Deacon Samuel Parker

Son of James Parker (1652 - 1694) & Mary (Parker) Parker (1655 - 1694).

Find A Grave Memorial# 11464883

Deacon Samuel Parker

• Birth: 1682 Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
• Death: Oct. 30, 1775 Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
• Burial: Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Family links:

• Parents:
  •  James Parker (1652 - 1694)
  •   Mary Parker Parker (1655 - 1694) 
• Spouses:
  •   Mary Carder Parker (1686 - 1726)*
  •   Hannah Lathrop Parker (1688 - 1753)
  •   Martha Savage Parker (1697 - ____)* 
• Children:
  •  Samuel Parker (1704 - 1772)*
  •  Mary Parker Strong (1707 - 1757)*
  •  James Parker (1709 - 1781)*
  • Mercy Parker Root 1710–1767
  •  John Parker (1714 - 1801)*
  •  Esther Parker Grant (1716 - 1760)*
  •  Phineas Parker (1718 - 1797)*
  •  Joseph Parker (1723 - 1792)*
• In "Parker in America" Page 151, there is this excerpt from Baker's History of Montville Conn.:
  • "... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."
• This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.
• There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.
• After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid [Jul 1694], Samuel (12 y/o) and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn with their uncle Josiah.. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn.
• Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702.
• Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry where he is listed as an early pioneer.
• Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton. 
• "There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864

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• Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop.
  • Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance.
• Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.
  • Location of stone:

    • At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.
  • Inscription
    • In memory of Deacon Saml Parker who departed this life on ye 30th day of October 1775 in ye 94th year of his Age having done eminent service for God & his Generation in various public offices from ye day of his youth. For such to live is Christ to die is gain.
  • Gravesite Details: Note: Deacon, age 93 years 
• Maintained by: Jack Parker; Originally Created by: Judith; Added: 2 Aug 2005

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http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Samuel_Parker_(50)_
Name[1] Deacon Samuel Parker

• Gender: Male
• Birth[1]: 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Marriage: bef 1704 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child to Mary Unknown
• Marriage: aft 18 Jan 1738/39After death of her first husband to Hannah Lathrop
• Death[1]: 30 Oct 1775 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
• Burial[2]: Nathan Hale Cemetery, South Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

References:

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Parker, Augustus G. (Augustus Granville), and Robert M. Lee. Parker in America, 1630-1910: What the Historians Say of Them: What a Large Number Say of Themselves: Genealogical and Biographical: Interesting Historical Incidents. (Buffalo, N.Y.: Niagara Frontier Publishing, [1911]), 536-37.

• Samuel (3) (Parker) [James(2), James(1)] early left Groton.
  • The confusion which has existed regarding him and his bro. James and their cousins Samuel and James [sons. of Samuel(2)] makes it necessary to present proof of connection as far as possible.
  • Samuel Parker of Boston, with w. Mary, sold in 1707, to his "brother" Phineas Parker, his rights in the estate of their f., James Parker, late of Groton (deed 14, p. 256),
    • and Oct. 22, 1728 (deed 29, p. 156), Samuel Parker of Coventry, Conn., sold his rights in the estate of "my grandfather, Cap. James Parker of Groton."
  • Evidence will be given later to show that as his cousin Samuel remarried in Groton, it must have been this Samuel who was in Coventry.
  • At Boston in the manuscript records of the First Church, I find that Samuel Parker was admitted a member July 26, 1702.
    • Three children of Samuel and Mary are entered in the town record of births and they were promptly bap. In the First Church.
    • Further, the church records show that, Jan. 23, 1709-10, Samuel Parker was dismissed to the church in Stonington, Conn.
  • Next the printed records of Stonington Church, though they do not have any notice of his being admitted, contain this item under date of Feb. 26, 1710: "Samuel Parker's dismission was publicly read."
  • Soon after this the town records of Coventry begin to show the birth of chn. to Dea. Samuel and Mary Parker, and
  • finally we have the death there, of Dea. Samuel Parker, Oct. 30, 1775, in his 94th year. The Samuel we are tracing began his 94th year Sept. 22, 1775. There seems no need of argument to prove identity. 
 2. ↑ Samuel Parker, in Find A Grave.

