Joseph Parker III

• Preferred Name: Joseph Parker III^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 26 NOV 1753 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746
  
• Burial: 1753 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746
  
• FSID: LD89-XY7
  
• Birth: 1 MAR 1689 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746
  
• Notes:

  === Seal to Parents: 25 MAR 1968 SGEOR - St ===
  Seal to Parents: 25 MAR 1968 SGEOR - St. George, UT
  
  === 1689 ===
  1689
  
  === !Source: History of the Town of Groton, ===
  !Source: History of the Town of Groton, Mass. FHL book 974.44/H2b NEHGR Vol. 126, p. 8.
  
  === record altered ===
  record altered

• m. 24 JAN 1715 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

1. Mary Parker, b. 12 OCT 1716 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America     d. 7 AUG 1758 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: Joseph Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-YJS : 20 May 2022), Joseph Parker, 24 Jan 1716; citing Marriage, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-YJS;
   Page: same person
   
2. Title: Parker in America 1630-1910 [archive.org]
   Author: Parker in America 1630-1910 : what the historians say of them; what a large number say of themselves; geneaogical and biographical; interesting historical incidents. by Parker, Augustus G., b. 1827 Publication date 1911 Page 543-4
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/parkerinamerica100park/page/542/mode/2up;
   Note: Joseph (2) [Joseph (1)] Was in Chelmsford with his f., Feb. 15, 1676, when, as they were riding together, were ambushed and fired upon by hostile Indians. They escaped by hard riding, but the son was severely wounded in the arm. (Coll. N. H. Hist. Soc, Vol. III., p. 97.) He settled in Groton. He profited more than his f. by the latter 's large land acquirements, and not only supplied his four s's. but sold largely to others. As much mystery surrounds his m. life as was the case with his f. When in the morning of genealogical quest in this state, Butler published his History of Groton, he stated that Joseph m. (1) Elizabeth ; and (2), Nov. 19, 1684, Hannah Blood. The latter definite m. is not to be found on record. It is a peculiar fact that this date is precisely that of the m. in Chelmsford of Joseph Parker (supposed to be his f. and Hannah Bank). Unless such a m. is on record the statement thereof may be accounted for by supposing that Mr. Butler saw the Chelmsford m. and assumed that Bank was a clerical error for Blood. If he knew of the petition to be mentioned below, and he probably did, the grounds of his theory can be surmised. As to the alleged first m., where is the evidence that Joseph Parker ever had a w. Elizabeth? In Butler 's "Groton" Joseph 's earliest ' chn. are given as follows : Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1666; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1679, and Simon, b. Aug. 27, 1687. Of these Sarah was not Joseph 's dau., but his sis. and only thirteen years his junior. Elizabeth is given by Butler, both as dau. of Joseph and of his cousin Josiah Parker. The writer has not present access to the town records of Groton, but in the vital statistics of that town printed in Green's Historical Series, and copied from the county records, both Elizabeth and Simon are given as chn. of Josiah and Elizabeth Parker. This Josiah was the cousin mentioned above and a s. of Cap. James Parker. It seems, therefore, that we must drop Elizabeth and Simon from the list of Joseph's chn. If this is done what becomes of his alleged w., Elizabeth? I find no trace of such a w. and unless it can be asserted that she does appear in the Groton town records, or other records of that day, I shall prefer to believe that she existed only through the force of the error just de- scribed. Butler, through a slip, believed that he had chn. b. to " Joseph and Elizabeth. ' ' If this had been true, the fact that there was a w. Elizabeth would be proved, but according to the county record, they were chn. of Josiah and Elizabeth, entirely different persons. I believe that Elizabeth, w. of Joseph, never existed. Next, as to w. Hannah, Mr. Butler says that Joseph Parker and Hannah Blood were m. Nov. 19, 1684 (see above), but in a very full list of marriages in Gorton, chronologically arranged in another part of his history of the town, he does not include the m., nor is it in the list given in Green's "Historical Series." The exact date is not necessary to prove the m. Dr. Green considers the question of the alleged two wives at page 401 of the third volume of "Hist. Series," and quotes a petition, in 1705, of Joseph Parker to the General Court relative to Isabel, wid. of Richard Blood of Groton. Joseph states that Richard "left three s's. and one dau. whom I m. unto," and requests permission to sell some of Isabel's land that the proceeds might be applied to her needs, adding that he bad kept her for about fourteen years. Concerning this petition Dr. Green says: "The paper shows that Joseph Parker 's first w. was Elizabeth, the youngest dau. of Richard and Isabel Blood." I am unable to agree with this inference for these reasons: First, sundry writers who have said that Richard had a dau. Elizabeth,, have said further that she m. Thomas Tarbell. Second, the above petition states that Richard left "one dau. whom I (Joseph Parker) m." Third, Mr. Butler says that Joseph m. Hannah Blood. Fourth, if Joseph ever had a w. Elizabeth, I must still think that Hannah is referred to in his petition, for if he took the mo. of a previous w. into his house with a second w. and her chn. and kept the mo.-in-law fourteen years, we must credit him and his living w. with a degree of generosity and kindness which was not common then, and would have but few parallels now. The present article assumes that Joseph had but one w., and that she was Hannah, dau. of Richard and Isabel Blood. Chn.: Nathaniel, birth not found. Joseph, b. Mch. 1, 1689. Benjamin, b. Dec. 3, 1691. John, b. Aug. 26, 1695.
   Page: See also page 544 for additional information.
   
3. Title: Joseph Parker in entry for Zachriah Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X2QQ : 18 October 2022), Joseph Parker in entry for Zachriah Parker, 27 Aug 1740; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-X2QQ;
   
4. Title: Joseph Barker in entry for Sarah Barker, "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947"
   Author: "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2Q-684 : 30 October 2020), Joseph Barker in entry for Sarah Barker, 16 Apr 1817; citing Death, Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 004351633.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2Q-684;
   Page: Details of person and source match.
   
5. Title: Joseph Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-NPJH : 18 October 2022), Joseph Parker and Abigall Sawtelle, 24 Jan 1716; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-NPJH;
   Page: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
   
6. Title: Joseph Parker, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-YPK4 : 11 June 2020), Joseph Parker, 1753; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-YPK4;
   
7. Title: Joseph Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-8D1T : 18 October 2022), Joseph Parker, 26 Nov 1753; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-8D1T;
   Page: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
   
8. Title: Joseph Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XZCD : 18 October 2022), Joseph Parker, 1 Mar 1689; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XZCD;
   Page: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
   
9. Title: Joseph Parker in entry for Sarah Parker, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
   Author: "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLS-8Y7 : 23 February 2021), Joseph Parker in entry for Sarah Parker, 16 Apr 1817; citing Peterborough, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,100.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLS-8Y7;
   Page: Details of person and source match.
   
10. Title: Joseph Parker, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZV-JYK8 : 11 May 2022), Joseph Parker and Abigail Sawtell, 24 Jan 1716; citing Marriage, Middlesex, England, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009675.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZV-JYK8;
    Page: extended family historical reference.