Elijah Parker 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 17 Dec 1762 - Bolton, Tolland Co., Ct 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 1813 - New York 2
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Elijah Parker (1730-Bef 1810)
         Mother: Martha Stiles (1731-1776)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1790 Montgomery Co., New York, Canajoxharrie; pg 107
Elijah Parker, Jun. 121
males 16 & over 1
males under 16 2
females 1 </pre>

He is living next to his father Elijah Parker and Abel Belknap. Elijah, Jr.'s sister Esther married Jonas Belknap.

<pre>1800 Ontario Co., New York, Bristol; pg 418
Elijah Parker 21010 -- 10010
male female
2 <10 1
1 10-15
16-25
1 26-44 1
>45 </pre>

His brother-in-law John Newton is 3 entries away.

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE:

http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA904&id=c_UQAQAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1903), Volume 11, page 851:

PARKER, ELIJAH, Belchertown. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Belchertown; arrived at Springfield July 4,1780; marched to camp July 5, 1780, under command of Capt. Frothingham, of the artillery; also, men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months men detached from militia of the town of Belchertown for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched from home July 4, 1780; discharged Oct. 26, 1780; service, 3 mos. 30 days, including 8 days (15O miles) travel home; also, certificate dated Belchertown, Oct. 5, 1781, signed by Elijah Parker, certifying that his son, said Elijah Parker, had been hired by Calvin Kinsley, on behalf of a class of the town of Belchertown, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, and had received bounty; engaged April 6, 1781; also, descriptive list of men raised in Hampshire Co. to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Noah Goodman, Superintendent; age, 18 (also given 19) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Belchertown; engaged April 6, 1781; term, 3 years; also, Private, Capt. Luke Day's co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks's (7th) regt.; muster roll for May, 1781, dated West Point; enlisted April 1,1781; reported on command at the Lines; also, muster rolls for June, July, and Aug., 1781; also, muster roll for Sept., 1781, certified at Continental Village; also, muster rolls for Oct., 1781-Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts; also, descriptive list dated Feb. 20, 1782; Capt. Luke Day's co., Lieut. Col. J. Brooks's (7th) regt.; age, 19 (also given 20) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, dark (also given light); hair, dark; occupation, farmer; birthplace, Bolton, Conn.; residence, Belchertown; enlisted for town of Belchertown; enlisted April 1, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; also, Private, 2d co.; entry dated Oct. 22, 1783, of an order for wages for May [year not given], appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages, etc.

CHILDREN:

On page 459 of Parker in America Charles O. Parker says, "Elijah's chn. by (1) w. : Stiles, Daniel, Elijah and Pitts. By (2) w. : Martha, Joshua, Arza, Cyrus, Aschel, Rachel, Mehitabel, and Dr. Lemuel."
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Sources

1 Vital Records of Bolton to 1854 and Vernon to 1852, 1909, pg 50. Repository: http://books.google.com/books?id=0YhBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summ.

2 H. S. Hurley, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: parker-howe.

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