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Male 1617 - 1700  (82 years)


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  • Name James Parker  [17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44] 
    Christening 18 May 1617  Colchester, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 28 May 1617  Great Burstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 May 1700  Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 May 1700  Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684225055  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Eunice Brooks,   b. 10 Oct 1655, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1730, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1694  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Sources: 1. Family information, from f
      Sources: 1. Family information, from family members, and the book, "Parker's in America", by A.G. Parker. Pages 37, 71, 535. 2. Charlestown Estates; Wyman. Page 625.

      Clemens, W., Mar Rec Bef 1699, p 165; Sa
      Clemens, W., Mar Rec Bef 1699, p 165; Savage, Geneal Dict of NE, V2, p 108, V3
      p 351;

      Marriage date either 1643 or 45, Charleston MA or Woburn, Chelmsford, Groton;

      Eunice/Brooks *
      Eunice/Brooks *

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      ! Records compiled by Clara Coburn Hearn
      ! Records compiled by Clara Coburn Hearn In 1640 five Parker brothers from Wilshire came to Woburn, Mass: James, Jacob, Abraham, Joseph and John. James was a Freeman in 1644 and a grantee of Billerica. He later moved to Chelmsford and his last five children were born there. He was a captain in probably the militia. He moved to Groton and very late in life probably by a second wife, Eunice, had a daughter Sarah on 12 Dec 1697. He died in 1701 in Groton in his 84th year.

      Non-standard gedcom data: 1 _IFLAGS 0
      Non-standard gedcom data: 1 _IFLAGS 0

      Him and his brothers all came to Massach
      Him and his brothers all came to Massachusetts around 1635.

      !see Parker,Augustus S.:Parker in Ameri
      !see Parker,Augustus S.:Parker in America P. 8, 59, 529-545; NEHG Reg. 16:41-2; 57:415-16; 104:37; Data from Mr George S. May and Mrs. Oscar Tomarkin. Vital records for Groton Massachusetts, ancestry.com Groton VR show an Anne born 5d. 11m 1646 but this would have her birth within two months of her younger sister Hannah.

      Gender is generated
      Gender is generated

      (1617)
      (1617)

      Marriage James Parker & Elizabeth Long
      Book - History of Groton, by Caleb Butler, p.281-284
      Capt. James Parker married Elizabeth Long, of Woburn, 23 May 1643, by whom he had eleven children; but neither John nor Joseph are mentioned in his will; perhaps they had died, and if they left children, these would be included in the devise to “grandchildren.” In advanced life, he married Eunice _____, a widow, by whom he had one daughter, Sarah. His care of this child of his old age, being born when he was about four-score years old, is seen in his will.

      Lived: Woburn, Chelmsford, Reading, & Gr
      Lived: Woburn, Chelmsford, Reading, & Groton MA. Note: first citizen of Groton MA. Had 11 children with Elizabeth and 1 daughter with Eunice. Died: age 83, maybe at Groton MA.

      CAME FROM ENGLAND TO WOBURN 14 MAY 1635,
      CAME FROM ENGLAND TO WOBURN 14 MAY 1635, MOVED TO GROTON ABOUT 1661 WHERE HE WAS SELECTMAN IN 1662 ONWARD; LATER MOVED TO CHELMSFORD.

      [] From "Parker In America": Captain Ja
      [] From "Parker In America": Captain James Parker owned a 50-acre right in Groton and resided there from the first settlement until his death in 1701. He was a distinguished and extraordinary man, and a leader in the municipal, military, ecclesiastical, and other affairs of the town. He married (1), in Woburn, 1643, Elizabeth Long. He married (2) Eunice (Brooks) Carter. He had 10 children by his first and one by his second w..., the last born when he was over 80 years of age! Captain James came to America in 1634, was in Woburn in 1640, a freeman in 1644, a grantee in Billerica, and then moved to Chelmsford. He became one of the earliest settlers of Groton, where he was very prominent in the affairs of the town. He was one of the first board of selectmen chosen in 1662, and continued in that capacity most of the time until 1669. He was a representative to the general court in 1693. After King Philip's war and the resettlement of Chelmsford, a mill was built at Stony Book, concerning which this record is found: "The twenty shillings due the Indian Andrew from the town, for his weir at Stony Brook, assigned by said Indian to Richard Blood, the said Blood assigns over to James Parker." This was about 1680. James house was one of the garrisons used during King Philip's War, and it was with Capt. Parker that the Indian chief, on the night of March 13, 1675, talked, as mentioned in Hubbard's "Narrative." In the assault made on the town, July 26, 1694, his son James and his son's wife, Mary, were killed by the Indians and several of their children were carried away captives. This family's history has been traced to the remote progenitor who in the eleventh century entered England with Wiliam the Conqueror. Another reference states that the Parkers of this line are said to have descended from Lord Parker of Macclesfield, England, who is supposed to have descended from one of the natural children of King Charles II, who is said to have descended from William the Conqueror.

      Occ: Captain
      Occ: Captain

      !Family Records in posession of Mary L.
      !Family Records in posession of Mary L. Lewis of Salt Lake City, Utah.

      24.12; Charlestown Estates; Wyman P 625;
      24.12; Charlestown Estates; Wyman P 625; Parkers in America P 71; R 929 2 P 238-1 LA

      ! Wife (2) Eunice Brooks Married Abt
      ! Wife (2) Eunice Brooks Married Abt 1652 Sealed 14 Mar 1991 Provo AFN MZDK-FG

      record altered
      record altered

      Original submitted by Sidney Carnahan, 5
      Original submitted by Sidney Carnahan, 5445 Conwell Ave., Azusa,California. !Source: 24.12, Charlestown Estates; Wyman, p.625, Parkers in America,p.71 (R.929.2.p 238-1) La. !Death: Family group sheet lists; Groton, Worcs, Mass. note over Worcs.says "not here".

      !Name from IGI on record as parent for c
      !Name from IGI on record as parent for children

      !SOURCES: Bir-- Mar-- Dth-- Bap-- End--
      !SOURCES: Bir-- Mar-- Dth-- Bap-- End-- Sld Sps-- Sld Par-- !Maine 20, Vol. 2 p. 1 Mass. W. 46 p. 628 Genealogy New England, Vol. 4 Woburn V. R., Chelmsford V. R., Groton records p. 421 (temple archive copy) (Parker Family in America )(Temple Archive copy)

      [Our Family Tree.FBK.FBK.FTW] Sources:
      [Our Family Tree.FBK.FBK.FTW] Sources: 1. Family information, from family members, and the book, "Parker's in America", by A.G. Parker. Pages 37, 71, 535. 2. Charlestown Estates; Wyman. Page 625.[update.FTW] [Our Family Tree.FBK.FBK.FTW] Sources: 1. Family information, from family members, and the book, "Parker's in America", by A.G. Parker. Pages 37, 71, 535. 2. Charlestown Estates; Wyman. Page 625.

      !MY NOTES SAY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS A
      !MY NOTES SAY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS A SEA CAPTAIN.

      !AFN: 9CLJ-65
      !AFN: 9CLJ-65

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    40. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F458-8RF : 15 January 2020), James Parker in entry for Zachariah Parker, 1659.

    41. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F458-26V : 15 January 2020), James Parker in entry for Zachariah Parker, 1659.

    42. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F458-DBG : 15 January 2020), James Parker in entry for Eleazar Parker, 1661.

    43. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F458-LLH : 15 January 2020), James Parker in entry for Eleazer Parker, 1661.

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