Puffer Genealogy

PARKER, Capt. James[1, 2]

Male Abt 1617 - 1701  (84 years)


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  • Name PARKER, James 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth Abt 1617  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1638/9  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1640  Woburn, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Will 25 May 1700  [6
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    Death 2 Aug 1701  Groton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I17383  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2019 

    Family 1 LONG, Elizabeth,   b. 1620   d. Bef 18 Dec 1694 (Age < 74 years) 
    Marriage 23 May 1643  Woburn, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. PARKER, James Jr.,   b. 15 Apr 1652, Billerica, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1694, Groton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F2965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 KENDALL,   b. 19 Oct 1655, Woburn, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1755 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1694  [3
    Family ID F2966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Captain James Parker and Mary Parker were killed by Indians in the Groton Massacre of July 27, 1694 that occurred in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Phinehas, James' brother, was taken captive by the Indians during the attack, but escaped a few years later. James and his other siblings hid out during the massacre, but were left orphans

  • Sources 
    1. [S120] Douglas Richardson, The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe r: The English Origin and An, p. 90.

    2. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 55. From a genealogy submitted by Betsey McClosky of LosAngeles, CA 15 Dec 1979.

    3. [S117] Rootsweb WorldConnect, Tunnell & Hootman Family Genealogy-Mark L. Tunnellhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=mtunnell&id=I03302.

    4. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 63.

    5. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 146.

    6. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 64.

    7. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 55. From a genealogy submitted by Betsey McClosky of LosAngeles, CA 15 Dec 1979 & p. 64.