FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From: Sue Martin (smartin@javanet.com) 

Lieut Isaac Parker of Fort 4 fame.   The History of Fort 4 has his parents as 
Joseph and Elizabeth Parker 

History of the Town of Whately, Mass 1661-1899, as revised and enlarged
by James M. Crafts, with family Genealogies, printed for the town in
1899:

P. 538:
PARKER, CAPT. JOSEPH 1, lived in that part of Dunstable that is now
Pepperell, but d in Groton in 1701, m 23 May, 1643, Maryetta ___, and
had six ch, among them was:

2 JOSEPH, JR., b 30 March 1653.  He was prominent in church and state, m
(1) Elizabeth ___; m (2) Hannah Blood.  By first wife he had three ch,
by the second wife four ch.

3 ISAAC, son of Joseph, b in 1708, m Ruth ___, had nine ch.  The fifth
ch was Ruth, who m Joseph Sanderson, and the ninth or last ch was:

4 ABRAHAM, son of Isaac 3, Joseph2, Joseph1, b 24 Sept 1726, m 16 March
1749 Lois, dau of James Blood of Groton.  They at once came to Whately
and settled on the north lot, second division of Commons.  He also owned
No. 69 and perhaps No. 68, same division of Commons, opposite Sund.  He
was drowned in the Connecticut river 12 March, 1757, ae 31 yrs, leaving
a wife and five ch, the oldest nearly seven years of age and the
youngest unborn.  The widow, filled with courage, perhaps born of
necessity, cultivated the farm, fed and cared for her family, improved
the buildings and demonstrated her capability to earn her own support
and care for her ch.  She d 27 Sept., 1814, on the farm, at the great
age 88 years.

All the town histories in western Mass who contain descendants of Lt. Isaac Parker of
Fort #4 all say that Lt. Isaac was son of Joseph Jr, son of Joseph, and who better to
know than his own descendants!!!  

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