In "Parker in America" Page 151, there is this excerpt from Baker's History of Montville Conn.
"... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."
This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.
There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.
After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid, Samuel and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn. Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702. Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry in 1709 or 10, where he is listed as an early pioneer. Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton.
"There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864
Location of stone:
At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.∼Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop. Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance. Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.
"... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."
This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.
There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.
After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid, Samuel and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn. Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702. Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry in 1709 or 10, where he is listed as an early pioneer. Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton.
"There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864
Location of stone:
At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.∼Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop. Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance. Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.
In "Parker in America" Page 151, there is this excerpt from Baker's History of Montville Conn.
"... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."
This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.
There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.
After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid, Samuel and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn. Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702. Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry in 1709 or 10, where he is listed as an early pioneer. Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton.
"There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864
Location of stone:
At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.∼Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop. Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance. Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.
"... of James Parker son of Joseph whose parents came from England, and was murdered by the Indians. Himself, with the other chn., escaped from the Indians by hiding in the grass and brush, though in sight of the savage foes. One of the chn. was an infant, which the sis. dropped from her arms in fright, and Joseph, the elder bro., picked it up. The child being very quiet, they were all saved. Joseph settled in Coventry, and built the first house erected in that town. He d. there a. 94...."
This must come from an oral tradition, for if you replace "Joseph" with "Samuel", everything fits into place. The "sis." is Mary, the young child Rebecca.
There are other issues with the narrative. Samuel did not build the first house in Coventry, although he was certainly one of it's early citizens. His grand parents came from England, his parents were both born in Massachusetts.
After the death of his parents at Groton, MA in an indian raid, Samuel and his siblings probably went to live in Woburn. It is from Woburn that his two sisters are married to men of Reading and Woburn. Samuel is admitted to the First Church of Boston as a member in 1702. Samuel and his wife left Boston ca 1708, first to Stonington Ct, thence to Coventry in 1709 or 10, where he is listed as an early pioneer. Of his siblings, Phineas is the only one who returned to Groton.
"There is an aged gentleman now living in the town, Capt. Samuel Parker, one of the first planters, who is the Progenitor of 261 children and descendents now living and a proportionable number that are dead and gone." - Notes on Early History of Coventry, compiled by John B. Porter 1864
Location of stone:
At the front of the cemetery is a map with some key headstones marked. "B" is James Parker, the son of Samuel. If you find James, Samuel is very near him. On the left side of the drive within the first 100' or so.∼Samuel Parker was the second husband of Hannah Clark Lathrop. Her first husband by whom she had her 14 children was Samuel Thompson, who is buried in Memento Mori Cemetery in Farmington, Connecticut at abt. 1 o'clock from the cemetery entrance. Parker's tombstone is in the Nathen Hale Cemetery in Coventry. There are two entrances as you face the Nathan Hale memorial in front of the cemetery. Go into the left side, abt. 50 ft back, on the left side of the road, near to the fence in the area, Parker's tombstone is next to Hannah's, facing towards the fence, not towards the road. I place it abt. 10 o'clock from the entrance. Will get GPS next time I am there.
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In memory of Deacon Saml Parker who departed this life on ye 30th day of October 1775 in ye 94th year of his Age having done eminent service for God & his Generation in various public offices from ye day of his youth. For such to live is Christ to die is gain.
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