Robert Parker

While we know that Robert Parker was born in England, Jan. 2, 1637, it has not been proven without a doubt that William Parker and Mary Rawlins were his parents, alto many feel there's a good chance they were. i will reserve my opinion this until more evidence is available. What we do know is he was married to Patience Cobb and they had 8 children, In his will there there three other children listed but nothing was said who the mother of these children was. Obviously he must have been married another time. According to records she was Sarah James. Robert Parker sold 4 acears of marsh of Sandy Neck to Rev, Thomas Wally. In 1679 Robert Parker Bought a track of land at Sepican ( Rochester) from Samuel Allyn of Barntable.

In 1681 Robert Parker bought land at Mattapoisette ( Plym. Co. Deed)

Robert Parker was a member of the Congregational Church of Barnstable ( se West Parish) , Elisha and Alice Parker were Bpt. at West Parish Church , Barnstable, Ma.

Robert Parker . died Barnstable ( may be buried in Plymouth, April 3 , 1684, An Inventory of his estate was taken by William Crocker, Job Crocker. andSamuel Allyn. 28 days 3 mos. 1685. Included in this inventory Two Farms att. Lands att Speican 18 cows 3 pairs of working oxen young neat cattle sheep and lambs swine in horse kind

Children by Patience were listed. Thomas Parker Daniel Parker Joseph Parker Benjamin ( my ancestor) Parker Elisha Parker Hannah Parker Sarah Parker Alice Parker Three other children listed older son Samuel Parker Mary Jenkins Jane Parker

Ref/ Will of Robert parker of Barnstable, Massachusetts ( An inventory of the estate of Robert Parker)

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Robert Parker (1637 - bef. 1685)

Robert Parker

Born 2 Jan 1637 in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Sarah (James) Parker — married 28 Jan 1657 (to 30 Jun 1664) in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Patience (Cobb) Crocker — married Aug 1667 (to 30 Sep 1680) in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Father of Mary (Parker) Jenkins, Samuel Parker, Alice Parker, Jane (Parker) Isham, Thomas Parker, Daniel Parker, Joseph Parker, Benjamin Parker, Hannah Parker, Hannah (Parker) Sawyer, Sarah (Parker) Crocker, Elisha Parker and Alice Parker

Died before 2 Mar 1685 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Biography

Parents

Robert Parker's birth and parents are not known. Please do not add parents to this profile without adding sources for the information. An online family tree is not sufficient.

Frederick Freeman in his History of Cape Cod notes that Robert Parker was "supposed to be" the son of William Parker of Scituate [1]. This does not make it true. McLean notes in NEHGR 112:190 that there is no documented connection between William and Robert, including William Parker's will[2]. McLean notes the possibility that Robert Parker was the brother of Elisha Parker[2] for further research, but there is no evidence in the sources noted in this profile. Nor do the records indicate that another William Parker was in Scituate at the time, who was their father. This may be conflated information found in online family trees, and shouldn't be reflected in WikiTree unless sources can be provided.
Early Life

Robert Parker was born about 1637-40 in Massachusetts.

The first record of Robert Parker is in Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1655. The town records (vol 1 p 21) show that he held two parcels of land, 9 acres next to Henry Bourne and a piece in Scorton's Neck that had a boundary dispute in Oct 1656. The following year, 1657, he had six parcels totaling about 60 acres.[2]

Marriages

On 28 Jan 1657, Robert Parker married Sarah James[3] [4] [5] [6], and their children included:

Mary, born April 1, 1658[4], who married John Jenkins[6]
Samuel, born June 1660[4], who married Hannah Bumpas [6]
Alice, born Jan 20, 1662[4], who died young[6]
Jane, born March 1664[4], who married John Isham[6]
Sarah (James) Parker died 30 June 1664, shortly after the birth of her fourth child.[2]

In August, 1667, he married Patience, daughter of Henry Cobb[3][7] and Patience (Hurst) Cobb[2] [8] [6], and their children included:

Thomas, born August 21, 1669[8], who married Mary jenkins [6]
Daniel, born April 18, 1670[8], who married Mary Lumbert [6]
Joseph, born February 1671[8],who married Mary Whitstone [6]
Benjamin, born March 15, 1673/4[8] [6]
Hannah, born April 1676[8], who married Thomas Lumbert[6]
Sarah, born 1678[8], who married Samuel Crocker[6]
Elisha born April 1680[8], who married Mary (Joyce) Gorham [6]
Alice born September 15, 1681[8] [6]
Shortly after his first marriage, Parker was propounded as a freeman, 7 June 1659.[9]

He is referred to as a yeoman in these records.

