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William Parker was a husbandman who was in Scituate,
Massachusetts in 1637 PO3, CR3. A man named William Parker, who was of Cohannett
(Taunton), Massachusetts, was mentioned in the Plymouth Colony Records from
September 3, 1639, until the mention of his decease, when letters of
administration for his estate were granted to Mistress Allice Parker of Taunton
on June 3, 1662, but this William Parker was not the subject of this biography.
William
took the
oath of allegiance to the
King and fidelity to the colony on February 1, 1638 in Scituate SH9, BA20, PO3, CR3. Will Parker and Mary Rawlings, the daughter of Thomas Rawlins
(or Rawlyns SA10), married in April 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts VI38. Reverend John Lothrop’s list of Scituate residents, as
transcribed by Amos Otis, placed the name of Goodman Rawlings directly above
that of William Parker SW1. With his
first wife, he was the father of Mary SH16, BA20, SA10, William SH16, BA20, SA10, Martha BA20, PO3,
and Patience SH16,
BA20, SA10.
Mary
Parker, the daughter of William, was born on January 1, 1639 in
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was baptized on May 16, 1647 in
Scituate VI37. Mary Parker married Thomas Totman of
Scituate SH12. They were the parents of Tephen Totman BA20. The sudden death of William’s daughter, Mary Totman, called the wife of Thomas Totman,
was investigated on April 10, 1666 by James Cudworth, “Humphery”
Turner, and others, when they ultimately determined that she died because she
consumed a poisonous root, which she had mistaken for a different, wholesome
root SH12, BA20. Stephen Totman was mentioned in the
will of his maternal uncle, Thomas Rawlins of Boston, dated December 12, 1681 BA20. Steven Totman, called William
Parker’s grandchild, was mentioned in William’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6.
William
Parker, the son of William, was born in December 1643 in Scituate,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was baptized on May 16, 1647 in Scituate VI37. There is no record of William’s marriage or death in the
Scituate records; he probably died before December 12, 1681 when Thomas Rawlins
of Boston, his maternal uncle, wrote his will BA20. Martha Parker, the daughter of William, was baptized on
June 13, 1647 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. She was not mentioned in her father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6.
Patience Parker, the daughter of William,
was born in February 1648 (probably 1648/9) and was baptized on May 6, 1649 in
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. She
married John Randall about the year 1676 BA20. As
“the wife of John Randall of Scituate”, she was mentioned in the will of her
maternal uncle, Thomas Rawlins of Boston, dated December 12, 1681 BA20. Patience Randall was mentioned in her father’s will dated July
1, 1684 PL6. John Randel was the father of eight children whose births were
recorded in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI7. These were John Jr., born on May 6, 1677 (John Randall was
baptized on June 16, 1678 VI37),
Patience, born on January 13, 1679 (Patience Randall was baptized on August 3?,
1679 VI37), Thomas, born on January 25, 1681, Marcy, born on January 20,
1683, William, born on February 6, 1685, Job, born on March 3, 1688, Judee (called Judee Rendel), born on April 29, 1690, and Laserras,
born on December 25, 1691 VI7. Patience
Randel died on February 23, 1711/12 in Rochester, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts VI8.
James
Till had been a servant of John Emerson and “Wm Parker, of Scittuate”,
but on March 3, 1639/40, James was censured to be whipped and burned on his
shoulder, and to make restitution to John Emerson, because he had stolen corn
and a shirt from William Parker, and corn from John Emerson and others SH9.
He
was a freeman by December 1, 1640 BA20, PO3, CR3, and a plaintiff against William Powell in an action of trespass
upon the case, when he sought damages of four pounds and four shillings on
March 1, 1641/2 SH15. The jury, of whom James Cudworth and
Humphrey Turner were members, found for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages
at three pounds and eighteen shillings, in addition to the cost of the lawsuit SH15. In August 1643, he was included in a
list of men from Scituate who were between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and
who were able to bear arms SH16. He
and Humphrey served on the same jury for trials which occurred on June 4, 1645 SH15.
