My Revolutionary War Patriots - Major Andrew Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts

 

Yours truly and granddaughter in front of the

Munroe Tavern in Lexington, Massachusetts

This is Patriot #2 I have written about for this series on my Revolutionary War ancestors.  Major Andrew Munroe was born 31 March 1764 in Lexington, Massachusetts, the son of Andrew Munroe (1718 - 1766) and Mary Mixer (1727 - 1783).  His mother was married three times, first to Daniel Simonds, second to Andrew Munroe and third to Caleb Simonds.  Caleb had been married three times, too, and with his second wife, Susanna Converse had a daughter named Ruth Simonds.  Ruth was Andrew Munroe's step sister, and they married 22 March 1785 in Burlington, Massachusetts. 

Andrew Munroe was the great grandson of William Munroe ( about 1625 - 1718), a Scots Prisoner of War who was captured at the Battle of Worcester in 1650 and sent in chains to be sold into servitude on the docks of what is now Charlestown, Massachusetts.  He lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts briefly and then removed to Cambridge Farms, now known as Lexington, Massachusetts in a part of town near the Woburn line that became known as "Scotland".  He had fourteen children by three wives, and left many descendants in Lexington and Middlesex County who eventually fought in the Revolutionary War. 

When Andrew was only eleven years old the Battle on Lexington Green took place.  Many members of his Munroe family were at this battle, including his uncle William Munroe who was captain of the Lexington Militia.  Several family members were killed including his two uncles, Robert Munroe (1712 - 1775) and Jonas Parker (1722 - 1775), who was married to his father's sister, Lucy Munroe. I'm sure that this event shaped Andrew's life in many ways, since he enlisted in the war very young.  At age 16, on 15 July 1780, he enlisted in the Continental Army for six months under the command of Capt. James Cooper in the 16th division. He served under Brigadier General Patterson at Camp Tottoway on 25 October 1780 for another six months.  Later Andew enlisted as a private in the Danvers Militia Company, where he served from 1796 to 1817.  He applied from Danvers for a pension on 14 August 1832.  

Andrew and Ruth were married in Burlington, and had two chidlren born in Woburn.  His next two children, twins Andrew and Ishmael, were born in New Grafton, New Hampshire on 1 April 1789.  Andrew had been given a land grant in New Grafton for his military service.  It doesn't appear that he stayed very long in New Grafton, but returned to Danvers, Massachusetts where seven more children were born. 

I couldn't find his being promoted to Major in his military records, but his gravestone at the King's Burial Ground in Peabody (formerly part of the town of Danvers) read:

"In the memory of Major Andrew Munroe Formerly of Lexington Soldier of the Revolution who died Aug. 7, 1836 aged 73 Erected by his daughter Mrs. Mary T. Taylor."   

I descend from the youngest child of the eleven children, Luther Simonds Munroe (1805 - 1851) who married Olive Flint, daughter of John Fint and Phebe Flint (second cousins), on 3 September 1826 in Reading, Massachusetts.  

More information on Major Andrew Munroe for the truly curious: 

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution

History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts Munroes by Richard S. Munroe, 1966

Report of the Committee Appointed to Revise the Soldier's Record by Danvers, Massachusetts, 1895 (see page 142) 

other blog posts about Andrew Munroe and the Munroe family:

2012 "Surname Saturday - Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts"   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/06/surname-saturday-munroe-of-lexington.html  

2012 "5 November 1789, George Washington Dined Here!"   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/11/5-november-1789-george-washington-dined.html  

2013 "He married his step sister?"   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/he-married-his-step-sister.html  

2015  "The woeful life of a colonial woman"  (about Mary Mixer Munroe)   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-woeful-life-of-colonial-woman.html  

#1 in this series Colonel Joshua Burnham of Milford, New Hampshire:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-colonel.html  

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Revolutionary War Patriots - Major Andrew Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 10, 2026, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-major.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mariah (Eaton) Parker, d. 1826, Reading, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Reading, Massachusetts

ERECTED

IN

Memory of

Mrs.

MARIAH E. PARKER

~ Consort of Mr.

Gould Parker ~ 

who died July 10, 1826,

in the 22, year of her age.

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Faith led her gently downward to the tomb,

While fix'd on heav'n her meek, yet steady eye

Pierc'd the thick shade that deepen'd

round its gloom,

And caught a gleam of glory from 

on high.

Gould Parker, son of Colonel Nathan Parker and Lydia Stearns, was born in 1804.  He married Mariah Eaton on 16 December 1824, just a year and a half before she died of consumption.  Gould Parker remarried second to Mary Flint in 1829. 

Mariah, baptized in Reading on 25 November 1804 was the daughter of Timothy Eaton and Lydia Bachelor, who were married in Reading on 16 June 1791.  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Mariah (Eaton) Parker, d. 1826, Reading, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 5, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/06/tombstone-tuesday-mariah-eaton-parker-d.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ CONVERSE of Woburn

CONVERSE  CONVERS

I have already written a “Surname Saturday” blog post on the CONVERSE family of Woburn at this link: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/surname-saturday-converse-of-woburn.html   However, last year I discovered that in addition to a lineage from Deacon Edward Convers (1590 – 1662) on my father’s side, I also have a link on my mother’s side (see below)

I also discovered our link to the Converse sneaker King, and you can read all about it at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-sneaker-king-marquis-mills-converse.html   

MY CONVERSE lineage:

Generation 1:  Edward Convers, son of Anthony Convers and Clemence Spady, born 30 January 1590 in Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, died 10 August 1662 at Woburn, Massachusetts; married first on 29 June 1614 at Great Burstead, Essex, England to Sarah Parker, daughter of John Parker, died 14 January 1662/3 in Woburn.  Six children.   Edward Convers married second to Joanna Warren, widow of Ralph Sprague.

