John “the hangman” Parker

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• NOTE: The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623-1660 by POPE p.155: PARKER, John, York, his land referred to in the bounds of adjoining tract in 1651. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652. History of York by Banks Page 169: JOHN PARKER The first record of this settler is in 1648 when he was called of Marblehead, carpenter, as grantee of John Heard of his house and all his lands in Gorgeana, for the sum of twelve pounds payable in money, coin or board, in three annual payments (Deeds iii, 72). Whether this property became his homestead is uncertain, but it is known that he lived on the northwest side of Meeting House Creek and north of the Lindsey Road. He signed the Submission in 1652, and in 1656 the petition to Cromwell. He was county jailer and hangman for many years. The date of his death is not known but he was living in 1686 (Deeds IV, 61).

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He was was born in Marlborough England. His mother was not Jane. His mother was John's first wife. His siblings were Sarah, Margaret, Noah , Thomas, and another girl.