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tinguished New England families, many
of whom have been residents of the State
of Connecticut, including such well-known
names as Governor Bradford, James Fitch,
Alexander Carpenter, Thomas Richards,
Rodman Gale, Simeon Huntington, John
G. W. Clark, Thomas Leffingwell, Mercy
Bushnell, Solomon Tracey, the Woodward,
Metcalf, Roberts, Hinsdale and
Plimpton families.
Thomas Parker, the immigrant ances-
tor of the family, sailed in the good ship
"Susan & Ellen," from his native land,
England, for the New England Colonies,
March 31, 1635. He settled at Lynn,
Massachusetts, where he was made a
freeman, May 17, 1637. In the following
year he received an allotment of forty
acres of land, but shortly afterward removed
to Reading, where he was active in
the establishment of the church, built
about 1644, of which he was made deacon,
and he was also a selectman of Reading
in 1661. Mr. Parker married, about
Christmas time in the year 1635, Amy
, whose death occurred January 15,
1690, she having survived her husband a
number of years, his death occurring Au-
gust 12, 1683.
Lieutenant Hananiah Parker, son of
Thomas and Amy Parker, was probably
born in Lynn, Massachusetts, of which
place he was made a freeman, October
15, 1679. He married, September 30,
1663, Elizabeth Browne, a daughter
of Lieutenant Nicholas and Elizabeth
Browne, the former named having been
a prominent man in the community, serving
as selectman and town clerk in Reading
and as its representative to the Gen-
eral Court in Boston for about seven
years. Lieutenant Parker died March 10,
1724. and his wife passed away February
27, 1697.
John Parker, son of Lieutenant Hananiah
and Elizabeth (Browne) Parker,
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was born at Reading, August 3, 1664.
He was prominent in the affairs of that
town, holding several public offices. He
married, October 2, 1689, Deliverance
Dodge, a daughter of John and Sarah
Dodge, of Beverly. The death of Mr.
Parker occurred January 22, 1741, and
that of his wife March 10, 1718.
Andrew Parker, son of John and De-
liverance (Dodge) Parker, was born at
Reading, February 14, 1693, an d resided
there until he attained the age of nine-
teen years, when he removed to Lexington.
He married, August 27, 1720, Sarah
Whitney, a daughter of Isaiah and Sarah
Whitney, of Lexington. The death of
Mrs. Parker occurred December 18, 1774.
Amos Parker, son of Andrew and Sarah
(Whitney) Parker, was born at Lexing-
ton, July 24, 1723, and died December 23,
1790. He married, in 1744, Anna Curwen
Stone, who died November 18, 1799.
Nahum Parker, son of Amos and Anna
Curwen (Stone) Parker, was born at
Shrewsbury, March 4, 1760, and died November
12, 1839. At the age of sixteen
he went to war, was in the Continental
army and was present at the surrender
of General Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777.
He was prominent in public affairs, hav-
ing been chosen selectman in 1790, rep-
resented the town in the Legislature for
twenty-two years, was judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for twenty years, and
in 1806 was chosen United States Senator.
Shortly after the close of the Revo-
lutionary War, he married Mary Deith, a
daughter of John and Jerusha Deith, of
Hopkinton. She died June 4, 1837.
Amos A. Parker, son of Nahum and
Mary (Deith) Parker, was born at Fitz-
william, New Hampshire, October 8,
1791, and died in 1893. He received his
education under the tuition of the Rev.
John Sabin, of Fitzwilliam, at the Amherst
(New Hampshire) Academy, at the New