Generation 2.  James Convers, born about 1621 in England, died 10 May 1715 in Woburn; married first to Anna Long, daughter of Robert Long and Sarah Taylor.  She was born 1 June 1623 in St. Albans, England and died 10 August 1691 in Woburn. Ten chlldren.  He married second to Anna Sparhawk.

Lineage A:

Generation 3.  James Converse, born 16 November 1645 in Woburn, died 8 July 1706 in Woburn; married on 1 January 1669 to Hannah Carter, daughter of John Carter and Elizabeth Kendall.  She was born 19 January 1651 in Woburn and died 10 August 1691 in Woburn. Nine children.

Generation 4. Robert Converse, born 29 December 1677 in Woburn, died 20 July 1736; married on 19 December 1698 in Woburn to Mary Sawyer, daughter of Joshua Sawyer and Sarah Wright.  She was born about 1681 and died 1766.  Twelve children.

Generation 5. Susanna Converse, born 18 June 1724 in Woburn, died 29 October 1771 in Woburn; married on 26 March 1746 in Woburn to Caleb Simonds, son of James Simonds and Mary Fowle.  He was born 27 August 1720 in Woburn, died 4 January 1811 in Woburn.  Eight children.

Generation 6. Ruth Simonds m. Andrew Munroe

Generation 7.  Luther Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint

Generation 8.  Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 9. Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10.  Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Lineage B:

Generation 3.  Deborah Converse, born 25 July 1647 in Woburn; married 1 July 1663 in Woburn to John Pierce, son of Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth Cole.  He was born 7 May 1643 in Woburn and died 25 May 1720 in Woburn. Ten chlldren.

Generation 4.  Ebenezer Pierce m. Mary Wilson

Generation 5.  Deborah Pierce m. Increase Wyman

Generation 6.  Increase Wyman m. Catherine Unknown

Generation 7.  Jemima Wyman m. Colonel Joshua Burnham

Generation 8.  Jemima Burnham . Romanus Emerson

Generation 9. George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger

Generation 10.  Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder

Generation 11.  Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 12.  Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~  CONVERSE of Woburn", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 3, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/surname-saturday-converse-of-woburn.html: accessed [access date]).

Patriot's Day ~ The 225th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, 19 April 2000

“On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;

Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year”

                                From The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The original Battle at Lexington Green took place at dawn on 19 April 1775.  On the 225th anniversary of this battle, we lined up extra early that morning.  It's very cold in New England in April, so we had warm clothes and blankets.  It was still dark when the actors began to assemble. The men of the town militia lined up on the common, and the women and children withdrew to the sidelines, and we could hear the British advancing down the road from Boston toward us... very scary, even though we knew it was a re-enactment!

Here are some old images from our family slides that I digitized.  The quality is poor, but it brings back memories of that event…

The two sides exchanged some words. 

Suddenly, we heard "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" 

and the battle had begun!

I knew that the first two men to fall in battle were the brother and brother-in-law of my 5th great grandfather, Andrew Munroe (1718 - 1766).  His brother, Robert Munroe (1712 - 1775) and Jonas Parker (married to his sister Lucy Munroe), were in the front lines.  This was a position of honor because they both were veterans from the French and Indian war.  Both were bayoneted.  I was surprised that my reaction to seeing their re-enactors "killed" was to burst into tears.

The Lexington militia withdrew to the woods, and the "dead" remained on the common. 

The women and children ran over to their "dead" family members.

The British fired a last round before marching on to the town of Concord...

My daughter, only 13 years old at the time, covered her ears during the gun fire.

Then, a "miracle" happened!  The dead re-enactors rose up from Lexington Green, with applause from the audience.  We could hear the British marching away to the west towards Concord. 

The actors above and below were portraying Robert Munroe and Jonas Parker.   

Both are my 5x great grand uncles.  They were both the first two men killed in battle. 

I have a previous blog post about this experience (without photos)  at this link…

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/battle-of-lexington-re-enacted.html    

Click at this link to see photos of the Battle of Concord Bridge re-enactment:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/04/patriots-day-19-april-2000-225th.html   

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Copyright (c) 2015, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Haunted Hannah Jack’s Tavern

The Common Man Restaturant, formerly the Hannah Jack Tavern, in Merrimack, New Hampshire

This building was constructed by Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, a Tory whose property was seized during the American Revolution.  Dr. Matthew Thornton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, bought the property at auction and it was inherited by son James.  He named it Hannah Jack’s Tavern, after his mother.  She was born in Chester, New Hampshire in 1742.  Today this restaurant is known as The Common Man Restaurant on the Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack, New Hampshire, but until 2004 it was known as Hannah Jack’s Tavern. 

Hannah and Dr. Thornton are buried across the street at the Matthew Thornton cemetery.  You can read all about their gravesite HERE at this blog post.

Hannah Jack Thornton's gravestone in Merrimack, New Hampshire

UPDATE!

Over the years many restaurant workers have claimed to see ghosts in the building.  Some have reported seeing an Indian; some see servants in colonial clothing.  A few of the sightings have been in the basement, and some on the stairs.  I’ve been to this restaurant many times, and it seems bright and sunny, not at all dark and creepy, but I admit that I’ve never been down in the basement.   In October 2008 the Nocturnal Society of Paranormal research and Investigations surveyed the restaurant for "ghostly activity".  People believe that James Thornton hung himself off a rafter in the dining room, but I hadn’t seen proof of a suicide in any historical record.  Then reader and fellow genealogy blogger Janice Webster Brown sent me this item from the 5 July 1817 Farmer's Cabinet newspaper!

"DIED- .... - In Merrimack, 3d inst. Capt. James Thornton, aet. 53 - (suicide
from derangement.)"

Thanks, Janice!

For more information:

Ghosts and Legends of the Merrimack Valley, by C. C. Carole, published by Haunted America, A Division of The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2009, pages 66 -69.

Haunted Pubs of New England: Raising Spirits of the Past by Roxie J. Zwicker, published by Haunted America, A Division of the History Press, Charleston, SC, 2007, pages 73 – 77, and it is also readable online at Google Books.

