Parkers in Maine

[Patricia Pillsbury]

Hi everyone,

I am researching my husband's lineage. He just found out he is a Parker after all these years thinking he was a Pillsbury. The Y DNA sealed the deal. We match Group #10 with all 37 markers but haven't been able to make the connection. We just found out a few weeks ago that his great grandfather John Franklin Pillsbury changed his name from Parker. He was born in Dexter, Maine in 1860. When he was 2 years old, both his parents died and he was raised by Joseph M. Jordan and Sarah Goodwin who were JF's maternal grandparents. They must have had relatives in Saco, York Co., Maine and possibly in Cape Elizabeth, Maine because they took him there for a while. JF returned to Dexter when he was in his teens and must have learned his trade as a loom fixer. Dexter had 4 wool mills there. He may have married a Sarah Hart in 1881 and may have had a son named Harry in 1882. The birth certificate goes by Frank Parker which is what he liked to be called. Later in the 1880s, JF moved to Philly, changed his name, and married Rose Elma Cox.

JF's parents were John Calvin Parker of St. Albans, Maine (1837-1862) and Cordelia Jordan (1841-1862). JC was the son of Moses S. Parker who was born in Maine, whereabouts unknown. He was in St. Albans, Maine by 1836 when he married Sarah Bates, a well established family in town. Moses' lineage is unknown from this time on. He died in 1874 in St. Albans. There were three other Parkers in the area when Moses was in St. Albans. I am hoping Moses is connected to them somehow.

They are: Joshua Parker (8 Mar 1797 ME - 19 May 1879); Charles Parker (abt 1801 ME - 31 Oct 1877 ME) and Phineas Parker (abt 1804 ME - 28 Jun 1869)

If anyone has info that would be helpful in solving Moses' lineage, please get in touch.

Thanks,

Pat

[Richard Parker]

Looking through my mail, I see we've already met you and that Gar worked up your probable/potential descendancy. That's what I get for not checking in more frequently.

Regards,
Jack Parker

[Richard Parker]

Family group 10 is our group. If Karen Galvin has not reached out to you, please let me know, we are quite active. Website is parkerfg10.dyndns.org.

The family appears in Mass with the 5 Parker brothers who founded Chelmsford and Groton in the mid 17th century. James(3) 1686-1748 moved to Yarmouth Me and is buried there - his brother was named Phineas. Lots of other Parkers went to Maine after the revolution. Got to run to work. You can reach me at [e-mail]

Regards,
Jack Parker