John Parker (1601 - 1667)

Born 1601 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Died 26 Feb 1667 at about age 66 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Biography

Name: John Parker Baptism Date: 21 Feb 1613. Baptism Place: Taunton St Mary, Somerset, England. Father: Hugh Parker. ^[1]

m. Sarah ____

John Parker of Taunton made his will on 5 November 1665. He mentions:

• his wife Sarah,
• his wife's sister's son Nathaniel Smith,
• his brother Parker
• his brother John Summers
• the children of John Summers, John Summers, Junior, Daniel Summers, Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail
• the children of his sister Smith
• his sister Jabins' children, John, Joseph, Daniel and Annis Jabins
• Mary Parker
• his sister Elizabeth Philips of Taunton, and to James Philips
• cousin James Walker's children

His date of death 26 February 1667 is recorded in the heading of his inventory which was exhibited to the Plymouth court on 20 October 1668 on oath of his widow Sarah.^[2]

Research note

Visitation says that John son of Hugh Parker and Mary Hutchins died aged 12. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/8219261?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224377616f6c38334d642b4542766b53454d63647571505a7252446e513755324357447a707a72754874396f3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-VQ91 : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 255 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ The visitation of the county of Warwick, begun by Thomas May, Chester, and Gregory King, Rouge dragon, in Hilary vacacon, 1682. Reviewed by them in the Trinity vacacon following, and finished by Henry Dethick Richmond, and said rouge dragon pursuiv in Trinity vacation, 1683, by virtue of several deputations from Sir Henry St. George, Clarenceux king of arms by May, Thomas, Chester herald; King, Gregory, 1648-1712. cn; Dethick, Henry, Richmond herald; Saint-George, Henry, Sir, 1625-1715; Rylands, William Harry, 1847-1922, ed; College of Arms (Great Britain) cn Page 91: Parker of Honington

• Winsor, Justin. Abstract of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1853) Vol. 7, Page 177
• Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time, Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893.