“Ghost hunters look for proof Merrimack eatery is haunted”, on the website of the New Hampshire Business Review, published 10 October 2008, accessed 21 October 2014  http://www.nhbr.com/October-10-2008/Ghost-hunters-look-for-proof-Merrimack-eatery-is-haunted/

Nutfield Note:

It is interesting to note that Edward Goldstone Lutwyche’s unusual surname was the middle name of Reverend Edward Lutwyche Parker, the Nutfield, New Hampshire historian and the author of The History of Londonderry in 1851.  Rev. Parker was a graduate of Dartmouth College and ordained in 1810.  He served as pastor at the First Church in Derry until his death in 1850, and his son published his history posthumously.  Rev. Parker's father was a great friend of Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, and named his son after him.  

Edward Goldstone Lutwyche was also one of the Loyalist men who assembled a posse to arrest the protesters at the “Pine Tree Riot” in Weare, New Hampshire.  This was one of the first acts of resistance to British authority in the American Colonies, taking place on 13 April 1772.  His loyalty to the crown must have made Lutwyche very unpopular with his neighbors.  Thornton and Lutwyche also had a long standing feud over the rights to a ferry across the Merrimack River to Litchfield.  This area was known as Lutwyche’s Ferry, but is now known as Thornton’s Ferry in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

Other ghostly haunted locations posted at this blog:

The Coach Stop Restaurant in Londonderry:

 http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/01/coach-stop-restaurant-and-tavern.html

Pinkerton Tavern in Derry (no longer standing):

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/10/pinkerton-tavern-ghosts.html

The Towne Burial Ground in Londonderry:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/09/tombstone-tuesday-towne-family-burial.html

Fort Warren in Boston Harbor:

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/02/fort-warren-boston-harbor.html

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Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

John Parker's deposition, six days after the Battle of Lexington

No. 4    Lexington April 25th, 1775

I John Parker, of lawful Age and Commander
of the militia in Lexington, do testify & declare
that on the 19th Instant, in the morning, about
one of the Clock, being informed that there were a
Number of Regular Officers riding up and down
the Road, Stopping and insulting People as they
passed they Road, and also was informed that a Number
of Regular troops were on their March from
Boston, in order to take the Province Stores at
Concord, ordered our Militia to meet on the Common
in said Lexington, to consult what to do, and concluded
not to be discovered, nor meddle or make with said
Regular Troops (if they should approach) unless they
should insult or molest us and upon their sudden
Approach I immediately ordered our Militia to
disperse and not to fire. Immediately said Troops
made their appearance and rushed furiously up-
on and killed eight of our party, without receiving
any Provocation therefor from us.

                                John Parker

Middlesex Co., April 25th, 1775.  The above named John
Parker personally appeared, and after being duly
cautioned to declare the whole truth, made solemn
oath to the Truth of the above Deposition by him
published

               Wm. Reed
                Josiah Johnson
                Wm. Stickney } Just. of Peace


Deposition of Captain John Parker Concerning the Battle at Lexington, 04/25/1775; Massachusetts
State Papers, 1775 - 1787; Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789; Record Group 360:
Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 -
1821; National Archives. National Archives Identifier: 595246

Samplers with Family Trees and Family Registers

Think outside the box for unusual places for clues to your genealogy! Or perhaps I should say, “Think outside of the book!”

Did you know that many samplers  worked by young girls in years past often had family trees or family registers?  Did you know that mourning pieces were often embroidered by young women, in memory of a loved one who had passed away.  All these types of samplers and embroideries contain names, dates, places and other clues valuable to genealogists.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society values these resources, and has created a data base of Family Samplers at their website www.americanancestors.org  This is the Dan and Marty Campanelli Collection.  You can access this database search directly at this link: http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Da=0503&utm_source=twgnewsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=twg672

I checked out this database last week. There is no browse feature, so instead of being able to peruse the surnames I decided to put in “New Hampshire” as a place name.   Many hits came up, including this sampler worked by Eliza Hills of Londonderry, with her family carefully embroidered in cross stitch lettering. Once you have pulled up a sampler of interest, you can hit “next” to browse the collection.

Each sampler in this collection has an enlargeable color photograph and a one line biography of the stitcher, some had a family sketch, description of the sampler, and every sampler had a list of each person on the piece.  I counted over thirty samplers, from many states, and even one stitched by a little boy, James H. Hoadley,  in Connecticut 1844!  

REGISTER

John Hills Born Oct. 3. 1799. Married to Jane

Anderson Dec. 17. 1807.  She was Born Feb. 5. 1785.

And by him hath the following children

Names                   Births                                      Deaths

Eliza Hills                  Born Sept. 27, 1808                

Gilbert Hills              Born May 20. 1811                

Charles Hills             Born Sept 23, 1813                

Jane P. Hills             Born Sept. 25, 1819               

Next unto God Dear Parents I address

Myself to you in humble thankfulness

For all car and pans on me bestow’d

The means of learning unto me allow’d

Wrought by Eliza Hills in the 12 year of her age

Londonderry Sept. 1, 1820

You just might find your family in a database or museum collection like this.  Many art museums and historical societies have collections of samplers.  The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has had exhibits of samplers, and their website has an online database at this link: http://www.mfa.org/search/collections and type the word “sampler” into the search box.

I’ve also seen samplers at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont,  the Philadelphia Museum of Art and at the Smithsonian Museums.   Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth had a wonderful exhibit of nine samplers until February 1st (you just missed it!)  They have a new exhibit open February 1 through April 25 "Needlework Samplers: Wrought by Tradition" that includes 72 samples from the 17th to the 20th century including the oldest sampler in the USA, the Loara Standish sampler.  Keep your eyes open for exhibits of antique samplers at galleries and museum.   Watch online for samplers for sale in auction catalogs, eBay and at antique shops.

