John Parker, of Mansfield

Not the same as Capt. John ‘the Minuteman’ Parker

John Parker

• Gender: Male
• Birth: Feb 9 1729 Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
• Marriage to Lydia Castle Aug 13 1752 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Death: Circa Oct 17 1776 - Fort Ticonderoga or vicinity, New York
• Parents: Elisha Parker and Lydia Parker (born Loady)
• Wife: Lydia Parker (born Castle)

Notes

Marjean Holmes Workman, 12 Feb 1996:

?In later yrs. the family certainly believed John, Sr., d. with the American Army, but more is necessary to prove which Army he d. with (Bronson, HISTORY OF WATERBURY, CT, p. 355).

He & Lydia Castle were incorrectly …

PARKER IN AMERICA, 1630-1910, pg. 452:

b. in Colchester (New London Co.), joining the Revolutionary Army in 1775--d. while in service at Ticonderoga, 17 Oct 1776.

DEPOSITION OF IRENE WARNER, 13 Sep 1839: She stated that her father had lost his life while in the Army, Asahel Parker Pension File No. R7935,

A view of the restored Fort Ticonderoga

Source: < Wikimedia Commons > public domain

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Source: “town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut.” by Anderson, Joseph, 1836-1916 ed; Prichard, Sarah J. (Sarah Johnson), 1830-1909; Ward, Anna Lydia, 1850?-1933, joint ed. page ap99. < Archive.Org >

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References

1. "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73N-35J : Fri Oct 06 18:45:29 UTC 2023), Entry for John Parker and Elisha Parker, 9 February 1729. Event Type Birth Event Date 9 February 1729 Event Place Mansfield Depot, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. [Note: this is a birth record in the death record collection.]
2. “town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut.” by Anderson, Joseph, 1836-1916 ed; Prichard, Sarah J. (Sarah Johnson), 1830-1909; Ward, Anna Lydia, 1850?-1933, joint ed. page ap99. < Archive.Org >
3. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870; Name: John Parker; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1752; Marriage Location: Waterbury; Residence Location: Mansfield; Spouse: Lydia Castle; Spouse Residence Location: Waterbury; Parent Name: Elishar.
4. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99M1-SP5
5. Fort Ticonderoga (/taɪkɒndəˈroʊɡə/), formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States. … During the Revolutionary War, when the British controlled the fort, it was attacked on May 10, 1775, in the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the Green Mountain Boys and other state militia under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, who captured it in the surprise attack. … In May 1776, British troops began to arrive at Quebec City, where they broke the Continental Army's siege.[45] The British chased the American forces back to Ticonderoga in June and, after several months of shipbuilding, moved down Lake Champlain under Guy Carleton in October. The British destroyed a small fleet of American gunboats in the Battle of Valcour Island in mid-October, but snow was already falling, so the British retreated to winter quarters in Quebec. About 1,700 troops from the Continental Army, under the command of Colonel Anthony Wayne, wintered at Ticonderoga. …
6. John Parker mentioned by Irene Warner in Ashael Parker US, Revolutionary War Pensions, 1800-1900 12 pages State: Connecticut Service: Conn. Pension Number: R. 7935 < Fold3 >; (page 2 attached) “our mother was a widow woman”
7. See also NEHGS Register Vol 159, Pg 113 that puts Elisha living in Mansfield, CT. The article is about his granddaughter, Lucinda (Parker) Hickok whose father is John Parker.