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http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_468.html#P36700

19538. Dea. Samuel Parker.

• Born on 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, MA.
• Samuel died in Coventry, CT, on 30 Oct 1775; he was 93.
• On 1 Jun 1704 when Samuel was 21, he first married Mary Carder in Boston, MA.
  • Born on 26 Mar 1686 in Boston, MA.
  • Mary died in 1726 in Coventry, CT.
  • Mary, daughter of Gilbert and Joanna Carder, also spelled Cardee or Cordey.
• Samuel second married Martha Savage,
  • daughter of William Savage (26 Apr 1668-) & Christian Mould.
  • Born on 10 Jun 1697 in Middletown, CT.
  • Martha first married Jacob White,
  • second Jonathan Riley, and
  • third Samuel Parker.
• Samuel third married Hannah Lathrop (7959) ,
  • daughter of John Lathrop (ca 1645-26 Aug 1688) & Ruth Royce (2783) (7 Dec 1645-19 Feb 1690).
  • Born on 31 Jan 1686 in Wallingford, CT.
  • From: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_216.html#P36698
    • 7959. Hannah Lathrop. Born on 31 Jan 1686 in Wallingford, CT.
    • On 17 Feb 1703/4 when Hannah was 18, she first married Samuel Thompson,
      • son of John Thompson (ca 1649-21 Nov 1711) & Mary Steele (20 Nov 1646-), in Farmington, CT.
      • Born on 29 Dec 1676 in Farmington, CT.
      • Samuel died in Farmington, CT, on 18 Jan 1739; he was 62.
    • Hannah second married Dea. Samuel Parker (19538) ,
      • son of James Parker (7333) (15 Apr 1652-27 Jul 1694) & Mary Parker (15 Nov 1655-27 Jul 1694).
      • Born on 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, MA.
      • Samuel died in Coventry, CT, on 30 Oct 1775; he was 93.

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Generation No. 1

• 1. JAMES1 PARKER was born 1617, and died 1700.
  • He married (1) ELIZABETH LONG 28 May 1644, daughter of ROBERT LONG and ELIZABETH TAYLOR. She was born Abt. 1623.
  • He married (2) EUNICE Abt. 1696.
  • Notes for JAMES PARKER:
    • --Captain;
    • --came from England 1634;
    • --settled at Woburn, Massachusetts;
    • --probably related to some of the numerous other pioneers of this surname, who located in that section of the Bay colony, Abraham Parker at Woburn, John Parker, of Woburn and Billerica, who were brothers, and perhaps others.
    • James Parker moved to Billerica about 1654, to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1658, and to Groton in 1660
  • Children of JAMES PARKER and ELIZABETH LONG are:
    • i. ELIZABETH2 PARKER, b. 12 Apr 1645, Woburn.
    • ii. ANNA PARKER, b. 05 Jan 1647.
    • iii. JOHN PARKER, b. 18 Jan 1649.
    • iv. SARAH PARKER, b. 29 Aug 1650; d. Died young.
    • v. JOSEPH PARKER, b. 1651, Woburn.
    • vi. (2) JAMES PARKER, b. 15 Apr 1652; d. 27 Jul 1694, Billerica.
    • vii. JOSIAH PARKER, b. 1655.
    • viii. SAMUEL PARKER, b. Abt. 1657.
    • ix. JOSHUA PARKER, b. 03 Mar 1658, Chelmsford.
    • x. ZACHARIAH PARKER, b. 14 Jan 1659.
    • xi. ELEAZER PARKER, b. 09 Nov 1667, Groton; d. 26 Jun 1705, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  • Child of JAMES PARKER and EUNICE is:
    • xii. SARAH2 PARKER, b. 12 Dec 1697.

Generation No. 2

• 2. JAMES2 PARKER (JAMES1) was
  • born 15 Apr 1652, and
  • died 27 Jul 1694 in Billerica.
  • He married MARY PARKER 1678,
    • daughter of ABRAHAM PARKER and ROSE WHITLOCK.
    • She was born 1655, and died 1694.
  • Notes for JAMES PARKER:
    • --of Billerica;
    • --killed by the Indians;--
  • Child of JAMES PARKER and MARY PARKER is:
    • i. (4) SAMUEL3 PARKER, b. 1682; d. 1775.

Generation No. 3

• (4). SAMUEL3 PARKER (JAMES2, JAMES1) was
  • born 1682, and
  • died 1775.
  • He married MARY.
  • Notes for SAMUEL PARKER:
    • --of Boston, Massachusetts and Coventry, Connecticut;
    • --Deacon;
    • --Captain;
  • Child of SAMUEL PARKER and MARY is:
    • i. SAMUEL4 PARKER, b. 1704.

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From: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hnparker&...