Here is a second sampler I found at the NEHGS database, from a border town of Londonderry.  It was wrought by Dolly Abbott of Litchfield, New Hampshire in 1817.  It is a combination sampler/mourning piece if you notice the embroidered gravestone of her little sister Mary T. Abbott, died 1815, at the bottom (not quite two years before she completed this sampler).  This one also has the death dates for most of the siblings, including herself in the black box.  Someone must have embroidered in the death dates later.

JONATHAN ABBOTT Born Jan

20. 1772 Married to REBEKAH MASSEY

April 1794 Who died Dec. 19 1795 in the 24^th year of her age

And to DOLLY PARKER Dec 31 1800 Who Was Born

Sept 12 1779 the following are the names of their CHILDREN

NAMES                                                 BORN                                      DIED

REBEKAH                                       Nov. 21. 1795                         July. 18. 1819

CLARISSA                                      August. 20. 1801                     Nov. 28. 1841

DOLLY                                           April. 19. 1803                        April. 27. 1855

  ELIZA                                             April. 5. 1805                              August 3, 1838

EMILY                                           Sept. 18. 1807                                                 

THOMAS P.                                 May. 14. 1810                          May. 24. 1810

SALLY P.                                       Sept. 13. 1855                          Sept. 22. 1811

MARY T.                                     June. 17. 1815                         Nov. 7. 1815

My heart exults while to the attentive eye

The curious needle spreads the enamel’d dye

While varying shades of the Pleasing task beguile

My friends applaud me and my Parents smile

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Dolly Abbott         Litchfield  New Hampshire   Sept 18, 1817

Other blog posts I have done on school girl embroidery:

Sarah Henshaw’s Embroidery, daughter of Elizabeth Bill (my 3rd cousin, 6 generations removed)

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/06/sarah-henshaws-embroidery.html

Phebe Munroe’s Sampler, 1844  (my great great grandmother)

http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/09/phebes-sampler-1844.html

Both sampler photographs above  are from Family Tree Samplers. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (From the collection of Dan and Marty Campanelli.)

Pilgrim Hall Museum,
75 Court Street,
Plymouth, Massachusetts
"Needlework Samplers: Wrought by Tradition" 72 samplers from the 17th to the 20th Century, including the Loara Standish sampler- February 1 - April 25, 7 days a week, 9:30 - 4:30.
http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/ 

UPDATE 20 February 2014 Flickr album of the NEHGS Campanelli Collection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/110664726@N08/sets/72157641266541014/

 

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Copyright © 2014, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Three Matthew Parkers

These tombstones were photographed at the Litchfield, New Hampshire Presbyterian Church cemetery

The Parker family plot

DEA.
MATTHEW PARKER
died Nov. 26, 1826
AEt. 62

In memory of
Matthew Parker, son of
Mr. Matthew Parker Jnr.
& Mrs. Sally, his wife
who died Feb 7th
1794, Aged 1

In memory of
Matthew Parker Jr.
son of Mr. Matthew
& Mrs. Sally Parker,
who died Octr. 30
1804 in the 4th
Year of his age.

Generation 1:   Captain James Parker was born in England about 1617 and was an original proprietor of Groton, Massachusetts.  He married in 1643 in Woburn to Elizabeth Long.  He resided in Woburn, Billerica, Chelmsford, and Groton, Massachusetts.    Elizabeth Long is my 8th great aunt, her parents, Robert Long and Sarah Taylor, are my 9th great grandparents.   James Parker's grandfather, John Parker, is my 10th great grandfather.

Generation 2:  Captain Joisah Parker born in 1655 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts; and married Eliza Saxton.  He lived in Chelmsford, Groton, Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Generation 3:  Reverend Thomas Parker was born 7 December 1700 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1718.  He was called to the ministry in Dracut, Massachusetts and died there 18 March 1765.  He married in 1720 to Lydia Richardson

Generation 4:  Matthew Parker, born about 1730 in Dracut, Massachusetts, died September 1802 in Litchfield, New Hampshire, married 11 June 1763 to Elizabeth Jones.

Generation 5:  Deacon Matthew Parker was born about 1764 in Litchfield, New Hampshire, and died 26 November 1826 in Litchfield.  He was married on 5 July 1792 in Merrimack, New Hampshire to Sarah "Sally" Underwood (1767- 1857). They had three children:

1.)  Matthew Parker, baptized on 26 August 1793 in Merrimack, died 7 February 1794
2.)  James Underwood Parker, born 1797
3.)  Matthew Parker, baptized 6 August 1801 in Merrimack, died 30 October 1804
4.) Nathan Parker, born 21 November 1808, died 7 May 1894 in Manchester, New Hampshire, married Charlotte Margaret Riddle.

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ Parker

PARKER

Unfortunately there are several Parker families in Middlesex County, and it is easy to confuse the descendants.  I’m related to many of the families, and many of the branches of descendants of the Parker brothers who lived in Billerica, Chelmsford and Groton.  I even have a first cousin who married one of these Parker descendants!  The only Parker I am descended from is Sarah Parker, the wife of Edward Convers.

There is an article in the NEHGS Register, Volume 153, January 1999, pages 81 - , “The English Origin and Ancestry of the Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse”, by Doug Richardson that outlines much of the genealogy of the extended Parker family.   This is the best literature for untangling the Parker brothers.   However, please remember that there were other Parkers in Middlesex County, including Thomas Parker of Reading.   The NEHGS online library card catalog lists over 120 books and manuscripts for Parkers.

This is the first time I will do a Surname Saturday post showing several generations of the English origins of an immigrant ancestor.  Since professional genealogists have done all the work, I feel safe that this is the lineage of Sarah Parker.

Parker Genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Parker, husbandman, born about 1525 in England, buried on 29 May 1581 in Great Burstead, Essex, England; married to Margaret Unknown before 1533 in England.  In his will he left two houses, one to his son, and one to his two daughters Sarah and Mary.  He also bequeathed a sheep to each of his two living grandchildren by his daughter Anne.

