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Not the same as John Parker, of Mansfield
"Hero of Lexington and Concord”: DAR Patriot Ancestor #: A087570; NSSAR Ancestor #: P265488; Captain John Parker served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parker_(captain)
John Parker (13 July 1729 - 17 September 1775) was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier, who commanded the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Lexington to Josiah Parker and Anne Stone. His experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) at the Siege of Louisbourg and conquest of Quebec most likely led to his election as militia captain by the men of the town.
He was in poor health from consumption (tuberculosis) on the morning of April 19. Tradition reports his order at Lexington Green to be "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." He witnessed his cousin Jonas Parker killed by a British bayonet. Later that day he rallied his men to attack the regulars returning to Boston in an ambush known as "Parker's Revenge."
This was his only military action in the American Revolutionary War. He was unable to serve in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June, and died of tuberculosis in September. Parker's grandson donated his musket to the state of Massachusetts. It hangs today in the Senate Chamber of the Massachusetts State House.
The Parker Homestead formerly stood on Spring Street in Lexington. A tablet marks the spot as Theodore Parker's birthplace; Theodore, a relative (grandson) of Captain John, was a transcendentalist and minister who was good friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Captain John Parker is still the symbol of one of the largest mutual companies, Sentry Insurance.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-11016
John Parker was born July 13, 1729, in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He was the son of Josiah and Anna (Stone) Parker.
John married Lydia Moore on May 22, 1755, in Lexington . Lydia Moore was born on January 18, 1731, in Lexington, MIddlesex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Moore and Mary Holegate.
They had 7 children:
John Parker died of tuberculosis in September of 1775. The widow, Lydia Parker remarried in Lexington, on 5 November 1778, to widower Ephraim Pierce of Waltham, and died in Lexington on December 15, 1822. His daughter Ann Parker married Ephraim Pierce’s son Ephraim Pierce, Jr.
”Parker Genealogy,” page 87. < AncestryImage >
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July 13, 1729
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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July 13, 1729
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Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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November 8, 1756
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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January 11, 1759
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Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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February 14, 1761
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Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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May 11, 1763
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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December 7, 1765
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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June 28, 1768
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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April 15, 1771
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Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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