Josiah Parker and Elizabeth Saxon

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Husband Josiah Parker

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           Born: Abt Sep 1652 - (Billerica, Middlesex Co., Ma)
     Christened: 1 Feb 1657 - Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Ma 1
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         Father: James Parker (Abt 1617-Bef 1700)
         Mother: Elizabeth Long (1621-      )

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       Marriage: 8 May 1678 - Chelmsford, Massachusetts 2

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Wife Elizabeth Saxon

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Parker

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PARKER in AMERICA, page 536 in the online digitized version at jenningsweb.us/ParkerInAmerica.html. Facsimile versions of the book online show a typesetting error in the middle of the description of Josiah.

JOSIAH(2) [James(1)] res. in Groton until 1687 or later; was an inn-holder in Woburn in 1693-95, rem. to Cambridge in 1696 and afterward res. there. He was a cap. in active service, selectman, and otherwise prominent. After the d. of his f., he easily took the place as the leading member of the family, and was abundantly trusted for his honesty, prudence and good judgment. As executor of his f.'s will, he had the task -- and it was one of delicacy -- of dividing the testator's residual property among his numerous gr.chn. He m., May 8, 1678, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Saxon or Sexton of Boston, who survived him. His will was dated July 6, 1731, and proved Aug. 5, following. Chn.:

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1679; m. Samuel Livermore.
John, b. Apl. 13, 1681; d. at sea before May 12, 1792.
Sarah, b. May 1, 1683; m. (1) Stephen Cooledge, (2) Nicholas Fessenden.
Simon, b. Aug. 27, 1687; probably d. young. (Butler's Groton calls this child a s. of Joseph(2)[Joseph(1)]. I place him here as found in printed records of Groton.)
Susanna, birth not found.
Josiah, birth not found; d. at sea, before May 12, 1729, when his bro. Thomas administered on his estate and that of their bro. John, jointly.
William, probably d. young.
Ann, m. William Warland.
Mary, bap. Dec. 11, 1698; m. Thomas Dana.
Thomas, bap. Dec. 15, 1700.

BIRTH DATE:

Josiah's birth date is calculated on the basis of baptismal records in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. See notes under his father. It is not consistent with the birth date of his next older sibling James.

1 "Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts," The Essex Institute, 1914, Repository: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/.

2 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Groton. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.