Three children:

1. Anne, born about 1553, married Thomas Dore on 28 July 1573 in Great Burstead
2. John Parker (see below)
3. Sarah Parker
4. Mary Parker

Generation 2: John Parker, born about 1560, buried 5 August 1613 in Great Burstead; married to first to Unknown and had four children; married second to Mary Ashels or Wheeler on 9 October 1606 in Great Burstead.    John is named in his mother, Margaret’s, will proved 9 September 1594. 

Four children by Unknown:

1. John, born about 1587, died after 1630, married Ann Unknown, six children. Came to Massachusetts
 2. Alice, born about 1590, married George Payne on 12 July 1609 in Great Burstead
 3. James, born about 1594, married Joan Coker on 14 August 1616 in Great Burstead. Came to Massachusetts
 4. Sarah, born about 1596 in England (see below)

One child by Mary:

1. Joseph Parker, baptized on 9 August 1607

Generation 3: Sarah Parker, born about 1596 in England, buried 13 June 1625 in South Weald, Essex, England; married on 29 June 1624 in Great Burstead to Edward Converse, born 20 January 1590 in Navestock, Essex, England, died 10 August 1663 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  Six children.

Generation 4: Sergeant James Converse m. Anna Long

Generation 5:  James Converse m. Hannah Carter

Generation 6: Robert Converse m. Mary Sawyer

Generation 7: Susanna Converse m. Caleb Simonds

Generation 8:  Ruth Simonds m. Andrew Munroe

Generation 9:  Luther Simonds Munroe m.  Olive Flint

Generation 10: Phebe Cross Munroe m.  Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 11: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 12: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts

Click here to see the Surname Saturday post on Edward Converse, Sarah Parker's husband:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/02/surname-saturday-converse-of-woburn.html 

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ Converse of Woburn

This post was updated in 2016 with new information.  Please see it at this link:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/surname-saturday-converse-of-woburn.html  

This is the one of the first surnames I seriously tackled as a beginning genealogist back in the 1970s.  I was about fifteen years old, and I used to ride my bike from Holden to Worcester to use the genealogical resources at the American Antiquarian Society.  I didn’t know how lucky I was to be able to use one of the best libraries in the USA.  To me it was just the nearest place to work on my new hobby.

I had carefully traced my family back using the “tan books” at AAS.  These are sets of hardcover books containing the vital records up to 1850 of most of the Massachusetts towns where my ancestors lived, but the series does not cover all the towns in the commonwealth.  Fortunately, the Woburn, Massachusetts book was included in this series.  I worked my family back to Edward Convers, who was born in 1590 in England.   Along the way, using some of the old compiled genealogy books and “brag books” on the shelves, I carefully copied in my first false lineage.  Many genealogies in the 1970s attributed the Convers/Converse family of Massachusetts to a medieval English noble line going back one thousand years to the knight Roger de Coigneries.  It was a good lesson for me to learn and to untangle.  Untangling was much more difficult in the days of pencil and paper records than it is now with computer genealogy data bases.   

The truth is that Edward Convers’s English origins have been well documented by several major genealogists since I was a teenaged genealogist.  You can read about his ancestors in the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s Register volume 146, pages 130 – 132 and his wife’s English origins in the Register, volume 153, pages 81 – 96.   There is a sketch about Edward Convers in Volume 1 of the Great Migration Begins on pages 459 – 463.  There is much exciting information on his life, and I no longer regret not being related to an English Knight!

Edward Convers arrived with his wife Sarah and three of his children with the Winthrop Fleet.  The family lived first at Charlestown, Massachusetts.  He ran a ferry between Charlestown and Boston.  In the journal of Governor Winthrop it spells out the agreement between Edward Convers and the Colony.  He could charge two pence per person, six for a man and a horse.  By 1640 he lost the ferry business when the right to operate the ferry was granted to Harvard College as a fund raiser.  About this time he removed with Sarah to the new settlement of Woburn. 

His Epitaph in the First Burial Ground, Woburn [note the birthplace, which is incorrect]:

In Memoriam, Deacon Edward Convers, Born: Wakerly, County of Northampton, England, January 30, 1590

Landed: Salem, Mass. June 12, 1630, In Company of Governor Winthop, Died: Woburn, Mass. August 10, 1663.

Founder: City of Woburn, Mass. and First Church, Woburn.  Forefather of The Converse Family in America.

Erected In His Memory By His descendants - The Converse Family In America - 1961.

My Converse genealogy:

Generation 1:  Edward Convers, son of Anthony Convers and Clemence Spady, born 30 January 1590 in Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, died 10 August 1663 in Woburn, Massachusetts; married first on 29 June 1614 in Great Burstead, Essex, England to Sarah Parker, daughter of John Parker, died on 14 January 1662; married second in 1663 to Joanna Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, widow of Ralph Sprague. Five children with each wife.

At the First Burial Ground, Woburn
HERE LYES THE BODY
OF LIEUT.
JAMES CONVERS
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE MAY THE 10TH
1715 IN THE 59TH
YEAR OF HIS AGE

Generation 2: James Convers, baptized on 29 November 1620 in South Weald, Essex, England, died on 10 May 1715 in Woburn; married on 1 January 1669 to Hannah Carter, daughter of John Carter and Elizabeth Kendall. She was born 19 January 1651 in Woburn, died 10 August 1691 in Woburn. Nine children.   (Please see the new post https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/surname-saturday-converse-of-woburn.html  for updated information on the Generation 2 James Convers m. Anna Long and the Generation 3 James Converse, Jr. m. Hannah Carter. )

Generation 4: Robert Convers, born 29 December 1677 in Woburn, died 20 July 1736;  married on 19 December 1698 in Woburn to Mary Sawyer, daughter of Joshua Sawyer and Sarah Wright.  She was born about 1681 and died 1766. Twelve children.