Mary Parker, the wife of William, died in August 1651 in
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI38. Will[iam] Parker married Mary
Turner, the daughter of Humphry, on November 13, 1651 in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI38. He and John “Whetcom”
were appointed as constables of Scituate on June 3, 1652 SH11.
William
and his wife, along with ten others, were sentenced on March 1, 1658/9 by the
General Court at New Plymouth to each pay ten shillings, because they were
guilty of “frequently absenting themselues from the publicke worship of God” SH16. On June 7, 1659, someone complained to
the General Court at Plymouth that Mr. William Parker accepted “fiue shillings a quart for stronge
waters” SH11. The following summer, on August 7, 1660,
William was fined forty shillings because he had permitted a Quaker meeting to
be held at his house, and then fined another five pounds because he had
entertained “a strange Quaker” in his home; this man’s name was Wenlocke, who was a new arrival to the area SH11. At the same time, another man, William
Newland, was also fined five pounds for entertaining Wenlocke,
whose surname was probably Christopherson SH11.
Winlocke Christopherson was ordered by the court to
immediately vacate Plymouth Colony altogether, but he refused, and was
imprisoned SH11. Later, Wenlocke
was punished by the court for his refusal to leave by being “layed necke and heeles”, and then whipped and forcibly removed SH11.
On
July 5, 1666, his name was included in a list of colonists in what was most
likely an assessment of what they owed, for two columns of monetary amounts,
called the first and the second rates, followed the list of names; it seems
that the purpose of the list may have been for a purchase of land from Native
Americans SH15. William Parker’s first rate was seven
pence, and his second rate was three shillings, three pence SH15. For an unknown reason, he was fined
seven pounds in August 1660 at the Court of Assistants, and on June 10, 1661,
he and Teage Jones were mentioned in a reduction of
fines, which may have been related to the charge of the previous August SH16.
William
was granted sixty acres of land which was north of the North River lot owned by
Edward Foster DE3,
CR3 in 1674 BA20, PO3, CR3, but his house was on “Parker Lane, west
of the small brook” DE3. The
details of this grant of land, recorded on October 27, 1674, stated SH13:
This Court, takeing
notice of the complaint of Will[i]am Parker and Joseph
Coleman, Senir, of Scittuate, that
they haueing longe liued in the said towne, haue not bin hitherto accom[m]odated with any considerable tract of land, according to
their antiquity and desirt, and alsoe
considering that the former com[m]ittey, by reason of
their former order from the Court, were to straightly bound vp
as to theire further accom[m]odation, this Court doth order that the p[re]sent com[m]ittey doe forthwith accom[m]odate the p[er]sons abouesaid
with each of them sixty acrees of land, where the
said com[m]itty shall judge meet.
On
May 20, 1676, the home of William Parker and those of his neighbors, the late
William Blackmore, Nicholas Albeson, who was Swedish,
Edward Wright, and several other houses and mills,
were burned by a raiding party of Narragansett men PO7. He served on a jury on March 6, 1676/7,
which made the determination that the death of a man named “Robbinson”
was caused by a falling tree SH13, and
he was a juror on the inquest into the death of John During on July 7, 1680, in
which the death of this man, who had been on a journey from Scituate and
Braintree, was found to have been caused by general weakness and intestinal
distress (“trouble in his bowels”) SH14.
William
Parker and Mary were fined five pounds for selling rum in March 1679/80 SH16, and William was fined another five
pounds on March 7, 1681/2 when he was “convicted of the breach of the law of
this collonie in selling liquor to the Indians…
witnessed by Felix, the Indian” SH14.
A court record indicated on July 7, 1682, that should William be brought before
the court once more for selling liquor, cider, or beer without a license, he
would be obligated to pay an amount five times greater than the usual sum SH14.
