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Moses Parker (c. 1658–1732), son of Abraham Parker and Rose Whitlock

Abigail Hildreth (say 1656–by 1728), daughter of Richard Hildreth and Elizabeth Unknown

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Moses Parker was born about 1658 in Chelmsford. [1, 246][2] He died on 12 October 1732 in Chelmsford. Moses married Abigail, the daughter of Richard Hildreth, on 19 June 1684 in Chelmsford. [2] He married second Margaret Stratton by an intention dated 3 August 1728 in Chelmsford. [2]

Abigail Hildreth was born say 1656. She died before 3 August 1728.

The worn state of the records precludes knowing the precise date of Moses's birth. [3]

Moses was a farmer. [3]

Thomas Clark, Abraham and Moses Parker, Stephen Pierce and John Burge and their families were in a garrison together on 16 March 1691/2 in Chelmsford. [1, 134]

Children of Moses Parker and Abigail Hildreth: [2]

i. Abigail Parker was born on 8 May 1685 in Chelmsford. [2] She married Benjamin Adams on 18 December 1707 in Charlestown. [2][4]

ii. Moses Parker was born on 24 November 1686 in Chelmsford. [2] Moses, Jr. was "kild wt thunder" on 28 July 1702 in Chelmsford. [2][4]

iii. Aaron Parker was born on 9 April 1689 in Chelmsford. He died on 19 December 1755 in Westford. He married Abigail Adams.

v. Captain Joseph Parker was born on 25 March 1693/4 in Chelmsford. [2] Captain Joseph Parker died on 29 April 1738, age 44, in Chelmsford. He married Rebecca Unknown. Rebecca, the widow of Captain Joseph Parker, died on 1 January 1791, age 87 or 88, and was buried four days later in Chelmsford.

Joseph was lieutenant of a snowshoe company formed in 1724 to fight the Indians. [4] His son Lieutenant Colonel Moses Parker was wounded at Bunker Hill and died, imprisoned, in Boston on 4 July 1775, age 43. [4]

vi. Benjamin Parker was born on 14 April 1696 in Chelmsford. [2]

vii. Mary Parker was born on 6 September 1698 in Chelmsford. [2] She married Benjamin Chamberlain by an intention dated 27 May 1722 in Chelmsford. [2]

Endnotes:

1. Wilson Waters, History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts (Lowell, MA: Courier-Citizen, 1917).

2.Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1914). Birth of Moses (as s. Abraham and Rose, torn). Births of the children (as. ch. Moses and Abigail), pp. 105–12. Marriage of Moses and Abigail, pp. 248–51.Moses's second marriage, p. 293. Marriages of Abigail and Mary, pp. 282–7. Death of Moses, death of Moses, Jr. (as jr.), death of Joseph (as Capt., 44 y 1 m 9 d), death and burial of Rebecca (wid. Capt. Joseph), pp. 419–22.

3. Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher and Edward Everett Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908), 231.

4. Francis J. Parker, "Parker Genealogy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16 (1862): 41–42.

Revised 03-Jun-2023

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