Robert
Parker
Jr.
Born in Groton, Middlesex County, Colonial Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Parker
and Deborah (Hobart) Parker
Brother of
Lucy (Parker) Jenkins, Jonathan Parker, Benjamin Parker, Susanna (Parker) Dutton and Jonas L Parker
Husband of
Elizabeth Betsy (Brooks) Parker
— married
19 Nov 1781 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 79
in Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jun 2017
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Biography
Private Robert Parker Jr. served with 9th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Robert Parker Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A087751.
Robert Parker Jr was born on the 9th of February 1760 in Groton, Massachusetts.
- Robert Parker, Jr fought at Bunker Hill in June, 1775, where his father, the elder Robert Parker was grievously wounded and did not recover.
- Robert Parker, Jr married Elizabeth Betsy Brooks on 19 November 1781.
- Robert Parker, Jr was pensioned on Certificate: 2760 issued under the Act of 1818 and t he pension was paid at the New York Agency. [1]
- Robert died 27 August 1839 in Romulus, Michigan. He was buried in the Tyler Street Cemetery in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan. [2] Inscription: “PVT, MASS CONTINENTAL LINE, MINUTEMAN FROM GROTTON”
Sources
- ↑ "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" Application of William Chellis Guyett on May 1st, 1953. National Number: 76834, State Number: 8789
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-TDLN : 13 December 2015), Robert Parker, 1839; Burial, Van Buren Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America, Tyler Street Cemetery; citing record ID 11269199, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2XWY : accessed 5 July 2019), Robert Parker, 04 Sep 1838; citing Michigan Territory, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,319,384.
Rootsweb http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nelson/revwar/robert21.html
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Jack Parker
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #228499, MitoYDNA ID T19654 [compare] - Jackson Parker :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup M-269, FTDNA kit #82749
- Neal Parker :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test
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~3.12%
Lenora (Seaton) Collins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A502008 [compare], Ancestry member Dumbledore128
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~1.56%
Philip Damon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A576520 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jeannette (Say) Henry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A333324 [compare], Ancestry member constancemarie2001
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~0.78%
Donna (Wright) Rose :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member constancemarie2001
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~0.78%
Angela Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A450168 [compare], Ancestry member Dumbledore128
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~0.78%
Becky (Swearingen) Marlow :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member notdiane
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~0.78%
P Damon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A098096 [compare], Ancestry member nomadpsd1
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~0.78%
Barb (Jenkins) Bruce :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T336726 [compare], FTDNA kit #484044
Rejected matches › Robert Parker (-1838)
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Odd that I have not run across them in my travels. Where on earth did they pick the name "Robert" from, that doesn't seem to fit the family's pattern.
I don't see Robert sr's death listed, but Deborah [Parker], wid., [marries] John Dutton of Stoddard, NH, Oct. 22 1778