William Parker
- Born: Abt 1618, England
- Marriage: Margaret Pritchard 1037
- Died: 21 Dec 1686, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British American Colonies about age 68 643,1159,1160
 General Notes:
Death Record from Saybrook Vital Records, 1635-1850, (Barbour Collection), p. 5 1160, William Parker, the elder, d. 21 Dec 1686
Our Early Emigrant Ancestors. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, p. 1635. Birth date according to age a William Parker who was an immigrant listed on a ship's list as 17 in 1635. 1161
Information about this person:
• Dates & Events. 643
Children of William Parker - Sarah, b. 1637; John, b. 1641; Ruth, b. 15 Jun 1643; William, b. abt midsummer 1645; Joseph, b. in the middle of Feb 1647,; Debora, b. the later end of Mar 1658; Margaret; Jonathan, b. later end of Feb 1652; David, b. abt the later end of Feb 1656. William, the Elder, deceased 21 Dec 1686; Margery, the wife of William Parker, senior, deceased 6 Dec 1680.
~New England Historical & Genealogical Record, Vol. 4, Apr, 1850, p. 139
• Dates & Events. 1162
7 Feb 1678, "The Town agreed that the Souldiers that went out of the Town in the Indian war shall have five acres apiece of Land - those fields that were survey by William Parker, Senior . . ."
23 Mar 1678 "Captain Chapman, Lieutenant Pratt, Deacon Bushnell, Mr. Westall, William Parker, Senior, William Lord Senior, and Sergt. John Pratt" were chosen a "Committy to consider the capacity of the Town to make payment for the erecting of the meeting house &c."
In Vol. 1 of the Town Acts under date of 10 Mar 1671, is the following vote:
"It is agreed and vaoted that William Parker, Senior, and William Lord, Senior, William Bushnell, Senior, and John Parker, should discourse the matter with Mr. Ely respecting the fences that belong to the land of the legatees of George Fenwick, Esquire, now under the management of Mr. Richard Ely."
~Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut : the first one hundred years, pp. 168, 171 & 179
• Burial: From Find a Grave.
• Background Information. 1161
A Margaret Prichard is listed, along with four other women, on the passenge list. William Parker is also listed in the colum to the right of Margaret's listing. Both William and Margaret are listed as 17 years of age.
~Our Early Emigrant Ancestors. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, p. 1635
William married Margaret Pritchard, daughter of Robert Pritchard and Unknown.1159 (Margaret Pritchard was born on 6 Dec 1620 in England and died on 12 Jun 1680 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British American Colonies 1159.)
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