Family:Parker, Jonathan (1722-a1768)

Jonathan Parker (Sarah Pierce, Mary³ Whitney, Joshua², John¹), son of Jonathan and Sarah (Pierce) Parker, was born 1 Jan 1722, Groton, MA, died 27 Oct 1803, Clarendon, VT. He was buried in Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT.

He married, 12 Jul 1742 (also recorded 12 Jul 1743), Groton, MA, Eleanor Hunt, daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Bulkeley) Hunt. She was born 10 Aug 1718, Concord, MA, died 8 Jun 1789, North Clarendon, VT. She was buried in Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT.

They removed to Rindge, NH, in 1760. It is possible that for a year or more, about 1770, the family resided elsewhere. If so, they soon returned, and he had the care of the meeting-house for several years. Soon after 1780, however, their names disappear from the [Rindge] records, and their residence was probably in Jaffrey.^[1]

Children of Jonathan and Eleanor (Hunt) Parker:

i.	Jonathan Parker, b. 19 Apr 1744, Groton or Lunenburg, MA; d. 16 Jun 1808, Clarendon, VT; bur. East Clarendon Cemetery, Clarendon, VT; m. 6 Jul 1769, Rindge, NH, Hannah Stanley, b. 1 Dec 1751, Rindge, NH, d. 26 Jul 1830, Clarendon, VT, dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Gould) Stanley.
ii.	Samuel Parker, b. 1754, Grton, MA; d. 5 Jul 1844, Chittenden, VT; bur. Baird Cemetery, Chittenden, VT; m. 9 Apr 1777, Rindge, NH, Hannah Platts, b. ca. 1785, Rindge, NH, bur. Baird Cemetery, Chittenden, VT. He was in the service.
iii.	Benjamin Parker, b. 22 Feb 1758, Groton, MA; d. 27 Mar 1812, Clarendon, VT; bur. Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT; m. 15 Dec 1781, Rockingham, VT, Rachel Wetherbee, b. 1 Jan 1759, Lunenburg, MA, d. 13 Mar 1832, Clarendon, VT, bur. Old Marsh Cemetery, Clarendon, VT. He was a member of Capt. Thomas's Company in 1776, and was credited by the town for ten months' service.

Census

• 1790, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Benjamin Parker.
• 1790, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Jonathan Parker.
• 1800, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Benjamin Parker.
• 1800, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Jonathan Parker 1.
• 1800, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Samuel Parker.
• 1810, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Samuel Parker.
• 1820, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT: Samuel Parker.

References

1.^  Ezra Scollay Stearns, History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Rowley Canada or Massachusetts Charter, to the Present Time, 1736-1874, with a Genealogical Register of the Rindge Families (Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 1875), p. 622.

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