Hon. Abel Parker

Abel Parker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087268

He was a private soldier at Bunker Hill, and was severely wounded in that fight.[1]

Origins

History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the date of the Masonian charter to the present time, 1749-1880; with a genealogical register of the Jaffrey families, and an appendix containing the proceedings of the centennial celebration in 1873. “Genealogical Register”, page 415. < GoogleBooks >

Samuel Parker is listed as a child of Aaron Parker and Abigail Adams [sic: Winfield] "Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1717; m., 1st, Sarah Fletcher; 2nd, Mary (Proctor) Robbins; 3d, Mrs. --- Fletcher; d. Aug. 7, 1795". Children by his first wife Sarah Fletcher are listed as Samuel (1739), Sarah (1740), Joseph (1742), Silas (1743), Leonard (1745). Children by his 2nd wife Mary Proctor Robbins are Mary (1749), Jonathan (1751), Abel (1753), Elizabeth (1755), Lydia (1757). q.v. all.

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References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-13918 Cites
   1. A source is needed for this information.
   2. Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 185-6.
   3. History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire by Cutter, Daniel Bateman. Republican Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1881. (Page: 415)
   4. Bates, William Carver. Francis Jewett Parker, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1909) Vol. 63, Page 257.
   5. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2022), Entry for Abel Parker, 25 Mar 1753; citing Birth, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009581.
   6. United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, database with images, FamilySearch (24 January 2018), Massachusetts, vol 11, Mor, Ep'h Sudbury-Pazel, -- > image 835 of 1056; citing various published state rosters, United States.
   7. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (11 May 2022), Entry for Abel Parker and Ede Jewet, 14 Oct 1777; citing Marriage, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011180.
   8. New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949, database, FamilySearch (18 January 2020), Entry for Abel Parker, 1831.
   9. Find A Grave: Memorial #34349479 Old Burying Ground, Jeffrey Center, Cheeshire, New Hampshire, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34349479/abel-parker