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts;

Free Groves Parker served with the rank of a private for Massachusetts with Capt. Nathaniel Gage. His first wife Susanna Hardy and second Elizabeth Burbank Carlton. A son James b. married Elizabeth surname unknown. ^[3]

He died 10 Feb 1842 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, Æ 86y 11m; he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

Find A Grave: Memorial #39037428

Susannah Hardy was born on 28 Feb 1759. She died on 17 Apr 1817 at age 58.

Free Groves re-married Betsey (Burbank) Carlton, the widow of Enos Carlton June 3, 1818.^[4][5]

Known children of Free Groves Parker and Suannah Hardy all b. at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, were as follows:

• i. Eliphalet Hardy Parker; b. 15 Jul 1778; m. Phebe Butler, daughter of Nehemiah Butler and Lydia Wood, 28 Sep 1799; d. 10 Aug 1852 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, at age 74; he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Arbraham Parker; b. 21 Jul 1780.

• iii. Mehitable Parker; b. 14 Jul 1782; m. Phineas Emerson, son of Timothy Emerson and Mercy Cole, 29 Aug 1801; m. Phineas Emerson, son of Timothy Emerson and Mercy Cole, 1 Aug 1803; d. 14 May 1862 at Orland, Hancock, Maine, at age 79; AE 80y 4m; she was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Orland, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Free Grove Parker; b. 27 Jun 1784; m. Pealey Genn, daughter of James Genn and Ann Riggs; d. 11 Jun 1856 at Cutler, Washington, Maine, at age 71.

• v. Dudley Parker; b. 1786 at East Bradford, Merrimack, New Hampshire; b. 6 Sep 1786; Marriage intentions for him and Mary Genn were published 12 Mar 1809 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Aaron Parker; b. 25 May 1789.

• vii. William Parker; b. 11 Oct 1791.

• viii. Relier Parker; b. 11 Oct 1791.

• ix. James B Parker; b. 21 Jun 1794; m. Betsey Harriman; d. 17 Jun 1865 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, at age 70; age 71 years; he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

• x. Hannah Parker; b. 12 Feb 1796 at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; b. 12 Feb 1797; m. Asa Lufkin, son of Nathaniel Lufkin and Mary Rachael Butler, 20 Nov 1815 at Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; m. Asa Lufkin, son of Nathaniel Lufkin and Mary Rachael Butler, 20 Nov 1815 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine; d. 14 Nov 1859 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, 62y 9m 2d; she was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 27, 2021.), "Record of Free Groves Parker", Ancestor # A087446.Meehan-411
4. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)|Page 189
5. ↑ Second Congregational Church of East Bradford (later Groveland), Transcription of notes kept by Rev. William Balch, for Member Nbr. 468 (Free Groves Parker)

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-QZ2 : 13 March 2018), Free G Parker, 10 Feb 1842; citing Death, Bucksport, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838.
• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 12172; Volume: 4
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.