Moses Parker and Bridget Cummings

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12. Lieutentant Moses Parker (1718–1797), son of Aaron Parker and Abigail Adams

Lieutenant Moses Parker was born on 16 May 1718 in Chelmsford. [1] He died on 13 July 1797, age 79, in Westford. [2] He married first Bridget Cummings on 6 June 1744 in Westford. [2] He married second the widow Anna Barrett by an intention dated 20 August 1779 in Westford. [2]

13. Bridget Cummings (1722–1778), daughter of John Cummings and Elizabeth Adams

Bridget Cummings was born on 15 November 1722 in Chelmsford. [1] She died on 19 October 1778, age 55, in Westford. [2]

Moses was admitted to communion on 27 November 1737 in the church at Westford. [3]

Bridget Cummings was admitted to communion on 9 December 1739 in the church at Westford. [3]

Children of Moses Parker and Bridget Cummings: [2]

i. Bridget Parker was baptized on 7 July 1745 in Westford.

ii. Bridget Parker was born on 30 October 1746 in Westford. She married Ezekiel Fletcher of Groton by an intention dated 25 July 1766 in Westford. Ezekiel, the son of Samuel and Mary Fletcher, was born on 3 April 1741 in Westford.

iii. Elizabeth Parker was born on 8 March 1749 in Westford. Miss Elizabeth Parker died on 20 February 1829, age 80, in Westford. She apparently never married.

iv. Isaac Parker was born on 18 July 1751 in Westford. He died on 17 June 1753 in Westford.

v. Lucy Parker was born on 17 July 1753 in Westford. She married Samuel Richardson of Methuen by an intention dated 12 February 1780 in Westford.

vi. Moses Parker was born on 14 August 1755 in Westford. He died on 17 December 1775, age 20, in Westford.

vii. John Parker was born on 12 July 1757 in Westford. He died on 5 February 1778, age 20, in Westford "killed by a fall on ye ice with a stick of timber on his shoulder."

viii. Isaac Parker was born on 22 August 1760 in Westford. He died on 27 August 1825, probably in Genessee County, New York. He married Bridget Fletcher.

ix. Captain Aaron Parker was born on 26 September 1762 in Westford. He died on 29 December 1823, age 63. He married Joanna Fletcher by an intention dated 12 March 1791 in Westford. Joanna, the daughter of Jonathan Fletcher, was born about 1764 in Westford. She died on 3 or 4 September 1838, age 74, in Westford.

x. Abigail Parker was born on 10 February 1765 in Westford. She married Jeremiah Hildreth on 6 March 1788 in Westford. Jeremiah, the son of Ephraim 3rd and Elizabeth Hildreth, was born on 22 February 1761 in Westford. He died on 17 April 1817 in Westford.

Endnotes:

1.Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1914). Parker: Moses's birth (as s. Aaron and Abigail), pp. 105–12. Cummings: births: Bridget (as d. John and Elizabeth), pp. 49, 51–52.

2. Vital Records of Westford. The births of the children, as children of Moses and Bridget Parker, are recorded in Westford, as is the baptism of the first Bridget, 77–80; Comings, Bridget, and Moses Parker, 149; Ezekiel Fletchers birth (as s. Samuel Jr. and Mary), 36; Jeremiah Hildreth's birth (as s. Ephraim 3rd and Elizabeth), 55. The marriages of daughter Bridget; the marriage of Lucy; the marriages of Moses (as Lieut.) Aaron (as Capt.); Abigail, recorded in Westford, 208–11. Mose's death (as Lt., year in pencil); Bridget's death (as w. Lt. Moses); Elizabeth's death (as Miss, d. Lt. Moses and Bridget); the first Isaac's death (as s. Moses and Bridget); Moses Jr.'s death (as s. Moses and Bridget, a. 20 y. 4 m. 4 d.); John's death (as s. Moses and Bridget; the cause written in different ink); Aaron's death (as Capt.); Joanna's death (as w. Capt. Aaron, daughter of Jonathan Fletcher, written in pencil), 300–301; Jeremiah's death, 287.

3. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry > Westford > Church records with births, marriages and deaths, Moses' admission to communion (as ch. Aaron), image 61; Bridget's admission to communion (as d. Dea. John), image 61.

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