According to the Dictionary of National Biography (v. 22, p. 227) Thomas Parker was described by Cotton Mather as 'one of the greatest scholars of the English nation...who was driven out...for his nonconformity to its unhappy ceremonies.' He emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with other Wiltshire men on the "Mary & John" of London in Mar 1634, settling first at Agawam (later called Ipswich)and then, went on with others, to be the first settlers of Newbury in 1635. He was chosen the first pastor of the church at Newbury where he died, unmarried, 24 Apr 1677, in his 82nd year.
According to the Dictionary of National Biography (v. 22, p. 227) Thomas Parker was described by Cotton Mather as 'one of the greatest scholars of the English nation...who was driven out...for his nonconformity to its unhappy ceremonies.' He emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with other Wiltshire men on the "Mary & John" of London in Mar 1634, settling first at Agawam (later called Ipswich)and then, went on with others, to be the first settlers of Newbury in 1635. He was chosen the first pastor of the church at Newbury where he died, unmarried, 24 Apr 1677, in his 82nd year.
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Here lies the body of the
Rev. Thomas Parker
who was born in
Wiltshire, England in 1595
came to New England in 1634.
was chosen in 1635
pastor of the church in Newbury
where he died
April 24, 1677 in his 82 yr.
He was a grand and good man.
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