William
created his will on July 1, 1684, which was proved on October 30, 1684 PL6 or on October 3, 1684 BA20, PO3, CR3, in which he bequeathed land to his son,
Joseph, five shillings to his daughter, Patience Randall, and twelve pence to
his grandson, Stephen Totman BA20, PL6. The land which he gave to Joseph was
divided into two parcels, located near land which previously belonged to John Bonpasse (also called John Bumb),
and near the place where the Swede’s house formerly stood DE3, PL6. He bequeathed the benefit of his entire
estate to his wife, Mary BA20, DE3, PL6, whom he named as his executrix, unless she remarried, in which
case she would receive one third of the land, housing, cattle, and movable
goods, and the profit from his estate, and the remaining portion should be
divided between six of his children: Miles, who was to receive a double
portion, Nathaniel, William, Lidia (Lydea), Mary, and
Judith (Judah) BA20,
PL6. The Plymouth
County Commissioner’s Office, which provided a transcript of his will, also
probably added the three amendments, in brackets PL6:
In
ye Name of God, Amen, ye first day of July, 1684. I, William Parker of
Scituate, Senior, in ye Jurisdiction of New Plymouth in New England in America,
husbandman, being weake in body but of sound and
perfect memory, praised be given to God for ye same, and knowing ye uncertaintie of this life hear on
earth and desiring to settell things in order, doe
make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme
following: First and princeably, I committ my soul to Allmighty God
my Creator and my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to be buried in
such decent manner as by my Executrix hereafter named shall be thought meet and
convenient. And as touching worldly goods which God in
Mercy hath lent me, my meaning is they shall be implied and bestowed as by this
my Will is expressed.
Item,
I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Parker, seaven
acres of upland which was given to me by ye Committee [Proprietors], lying neer ye land which was formerly
John Bumb’s, and also three acres of swamp land lying
neer unto ye plane where Sweed’s
[Swede’s] old house stood. I give both uplands and
swamp to my said son, Joseph, and ye heires lawfully
begotten of his body. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Patience
Randall, five shillings. Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandchild, Steven Totman, twelve pence. Item, I give and bequeath unto my
loving wife, Mary Parker, ye whole benefitt and profitt of my whole estate, both of lands, housing, meadow
lands, and moveables, and cattel
during ye time of her liveing unmarried, [if married]
againe that then she shall have but one third part of
my estate and that during ye time and term of her naturall
life and then to be returned and devided amongst six
of my children, namely Miles, Nathaniel, William, Lydea,
Mary, and Judah, only my son Miles a double portion of it.
My mind and will is that my debts which I owe, or that are oweing to me, shall be equally received and equally paied by my loveing wife, Mary
Parker, which I doe constitute, ordaine,
and appoint to be Executrix to this my Last Will and Testament. And after my
just debts are paid, my mind and will is that if ye profitts
of my estate will not maintaine my wife and bring up
my children, that then my said wife shall have liberty and power to dispose of
so much of any part of my estate as will or may serve to maintaine
her selfe and bring up my children. And my will is
that so much of my estate as is left after my wife’s decease shall be equally divied amongst six of my children, those six that which are
above named, only my son Miles shall have a double portion.
In
witnes thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
ye day and year first above written.
The
inventory of his estate, taken by “Theophilis Witherell” and James Doughty, occurred on October 30, 1684,
and included very few items IN17:
two oxen… foure
Cows… Two steers & one Calfe… two heiffers… one ox… eleauen Acres
of meadow land… twenty Acres of upland… a dwelling house… 60 acres of land neer hingham… one horse… seauen swine… one gun… one brass Kettle… other brass [worth
nineteen shillings, six pence]… old Iron [worth two pounds, eight shillings,
and six pence]… more in Iron [worth thirteen shillings and six pence]… two old
bibles… pewter [worth two pounds, three shillings, and six pence]… in houselment… more in houselement…
more in houselment… more in houselment
[the four “houselment” items totaled over fourteen
pounds]
Mary Turner (Humphrey, Lydia), the daughter of Humfery, was baptized on January 25, 1634/5 in Scituate,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37, VI37, AN5, CU17, BA20. Mary Parker was named in the will of
Humphrey Turner, her father, dated February 12, 1669 PL4. She was the mother of Lydia, Miles, Joseph,
Nathaniel, Judith, Mary, and William.
Lydia Parker, the
daughter of William, was born on May 9, 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was baptized on
April 13, 1656 in Scituate VI37. Lydia Parker married Theophulus
Witherelee on November 9, 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI38. Theophilus was
wounded in the sudden attack by the colonial English against the Narragansett,
called the “Great Swamp Fight” in December 1675 PO7. Lydea was mentioned in her father’s will
dated July 1, 1684 PL6. Theophelus Witherle, Witherlee, or Wetherell was the father of six children
whose births were recorded in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. Mary Witherlee
(or Wetherel), the daughter of Theophelus,
was born on January 12, 1677 VI37.