Generation 5: Susanna Converse, born 18 June 1724 in Woburn, died 29 October 1771 in Woburn; married on 26 March 1746 in Woburn to Caleb Simonds, son of James Simonds and Mary Fowle.  He was born 27 August 1720 in Woburn and died 4 January 1811 in Woburn.

Generation 6: Ruth Simonds married Andrew Munroe

Generation 7: Luther Simonds Munroe married Olive Flint

Generaiton 8:  Phebe Cross Munroe married Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 9: Albert Munroe Wilkinson married Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson married Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Tombstone Tuesday - Reverend Edward L. Parker of Derry

These gravestones are located at the Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, New Hampshire.  Reverend E. L. Parker is the author of the "History of Londonderry" published in 1851. His wife's maiden name was Mehitabel Kimball.   Edward Lutwyche Parker's genealogy, as well as the Kimball family, can be found at this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/parker-and-kimballs-of-londonderry.html from this blog in 2009.  

REVEREND
EDWARD L. PARKER.
for forty years
Pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church
in Derry
Died July 11, 1850
Aged 65 years
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"Diligent in business, fervent in spirit
Serving the Lord."

MEHITABEL K. PARKER
Wife of
REV. EDWARD L. PARKER
Died June 10, 1852
Aged 70 years
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"My flesh shall rest in hope"

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

An 1804 House - and some family connections!

My cousins are rennovating an 1804 house in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. My cousin grew up in Manchester, and she has always dreamed of moving back to her hometown. Now she has a house in Manchester, and a large project ahead of her. The house had been attributed to Samuel McIntire* (see below) at the time of sale, so it will be carefully restored to preserve his architectural details and style. Please read the following blog about the 1804 House Project, by the design team restoring the house, at this link http://blog.wilsonkelseydesign.com/design-architecture/kitchens/our-1804-federal-home-an-interior-design-update/?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d754aa3027e57da%2C0

Althought this is a Wilkinson cousin (the paternal side of my family), Manchester is also the hometown of my Allen lineage (my Mom is an Allen). The house was built in 1804 as a wedding gift from Israel Forster to his wife Hannah Lee. They were married on 8 August 1802 in Manchester. Their daughter, Hannah Lee Forster (1805- 1911) married Benjamin Leach Allen (1803-1865). The first Allen in Manchester was William Allen (1602 - 1678) who was probably from Dorsetshire, England. He came to the New World in 1623 with the Dorchester Company to fish for salt cod, but he decided to stay and join Conant's settlement at Salem, and was granted land at Jeffrey's Creek, which became Manchester, Massachusetts.

My cousin's husband is a relative of Samuel McIntire, one of the earliest architects in the United States, and the best designer of Federal style homes in New England. He was hired by some of Salem's earliest millionaires, like Elias Hasket Derby. Some of his surviving homes are the Peirce-Nichols, the Peabody-Silsbee, and the Gardner-White-Pingree homes- all in Salem. Both my cousin's husband and Samuel McIntire are descendants of Phillip McIntire, born 6 August 1630 in Glencoe, Argyle, Scotland, and died in December 1719 in Reading, Massachusetts. Phillip was a Scots prisoner of War, placed on board the ship Unity and sold into servitude in 1650. You can read more about Scots prisoners here and here.Generation 1. Phillip McIntire married Mary Nichols
Generation 2. John McIntire (1679 - 1747) m. Elizabeth Daniels
Generation 3. John McIntire (1702 - 1768) m. Mehitable Whittemore
Generation 4. Joseph McIntire (1727 - 20 Jul 1776) m. Sarah Ruck
Generation 5. Samuel McIntire (1757 - 1811) m. Elizabeth Field

My cousin's link:
Generation 1. Phillip McIntire m. Mary Nichols
Generation 2. David McIntire m. Martha Graves
Generation 3. David McIntire, Jr. m. Eunice Hayward
Generation 4. Eunice McIntire m. Isaac Parker
Generation 5. Isaac Parker, Jr. m. Nancy Dowse
Generation 6. Isaac Parker, III m. Julia Hodgman
Generation 7. Fred H. Parker m. Alice Fanny Holden
Generation 8. Clyde Holden Parker m. Lucy Abbie Sanborn (his grandparents)

*UPDATE: according to my cousin "...we discovered that the house is not attributed to McIntire. Dean Lahikainen, curator at PEM, toured the house. The mantel, cornice, frieze and moldings are McIntire's though. The former owner advertised the house to be designed and built by McIntire but alas, he was wrong."

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Amanuensis Monday- Bloody Butchery by the British Troops

I read about Amanuensis Monday in Randy Seaver’s blog “GeneaMusings”, and Randy read about it on John Newmark’s genealogy blog “TransylvanianDutch”. Amanuensis: A person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts.



This broadside poster is known as “Bloody Butchery by the British Troops” and was printed in Salem, Massachusetts by Ezekiel Russell in 1775. It is a bit of propaganda not very different from Paul Revere’s cartoon distributed in the aftermath of the Boston Massacre. An original can be seen at the American Antiquarian Society, and reproductions are sold in the gift shop at Minuteman National Park in Lexington. Click on the photo to enlarge it, and you can read the names of the fallen next to the coffins printed across the top of the broadside.

This is a partial transcription of the text:

Names on the coffins:

Robt. Monroe, Jonas Parker, Sam'l Hadley, J. Harrington, C. Harrington, I. Muzzy, John Brown, John Raymond, Nat. Wyman, Jed. Munroe, Jason Russell, Jabez Wyman, Jas. Winship, Deacon Haynes, -- Reed, Capt. Niles, Capt. Wilson, Capt. Davis, -- Horsmer, J. Howard, Azael Porter, Dan. Thompson, J. Miller, W. Barber's Son, Isaac Gardner, John Hicks, Hon. Putnam, Ab. Ramsdell, D. Townsend, Will Flint, Thomas Hadley, Henry Jacobs, Sam. Cook, E. Goldthwait, G. Southwick, Ben. Daland, Jot. Webb, Per. Putnam, Benj. Pierce, -- Kennison.

