Talk:John Parker (captain)

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I think it should be "John Parker (captain)" like "Jesse James (outlaw)". Do you agree? Gerard53 13:20, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea, done. Of course, now there are a lot of "What links here" connections to fix. :-) Stan 15:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I find it amusing that Paul Reveres recollection of John Parkers words are included in the article. Paul Revere had been captured/arrested some time before and was not likely present to hear those words.

Of greater interest, perhaps, is his role in the French and Indian wars at Louisburg and Quebec. The only colonial units I find that served were Rangers under either Rogers or Moses Hazen. The Rogers Rangers article cites famous members but does not include John Parker, I find no mention of the members of Hazens Rangers. Both Rogers and Hazen appear to have raised their troops near Andover (Methuen, Haverhill) - Hazen perhaps closer. Although Israel Putnam is listed as a member of Rogers rangers and hails from Danvers - somewhat further south. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.135.0.233 (talk) 01:14, 19 August 2015 (UTC) Jp421 (talk) 01:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Death date
The article says 17 september, but the infobox says 19 september. I have set it to read 17 in both places, but I would like confirmation of one or the other. Tealwisp (talk) 05:04, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I have the only book written by John Parker's grandson which describes the battles and family as told by other members. I believe this has revelent info on where he died.Bazzledorf (talk) 14:02, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Statues
The statue in Lexington, MA is often mistaken as John Parker. It was erected as a monument of the minutemen not a single person. The same for Concord, except it was erected in memory of the minutemen from Concord.

Also Sentry Insurance does use the silhouette of the Lexington Statue as their logo, but the US Army National Guard uses the Concord Statues Silhoutte. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bazzledorf (talk • contribs) 21:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Signature
John Parker's signature appears on two different documents at http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014_04_01_archive.html and http://www.lexingtonhistory.org/receipt-for-purchase-of-drums---1775.html in case someone knows how to get them into the infobox. WikiParker (talk) 21:58, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Ancestry- not a grandson, a great, great grandson
The reference note gives the deacon, Thomas Parker, one of the founding settlers of of Reading, Mass., as Captain John Parker's grandfather. Commager, the source of the note and biographer of Theodore Parker, was engaging in some editorial simplification. According to ancestry sources on the web, Minuteman captain John would have been the great-great grandson of the Puritan Deacon. Captain John's father was Josiah Parker (1694–1756), son of John Parker (b. 1664, Reading, Mass.–d. 1741, Lexington, Mass.), son of Hananiah Parker (b. 1638–d. 1744). Hananiah was the eldest son of Deacon Thomas (b. 1605, England–d. 1683, Reading, Mass). Mballen (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)