Elizabeth Witherlee (or Wetherel),
the daughter of Theopelus, was born on August 22,
1679 VI37. Mary Witherlee
(or Wetherell), the daughter of Theophelus, was born
on March 23, 1681 VI37.
Lydia Witherle (or Lidia Wetherell), the daughter of Theophelus, was born on March 14, 1683 VI37. Ruth Witherlee,
the daughter of Theophelus, was born on June 19, 1687
VI37. Judife Witherle (or Witherlee), the
daughter of Theophilus, was born on July 28, 1689 VI37. Lydia died at age sixty-seven on
September 10, 1719 BA20.
Miles Parker, the son
of William, was born on June 25, 1655 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. Miles was mentioned in his father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6. He was alive and a resident of
Scituate on October 6, 1708 when he acknowledged his deed dated April 10, 1707 to
Hatherly Foster BA20.
Joseph Parker, the son
of William, was born October 4, 1658 in Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts VI37. Another Scituate birth record stated that Josiah, the son of
William, was born on that same date, but does not indicate that Joseph and
Josiah were twins VI37;
this could have been a duplicate copied record with a different reading of the
original name. Joseph Parker was said to have married Mary Whitcomb, who was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Cudworth) Whitcomb and the
sister of James Whitcomb in about the year 1682 or 1683 BA20 or by the year 1684 TO1. Joseph
Parker and his wife, Mary Parker, along with brothers James and Israel
Whitcomb, together sold ten acres of land in Cohasset, Scituate to Job Otis on
January 20, 1704/5 for the sum of ten pounds PL10. Joseph Parker was the father of six children whose births were
recorded in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. These were Alice, born on August 31, 1684, Mary, born on
November 17, 1687, Joseph, born on March 31, 1690 (and died on November 2, 1711
VI38), Elizabeth, born on July 7, 1693, Judith, born on June 11,
1699, and Miles, born on June 21, 1702 VI37. Miles
died on February 18, 1703/4 in Scituate VI38. Joseph
was mentioned in his father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6. Joseph Parker died on March 24, 1723 in Scituate, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts VI38.
Nathaniel Parker was born
on March 8, 1661/2 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. Nathaniel was mentioned in his father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6. He was among sixteen men of Scituate who undertook a failed
expedition into Canada in 1690 under the leadership of Captain Joseph
Sylvester, Lieutenant Israel Chittenden, and Ensign John Stetson in the attempt
to capture Port Royal in Québec DE3. Several of these men, including
Nathaniel Parker, died in this endeavor DE3. He
was called deceased on March 17, 1690/1 when Timothy Rogers of Marshfield,
Plymouth County had a bond of administration on Nathaniel’s estate AM1.
Judith Parker was born
about 1664 BA20. “Judah”
was mentioned in her father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6 but died by June 19, 1705 BA20. Mary Parker was born
circa 1666 or 1667 BA20. William Parker, the son of William, was born on May
15, 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37. William was mentioned in his father’s will dated July 1, 1684 PL6. William Parker married Rachell Clarke on March 2, 1696/7 in
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI38. William
and Rachel Parker were the parents of ten children who were born or baptized in
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts VI37.
These were Nathanael, born on April 1, 1698 and baptized on September 16, 1705,
Rachell, born on July 2, 1700 and baptized on September 16, 1705, twins Martha
and Mary, who were born on April 30, 1702 (these twins lived only ten days; Martha
died on May 10, 1702 and Mary died one day later VI38), twins William and Mary, born on March 30, 1704 (Mary was also
called Miriam and was baptized on September 16, 1705), Miles, born on September
13, 1706, Alexander, born on March 28, 1709 and baptized on July 12, 1713,
Joshua, baptized on July 12, 1713, and Elisha, baptized on July 28, 1717 VI37.
Mary
died sometime between March 1, 1703/4 and March 2, 1705/6 BA20.