BLOODY BUTCHERY, BY THE BRITISH TROOPS; OR THE RUNAWAY FIGHT OF THE REGULARS.

Being the PARTICULARS of the VICTORIOUS BATTLE fought at and near CONCORD, situated Twenty Miles from Boston, in the Providence of the Massachusetts-Bay, between Two Thousand Regular Troops, belonging to His Britannic Majesty, and a few Hundred Provincial Troops, belonging to the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, which lasted from sunrise until sunset, on the 19th of April, 1775, when it was decided greatly in favor of the latter. These particulars are published in this cheap form, at the request of the friends of the deceased WORTHIES, who died gloriously fighting in the CAUSE OF LIBERTY and their COUNTRY, and it is their sincere desire that every Householder in the country, who are sincere well-wishers to America, may be possessed of the same, either to frame and glass, or otherwise to preserve in their houses, not only as a Token of Gratitude to the memory of the Deceased Forty Persons, but as a perpetual memorial of that important event, on which, perhaps, may depend the future Freedom and Greatness of the Commonwealth of America. To which is annexed a Funeral Elegy on those who were slain in the Battle……..

The following is a list of the Provincials who were KILLED and WOUNDED.

Belonging to LEXINGTON. KILLED.

1 * Mr. Robert Monroe, 6 * Mr. Isaac Muzzy,
2 * Mr. Jonas Parker, 7 * Mr. John Brown,
3 * Mr. Samuel Hadley, 8 Mr. John Raymond,
4 * Mr. Jonathan Harrington, 9 Mr. Nathaniel Wyman,
5 * Mr. Caleb Harrington, 10 Mr. Jedediah Munroe.

WOUNDED.
1 Mr. John Robbins 6 Mr. Joseph Amee
2 Mr. John Tidd 7 Mr. Ebenezer Munroe
3 Mr. Solomon Pierce 8 Mr. Francis Brown
4 Mr. Thomas Winship 9 Prince Easterbrooks (a Negro Man)
5 Mr. Nathan Parmer

MENOTOMY. KILLED
11 Mr. Jason Russell 13 Jason Winship
12 Mr. Jabez Wyman

MISSING, (supposed to be on board one of the men of war)
Mr. Samuel Frost Mr. Seth Russell

SUDBURY KILLED
14 Deacon Haynes 15 Mr. ---- Reed

CONCORD KILLED
16 Captain Miles

BEDFORD KILLED
17 Captain Jonathan Willson
18 Captain Davis
19 Mr. ------ Hosmer
20 Mr. James Howard

WOBURN KILLED
21 * Mr. Azel Porter 22 Mr. Daniel Thompson

WOUNDED
10 Mr. George Reed 11 Mr. Jacob Bacon

CHARLESTOWN KILLED
23 Mr. James Miller. 24 Captain William Barber's Son, aged 14

BROOKLINE KILLED
25 Isaac Gardiner, Esquire

CAMBRIDGE KILLED
26 Mr. John Hicks

MEDFORD KILLED
27 Mr. Henry Putnam
WOUNDED
12 Mr. William Polly.

LYNN KILLED
28 Mr. Abednego Ramsdell 30 William Flint
29 Daniel Townsend 31 Thomas Hadley
WOUNDED
13 Mr. Joshua Felt 14 Mr. Timothy Munroe

DANVERS KILLED
32 Mr. Henry Jacobs 36 Mr. Benjamin Daland, jun.
33 Mr. Samuel Cook 37 Mr. Jotham Webb
34 Mr. Ebenezer Goldthwait 38 Perley Putnam
35 Mr. George Southwick
WOUNDED
15 Mr. Nathan Putnam 16 Mr. Dennis Wallis

SALEM KILLED
39 Mr. Benjamin Pierce

BEVERLY KILLED
40 ------ Kennison
WOUNDED
17 Mr. Samuel Woodbury 18 Mr. Nathaniel Cleaves

FRAMINGHAM
19 Mr. ----- Hemmenway.

BEDFORD.
20 Mr. John Lane.

Those distinguished with this mark [*] were killed by the first fire of the enemy……

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A complete transcription of the entire broadside can be found at
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=16201&img=0&level=advanced&transcription=1

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Amanuensis Monday- Bloody Butchery by the British Troops", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 19, 2010, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/04/amanuensis-monday-bloody-butchery-by.html: accessed [access date]).

Parker and Kimballs of Londonderry

Reverend Parker Road is located off Shasta,

not too far from the Parker cellar holes

in the Musquash Conservation Area

Kimball Road is located up near the Londonderry Golf Course,

abutting Musquash Conservation Land

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This story was inspired by the post "The Historic Musquash" by Kathy Wagner at the Londonderry website http://www.londonderrynh.net/?p=12227   on August 4, 2009.

The Rev. Edward Parker wrote the “History of Londonderry”, which was published posthumously in 1851 by his son, Edward P. Parker. A lot has changed since those times, as you can tell from the posting on August 4, 2009 at http://www.londonderrynh.net/ by Kathy Wagner, about the Parker cellar holes in the Musquash Conservation Area. It is hard to imagine that this thickly wooded part of Londonderry was once cleared as farmland, but early photographs of Londonderry show it was almost completely denuded of trees. The reforesting of New Hampshire is perhaps the most interesting thing to happen here since the 1920’s, besides the near quadrupling of our population.

However, upon Googling the Parker names I found that Kathy Wagner had also published a story about the Parker cellar holes at historiclondonderry.com, which is a test site. In this story she mentions the Kimball family previously owning the land. The Reverend Parker’s wife was Mehitable Kimball, part of a very large extended family in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Massachusetts. This family was founded by Richard Kimball and his wife, Ursula Scott, who settled in Watertown and then at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Richard and Ursula are in my family tree, so it was easy to find the link to Londonderry from this clue.