ID: I894

• Name: Samuel Parker
• Given Name: Samuel
• Surname: Parker
• Sex: M
• Birth: 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, Mass 1
• Death: 30 Oct 1775 in Coventry, Conn 2
• _UID: 275D0A925694484AA23F2ADC33A9102F9ECE
• Change Date: 27 Oct 2013 at 18:58
• Note: PARKER in AMERICA: Parker in America, page 537:
  • Samuel(3) [James(2), James(1)] early left Groton. 
    • The confusion which has existed regarding him and his brother James and their cousins Samuel and James [sons of Samuel(2)] makes it necessary to present proof of connections as far as possible.
    • Samuel Parker of Boston, with wife Mary, sold in 1707, to his "brother" Phineas Parker, his rights in the estate of their father, James Parker, late of Groton (deed 14, p. 256), and October 22, 1728 (deed 29, p. 156),
    • Samuel Parker of Coventry, Conn., sold his rights in the estate of "my grandfather, Cap. James Parker of Groton."  . . . 
    • At Boston in the manuscript records of the First Church, I find that Samuel Parker was admitted a member July 26, 1702. 
    • Three children of Samuel and Mary are entered in the town record of births and they were promptly baptised in the First Church. 
    • Further, the church records show that, January 23, 1709-10, Samuel Parker was dismissed to the church in Stonington, Conn. 
    • Next the printed records of Stonington Church, though they do not have any notice of his being admitted, contain this item under date of February 26, 1710:  "Samuel Parker's dismission was publicly read." 
      • Soon after this the town records of Coventry begin to show the birth of children to Deacon Samuel and Mary Parker, and
    • finally we have the death there, of Deacon Samuel Parker, October 30, 1775, in his 94th year.  The Samuel we are tracing began his 94th year September 22, 1775.  . . . 
  • Children:
    •   Samuel, b. Mch. 6, 1704, in Boston, m., in Coventry(?) Experience _______.
    •   Mary, b. June 26, 1706, in Boston.
    •   James, b. July 13, 1708, in Boston; m. (1), Coventry, Tabitha Strong and (2) Elizabeth Skinner.
    •   John, b. July 21, 1714, in Coventry.
    •   Esther, b. May 28, 1716, in Coventry.
    •   Phineas, b. Feb. 12, 1719, in Coventry; m. there Martha Meraugh.
    •   Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1723, in Coventry; m. Racheal _______.
• (Who was Mary, wife of Deacon Samuel and were there other children?  The skip from 1708 to 1714 is suggestive of missing names.)
• Please see "Answer to Note 694" at the end of this paper for more on this family.

COMMENT:

• If Samuel was 94 in 1775, then he was born in 1681, not in 1682 as stated in the notes under his father.

WIVES:

• Mary Carder (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62427866)
  • This unreadable gravestone is believed to be of Mary Carder, the first wife of Dea. Samuel Parker.
    • He was b. Sept. 22, 1682 at Groton, Mass., s. of cousins James and Mary (Parker) Parker.
    • He d. Oct. 30, 1775 at Coventry, Conn., Æ 94.
  • According to information provided by a volunteer, Mary's gravestone is next to Dea. Parker's second wife Hannah Lothrop, the former widow of Samuel Thompson of Farmington, Conn.
  • There is no record of when Dea. Parker and the widow Hannah Thompson married, but in September 1742 Hannah was still called the widow Hannah Thompson when the estate of her deceased husband was ordered to be distributed to the heirs, including her widow's thirds. In September 1742, Dea. Parker was 60 years old.

*  '''Dea. Samuel Parker and Mary Carder m. of record June 1, 1704 at Boston, Mass'''. (by Rev. James Allen.) Whereas the ancestry of Dea. Parker is known, '''the ancestry of Mary Carder is not conclusively known''', 

• * but her parents were possibly Gilbert Carder (q.v. Cordey) and his wife Joanne.
  • The date of Mary's death at Coventry, Conn. is not of printed record.
  • Their first three children were b. of record at Boston (Samuel, Jr., Mary and James) with the four youngest of record at Coventry, Conn. (John, Esther, Phineas and Joseph.) Their dau. Mary, born at Boston, m. Phineas Strong at Coventry in 1724 and she died as Mary (Parker) Strong at Coventry in 1757.
  • She and her husband have their own gravestones at Coventry's South Street Cemetery.

DEATH:

• In "Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844" (Dimock, 1897) on page 191 in Deaths from Town Records it is said that Deacon Samuel Parker died October 30, 1775 in his 94th year. 
• On page 222 in Death Records of First Church it is said that "Aged Deacon Parker" died in September 1775.
• Jack Parker has sent me a photo of his tombstone.  It reads:
  • In Memory of Deacon Sam'l Parker who departed this Life on ye 30th day of October 1775 in ye 94th year of his Age having done Eminent Service for God & his Generation in Various Public offices
  • There may be more below the surface of the ground.
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Father: James Parker b: 15 Apr 1652 in (Billerica, Mass) 

• Mother: Mary Parker b: 20 Nov 1655 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Ma