Death

The Barnstable records say a Robert Parker died in 1680[10] [11]. But 20 Jan 1683/4 it was recorded that Robert was admitted to the Barnstable Church and Elisha and Alice of Robert and Patience Parker were baptized 13 April 1684. A estate distribution agreement was made 2 March 1684/5[12], and an inventory, about £462 pounds, was taken 28 May 1685.[2] He was also noted, alive in 1683[13]

The estate distribution agreement names widow Patience, eldest son Samuel Parker, daughters Mary Jenkins and Jane Parker, John Jenkins husband of Mary, the eight children he had by Patience, Thomas, Daniell, Joseph, Benjamin, Elisha, Hannah, Sarah and Alice.

About 1684, his widow married Deacon William Crocker[11] [14]

Sources

↑ The history of Cape Cod : the annals of Barnstable county, including the district of Mashpee Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Published: Boston : Printed for the author, 1860-62. See footnote on page 438 of Volume 2 for the reference to Robert Parker
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "McLean, Maclean W. "Robert Parker of Barnstable, Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 112:190+ (1958) AmericanAncestors New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
↑ 3.0 3.1 Cutter, W. R. (1913). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis historical publishing Company
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Barnstable Vital Records Volume 11, page 99 and Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Barnstable Volume 1, page 54 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Robert Parker married with Sarah James 28 January 1656
his Daughter Mary born ye 1st of April 1658
his Son Samuel ye Latter End of June 1660
his Daughter Alice born 20 Jan 1662
his Daughter Jane born Ult. March 1664
↑ "Plymouth Colony Vital Records." The Mayflower Descendant. 18:202
↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson. This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall. see Vol. 39 (Palmer to Perry), page 64 for the children of Robert Parker, Sarah James and Patience Cobb
↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records." The Mayflower Descendant. 11:100
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Barnstable Vital Records Volume 11, page 100 and Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Barnstable Volume 1, page 54 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Robert Parker and Patience Cob Married beginning August 1667
His Son Thomas Born 21 of August 1669
his Son Daniel Born 18 of April 1670
his Son Joseph Born ye ult of Feb 1671
his Son Benjamin Born 15 of March 1673/4
his Daughter Hannah born April 1676
his Daughter Sarah born 1678
his Son Elisha born in April 1680
his Daughter Alice born Septr 15, 1681
↑ New Plymouth Colony. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, In New England. Court Orders Vol. III. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855. p. 163
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Robert Parker died ye last of September 1680
↑ 11.0 11.1 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Barnstable Volume 1, page 54 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Robert Parker (d. Sept 30 1680) and Patience Cobb (d. Elder Henry, 2nd wife of Deacon William Crocker, m abt 1684) Married Beginning August 1667
↑ Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England / Printed by order of the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts ; edited by Nathaniel B Shurtleff.; published Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61. See Volume 6 (1678-1691), page 183
↑ Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England / Printed by order of the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts ; edited by Nathaniel B Shurtleff.; published Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61 Volume 6 (1678-1691), page 108
↑ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts: Containing Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, J.H. Beers & Company, Barnstable, 1912
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Vol 131, p 140
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Births, Deaths, Marriages, 1643-1714, Vol 1 p 378 gives death date of "last of September 1680." This page also shows that Daniel Parker and Mary Lumber are not the parents of Robert Parker.
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Barnstable Transcript of Records, 1643-1714; Vol. 1, Page 401 gives marriage date of Robert Parker and Sarah James of 28 Jan 1656 and their four children. Page 402 gives date of marriage to Patience Cob Aug 1667 and their children.
Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 2, page 1141; (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states
PARKER, Robert & 1/wf Sarah JAMES (-1664); 28 Jan 1656; Barnstable
{MD 11:99, 18:202, MD 19:162; Swift (1955) 78; Parker (,5) 41; Tingley-Meyers 160; Putnam's Mag. 7:105; Reg. 2:196, 53:248, 112:191}
PARKER, Robert (-1682?, 1680?) & 2/wf Patience COB/COBB, m/2 William CROCKER; beginning Aug 1667; Barnstable
{MD 11:100, 131; Holman Ms: Cobb 6; Reg. 2:196, 112:191, 194; Swift (1955) 78; Cobb (1897) 3; Cobb (1907) 34; Sv. 1:413; Dunham 112; Parker (,5) 41; Smith-Hale 267, 440; Booth (1923) 67}
PARKER Family DNA Project Descendents of Robert PARKER
Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: With a Brief History of ...By Henry Whittemore..[1]
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com
Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005)
Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~swindells/main_fi... Jamie Swindells] family tree, on Rootsweb
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13885/54/248780011
Myers, Marya & James, Jr., Donald W., A New Look at The Family of Francis and Philip James of Hingham: Immigrant Ancestors, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 68.
Find A Grave: Memorial #194220529: gives birthdate 1637, death date of Apr 1684 (date of stone being placed?), father's name William Parker and son Thomas Parker, mother Patience Cob. A daughter Mary Parker 1658-1714 married Jenkins is also given, mother Sarah James.
Sources (3)
Robert Parker in entry for Mary Parker, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"

Robert Parker in entry for Hannah Parker, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

Robert Parker in entry for Benjamin Parker, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"