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     Etta Maria Parker was born in May 1860 in New York (Sinnett gives 2 May 1860 in Minneapolis).^2,1 She married George Mitchell Sewall, son of David Alexander Sewall and Harriet Putnam Coburn, on 26 May 1887.³ Etta Maria Parker and George Mitchell Sewall appear on the census of 26 June 1895 at St. Paul, Minnesota, his occupation is given as machinist.⁴

     Harlie Parker married Nellie Blanche Emerson, daughter of Charles Hart Emerson and Melinda Elizabeth Stearns.¹ Harlie Parker died in 1951.¹

     Jane Standish Parker was born on 17 January 1814.¹ She married Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby, son of Rev. Philip Colby and Harriet Sewall, on 3 January 1832 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ Jane Standish Parker married Rev. Thomas Ricker Lambert DD after 1853.¹ Jane Standish Parker died on 28 February 1882 at the age of 68.¹

     John Parker married Experience Cloyes.

     Lorenzo Parker married Elizabeth Sewall, daughter of General Joseph Sewall and Eliza Smith, on 24 October 1851 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.²

     Lucilla Pinckney Parker was the daughter of Daniel P. Parker.² Lucilla Pinckney Parker married Edmund Quincy, son of Hon. Josiah/3 Quincy and Elizabeth Susan Morton, on 14 October 1833.²

     Mary Parker was born on 23 December 1738.⁴ She was the daughter of Hon. William Parker and Elizabeth Grafton.^2,3 Mary Parker married Hon. David Sewall, son of Capt. Samuel Sewall and Sarah Batchelder, on 17 December 1762 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.³ Mary Parker died on 28 May 1788 in York, Maine, at the age of 49 at 2 p.m.^5,4

     Nathan Parker was the son of Peter Parker and Ruth Eaton. Nathan Parker married Catharine Murdock.

     Peter Parker. A private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Revolution. He was born on 13 June 1859 in Washington, District of Columbia. He was the son of Rev. Peter Parker MD and Harriet Colby Webster.¹ Peter Parker married Fanny Stuart Wilson, daughter of William van Sycklen Wilson and Marie Cecil Stuart, on 5 June 1890.¹

     Peter Parker was the son of John Parker and Experience Cloyes. Peter Parker married Ruth Eaton.

     Rev. Peter Parker MD was born on 18 June 1804 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Nathan Parker and Catharine Murdock. Rev. Peter Parker MD married Harriet Colby Webster, daughter of John Ordway Webster and Rebecca Guild Sewall, on 29 March 1841.¹ A descendant of Hananiah Parker of Reading, Mass. He was a student at Amherst college, 1827-30, was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1831, M.D., 1834; and attended Yale Divinity school, 1832-34. He was appointed by the A.B.C.F.M., a missionary to China; was ordained May 16, 1834, and embarked for Canton in June, 1834. In October, 1835, he opened an ophthalmic hospital in Canton, which soon became a general hospital, and not only attended over 2,000 sick, but preached to his patients in their own language and trained several in medicine and surgery. He came back to the United States at the outbreak of the opium war between China and England in 1840. He returned to China in 1842, accompanied by his wife, who was the first foreign woman to reside in Canton. Dr. Parker continued the hospital 1842-55. He was appointed secretary and interpreter to the U.S. legation to China in 1844; and in 1845 resigned his connection With the American board to serve as chargé d'affaires in the absence of the U.S. minister. In 1853 he made a brief visit to the United States, where he was appointed U.S. commissioner to China with plenipotentiary powers for the revision of the treaty of 1844, and served as such, 1855-57. In this capacity he was again in China, 1855-57, and then settled in Washington, D.C. He was founder and for several years president of the Medical Missionary Society of China, became a regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1868, a corporate member of the A.B.C. of F.M. in 1871, and in that year a delegate of the Evangelical Alliance to petition the Emperor of Russia to permit freedom of worship in the Baltic provinces. He was president of the Washington branch of the Evangelical Alliance in 1887. Yale conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1858. He is the author of: Journal of an Expedition from Singapore to Japan (1838); A Statement respecting Hospitals in China (1841); Eulogy on Henry Wilson (1880). Rev. Peter Parker MD died on 10 January 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 83.¹

     Rebecca Parker was born on 29 July 1901.¹ She was the daughter of Peter Parker and Fanny Stuart Wilson.¹ Rebecca Parker died on 7 May 1902.¹

     Robert Parker was born in 1564?¹ He married Dorothy Stephens.¹ Robert Parker died in 1614 in Doesburg, Gelderland.¹

     Sarah Parker was born in 1593.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Parker and Dorothy Stephens.¹ Sarah Parker married Rev. John Woodbridge.¹ Sarah Parker was baptised on 15 April 1593 at Patney, Wiltshire.¹ She died in 1663.¹

     Rev. Thomas Parker. A New England divine.¹ He was born on 8 June 1595 in Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, (or Newbury, Berkshire according to Weis).¹ He was the son of Robert Parker and Dorothy Stephens.¹ Rev. Thomas Parker came to New England in 1634.² He died on 24 April 1677 in Newbury at the age of 81 unmarried.^1,2

     Hon. William Parker was born on 9 December 1703 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.² He married Elizabeth Grafton.³ Hon. William Parker died on 21 April 1781 at the age of 77.²

     Charles F. Parkman married Nellie L. Knowles, daughter of Robert Knowles, on 29 April 1877 in Corrina, Penobscot County, Maine.¹

     Elizabeth Parlett married (unknown) Taylor. Elizabeth Parlett married John Goodale before 1610.¹ Elizabeth Parlett died on 8 April 1647 in Newbury, Massachusetts.²

     Mathilde Parmelee was born on 18 October 1909 in Paterson, New Jersey.² She married Professor Richard Benson Sewall, son of Rev. Charles Grenville Sewall and Kate Louise Strong.¹ Mathilde Parmelee died on 12 September 1974 in Yale-New Haven Hospital at the age of 64.³

     Dorothy Parnel married firstly John Frizel on 22 July 1698 at Boston.² Dorothy Parnel married secondly Nathaniel Saltonstall, son of Colonel Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth Ward.^1,2 Dorothy Parnel died in 1733 and left a legacy of £300 to Harvard.¹

     Dale Kennedy Parrott married Irma Ann Holter, daughter of Alfred Hanson Penn Holter and Evaline Amanda Apple, on 18 March 1900.¹

     Kitty H. Parry married George Washington Merrick, son of Levi Johnson Merrick and Maria Jane McMaster, in 1870.¹

     Abigail Sewall Parsons was born on 15 April 1781.¹ She was the daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sewall.¹ Abigail Sewall Parsons was baptised on 29 April 1781 at York.¹ She died on 4 April 1852 in Whitefield at the age of 70.¹

     Rev. Benjamin F. Parsons was the son of Jotham Parsons.¹

     Caroline Louisa Parsons was born circa 1846 in Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.¹

     Catharine Parsons was the daughter of William John E. Parsons.¹

     Catherine Parsons was born circa 1835 in Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.¹

     Charles Chauncy Parsons was born on 8 April 1782 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons and Elizabeth Greenleaf.¹ Charles Chauncy Parsons married Judith Parsons on 16 November 1809 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.³ Charles Chauncy Parsons died on 25 March 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 68.⁴

     Charles Chauncy Parsons was the son of Professor Theophilus Parsons and Catherine Amory Chandler.¹