Being a popular name, there are many Parker books available, and some unrelated Parker families in Middlesex County can make sorting out the Parkers very confusing. The Parker family tree can be found in the book “Some New Hampshire Descendants of James Parker of Woburn”, written in 1980 by F. N. Craig, and available at the library at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston. I found the lineage of Rev. Edward L. Parker on http://www.ancestry.com/ , and the Leach Library in Londonderry has free access to this website, which usually requires a subscription.

The Kimball family tree can be found in the book, “History of the Kimball Family in America, from 1634 to 1897” written in 1897 by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples. The family tree has been traced back to the 1300s, about three hundred years before Richard and Ursula arrived in America. The NEHGS library in Boston has 57 books about Kimballs on its shelves, and more in the manuscripts and books about allied families. Leonard Allison Morrison also wrote books about the Armstrong family of Windham, the Dinsmoors of Nutfield, and the Morrisons of Londonderry. The Kimball family tree is also on line at http://www.kimballfamily.com/ which is run by the Kimball Family Association.

The Kimball Family Association is having its annual reunion on Sept. 19th, 2009 in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Please see the website for more information.

Parker Lineage:

Gen. 1. John Parker, born about 1585 in Great Burstead, England and died after 1630 in Massachusetts; married to Anna or Joanna (?)

Gen. 2. Captain James Parker, born about 1617 in England and died about 12 Jul. 1700 in Groton, Massachusetts; married on 23 May 1643 in Woburn, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Long, daughter of Robert Long and Sarah Taylor, born about 1621 in Hertfordshire, England, and died about 1691 in Woburn.

Gen. 3. Josiah Parker, born about 1655 in Groton, and died on 26 Jul. 1731 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; married on 8 May 1678 in Chelmsford to Elizabeth Saxton, daughter of Thomas Saxton and Ann Copp, born on 8 Jun. 1661 in Groton, died on 12 Dec 1766 in Groton.

Gen. 4. Rev. Thomas Parker, born Dec. 1700 in Groton, died on 18 Mar 1765 in Dracut; married on 1 Jan 1719/20 in Chelmsford to Lydia Richardson, daughter of Jonathan Richardson and Elizabeth Bates, born on 14 Jul 1702 in Groton, and died on 25 Sep. 1787 in Dracut. Rev. Thomas Parker was the pastor at Dracut for 44 years. Reverend Parker graduated Harvard College in 1718.

Gen. 5. Dr. Jonathan Parker, born on 17 Jul 1743 in Dracut, died in 24 Sep. 1791 in Litchfield; married on 11 Apr. 1767 in Kingston, New Hampshire to Dorothy (Dolly) Coffin, daughter of Peter Coffin and Dorothy Gookin, born on 21 Mar 1744/45. Dr. Jonathan Parker graduated Harvard College in 1762. They had ten children, including a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Abishai Alden on 11 Oct 1833. Abishai was a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins- both Mayflower passengers. Edward L. Parker was the youngest child.

Gen. 6. Rev. Edward Lutwyche Parker, born on 28 Jul. 1785 in Litchfield, and died 14 Jul. 1850 in Derry; married 1811 to Mehitable Kimball, daughter of Stephen Kimball and Betty Wilson of Hanover, born on 25 Jan. 1782 in Concord, New Hampshire. Reverend Edward L. Parker graduated Dartmouth College, and he was ordained in 1810. His interesting name was from Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, who lived in Merrimack, New Hampshire yet fled to Halifax, Nova Scotia during the Revolution as a loyalist. He was a good neighbor, who never returned to New Hampshire, but was well loved by the people of this area. His property in Merrimack was confiscated, but was known as “Lutwyche’s Ferry” for many years. Children: Caroline, Harriet, Edward Pinkerton, Charles and Frank

Kimball Family lineage:

Gen. 1. Richard Kimball and Ursula Scott (my 11x great grandparents). They were married on 23 Oct. 1615 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, and traveled to America on the “Elizabeth” in 1634. They settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Gen. 2. Benjamin Kimball, born on 12 May 1637 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died on 11 Jun. 1696 in Bradford, Massachusetts; married in Apr. 1661 in Salisbury to Mercy Hazeltine, daughter of Robert Hazeltine and Ann Langley, born on 16 Oct. 1642 in Rowley, Massachusetts and died on 5 Jan. 1706/7 in Bradford.

Gen. 3 Richard Kimball, born on 3 Dec. 1664 and died on 10 Jan. 1710/11; married on 6 Sep. 1692 to Mehitable Day, daughter of John Day and Sarah Pingree, born on 26 Jan. 1668/9 in Ipswich, Massachusetts and died on 21 Jan. 1731/2. After Richard’s death, Mehitable remarried to his cousin, another Richard Kimball, son of Thomas Kimball and Mary Smith, her first husband’s cousin. She was the wife of two Richard Kimballs, and had both a son and a step-son named Richard Kimball!

Gen. 4. Stephen Kimball, born on 13 Feb. 1707/8 in Bradford, and died in 1756; married on 6 Dec. 1736 to Hannah Perley of Boxford, Massachusetts. Stephen Kimball was a cordwainer (shoemaker).

Gen. 5. Stephen Kimball, born 30 Oct. 1746 in Bradford, and died 4 Mar 1807 in Hanover, New Hampshire; married Betty Wilson of Exeter, New Hampshire. His children were born in Concord, New Hampshire. Stephen Kimball was a farmer at Bradford, Concord and Hanover, New Hampshire, where he helped to found the Congregational Church at Dartmouth College in 1805.

Gen. 6. Mehitable Kimball married Rev. Edward L. Parker (see above)

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This post was also available, with the complete "Memoir for Rev. Edward Lutwyche Parker" by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, from the book “The History of Londonderry, comrising the towns of Derry and Londonderry, N.H.” , published 1851, and transcribed onto the following website

http://www.londonderrynh.net/?p=13082#more-13082

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Parker and Kimballs of Londonderry", Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 11, 2009, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/parker-and-kimballs-of-londonderry.html: accessed [access date])