• Marriage 1: Mary Carder
  • b: 27 Mar 1686 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma
  • Married: 1 Jun 1704 in Boston, Massachusetts 3
  • Change Date: 11 Jul 2013
• Children
  • 1. Samuel Parker b: 6 Mar 1704 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma
  • 2. Mary Parker b: 26 Jun 1706 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma
  • 3. James Parker b: 13 Jul 1708 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Ma
  • 4. Mercy Parker
  • 5. Joannah Parker b: 3 Sep 1712 in Stonington, New London Co., Ct
  • 6. John Parker b: 21 Jul 1714 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct
  • 7. Esther Parker b: 28 May 1716 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct
  • 8. Phineas Parker b: 12 Feb 1719 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct
  • 9. Joseph Parker b: 2 Nov 1723 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct
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Marriage 2 Hannah Lathrop b: Abt 1687
  • • Married:
  • • Change Date: 11 Jul 2013


Sources:

• 1. Abbrev: Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts; Title: Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts; Repository: Name: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ ; Page: pg 176Quality: 3
• 2. Abbrev: Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844 Title: Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844; Author: Susan Whitney Dimock; Publication: 1897; Repository: Name: http://www.archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesb00dimo#page/n5/mode/2up; Page: pg 191; Quality: 3
• 3. Abbrev: Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809; Title: Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809; Author: Edward W. McGlenen; Publication: 1898, 1977; Repository: Name: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas, Page: Vol 1, pg 14.

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19538. Dea. Samuel Parker.

• Born on 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, MA.
• Samuel died in Coventry, CT, on 30 Oct 1775; he was 93.
• On 1 Jun 1704 when Samuel was 21, he first married Mary Carder in Boston, MA.
  • Born on 26 Mar 1686 in Boston, MA.
  • Mary died in 1726 in Coventry, CT.
  • Mary, daughter of Gilbert and Joanna Carder, also spelled Cardee or Cordey.
• Samuel second married Martha Savage,
  • daughter of William Savage (26 Apr 1668-) & Christian Mould.
  • Born on 10 Jun 1697 in Middletown, CT.
  • Martha first married Jacob White, second Jonathan Riley, and third Samuel Parker.
• Samuel third married Hannah Lathrop (7959) ,
  • daughter of John Lathrop (ca 1645-26 Aug 1688) & Ruth Royce (2783) (7 Dec 1645-19 Feb 1690).
  • Born on 31 Jan 1686 in Wallingford, CT.
  • From: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_216.html#P36698
    • 7959. Hannah Lathrop. Born on 31 Jan 1686 in Wallingford, CT.
    • On 17 Feb 1703/4 when Hannah was 18, she first married Samuel Thompson,
      • son of John Thompson (ca 1649-21 Nov 1711) & Mary Steele (20 Nov 1646-), in Farmington, CT.
      • Born on 29 Dec 1676 in Farmington, CT.
      • Samuel died in Farmington, CT, on 18 Jan 1739; he was 62.
    • Hannah second married Dea. Samuel Parker (19538) ,
      • son of James Parker (7333) (15 Apr 1652-27 Jul 1694) & Mary Parker (15 Nov 1655-27 Jul 1694).
      • Born on 22 Sep 1682 in Groton, MA.
      • Samuel died in Coventry, CT, on 30 Oct 1775; he was 93.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11464883/samuel-parker

Maintained by: Jack Parker
Originally Created by: Judith
Added: 2 Aug 2005
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 11464883

In "Parker in America" Page 151, there is this excerpt from Baker's History of Montville Conn.

"... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."

This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.

There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.

After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid, Samuel and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn. Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702. Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry in 1709 or 10, where he is listed as an early pioneer. Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton.

"There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864

Location of stone:
At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.
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Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop. Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance. Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.

Inscription
In memory of Deacon Saml Parker who departed this life on ye 30th day of October 1775 in ye 94th year of his Age having done eminent service for God & his Generation in various public offices from ye day of his youth. For such to live is Christ to die is gain.
Gravesite Details
Deacon, age 93 years

Family Members
Parents

James Parker
1652–1694

Mary Parker Parker
1655–1694

Spouses

Mary Carder Parker
1686–1726 (m. 1704)

Hannah Lathrop Thomson
1687–1753 (m. 1726)

Martha Savage Parker
1697–1775 (m. 1753)

Siblings

Phinehas Parker
1681–1744

James Parker
1687–1732

Children
Samuel Parker
1704–1772

Mary Parker Strong
1706–1757

James Parker
1709–1781

Mercy Parker Root
1710–1767

John Parker
1714–1798

Esther Parker Grant
1716–1760

Phineas Parker
1719–1797

Joseph Parker
1723–1792