Peter Parker, Sr., came from Andover, Mass., to Blue Hill Maine in 1765. He was a brother of Col. Nathan and Robert Parker, and was born at Andover Jan. 8, 1741; married Phebe Marble, June 5, 1766. She was born July 29, 1744; died Oct. 1, 1805. He died October 24, 1822, aged eighty-one years, ten months and twenty-three days. Their children were as follows:
- Phebe Parker, born April 24, 1767; died May 3, 1795.
- Serena Parker, born August 29, 1768; died October 12, 1784.
- Peter Parker, born October 17, 1769; married Sally, daughter of Jonathan Darling, Sept. 13, 1794; she was born April 24, 1769; died October 16, 1836; he died April 30, 1855, aged eighty-five years and five months.
- Hannah Parker, born February 19, 1771; died October 27, 1855, aged eighty-four years, ten months.
- Susannah Parker, born July 27, 1772; married Jonathan Ellis, September 11, 1795; she died August 17, 1803. Had four children:
- Jonathan Ellis.
- Charles Ellis.
- Almira Ellis.
- Amos Hill Ellis.
- Marble Parker, born July 1, 1775; married Hannah Lovejoy.
- Mary Parker, born April 1, 1777; died July 8, 1793.
- Isaac Parker, born May 23, 1792; married Hannah Carter.
- Joanna Parker, born May 6, 1794; married Israel Wood, Jr.
Marble Parker Family Genealogy
Marble Parker was the sixth child of his parents, born July 1, 1775; married Hannah Lovejoy, September 17, 1798. She was born October 16, 1778; died July 13, 1847. He died December 17, 1866, of cancer, aged ninety-one years. He was tall, of large frame and coarse features, with a prominent Roman nose. His wife, on the contrary, was short of stature, diminutive in size and of delicate figure. The writer’s father said of her: “She is very short when standing, but tall as the average woman when sitting.” Another way of expressing the fact, that her body was of the usual length, but her limbs were very short. Mr. Parker’s voice and presence were not magnetic, but repelled children of the neighborhood, while Mrs. Parker had a mild, persuasive voice and a winning smile that were attractive.
Mr. Parker had in his orchard by the road, with branches hanging over the fence, an apple tree that bore very early, toothsome fruit. One day a boy passing along picked up an apple from the roadside that had fallen from that tree. Mr. Parker saw him, called out to put it back, and then berated the boy for stealing, which wounded to the quick and left its sting in the wound. The boy had been taught that apples lying on the roadside were free to passers, and he had no thought that he was committing a crime by taking one or more from the ground.
He told his companions of the occurrence. They took his side of the question, and it was arranged between them that they would go and gather the fruit of that tree the next night. With bags to contain the apples, they assembled in the darkness when all was quiet, stripped the tree, took the apples to a not distant hay loft, secreted them, and at their leisure feasted upon them. Shortly after that event the boys met Adoniram Day, then living at the Parkers, who related to them that the Indians, then camping upon dough’s shore, had come at night and stolen all the apples of that favorite tree.
The boys said it was too bad, but said nothing more, though they had apples to eat for weeks after. It was wrong for the boys thus to have acted, but whether right or wrong, they did what they considered they were justified in doing— sugar catches more flies (and more boys) than all the vinegar ever made from cider, or any other acid.
The children of Marble and Hannah Parker were:
- William Parker, born September 18, 1798; died September 30, 1798.
- Serena Parker, born August 10, 1799; married Charles Colburn.
- Harriet Parker, born November 18, 1801.
- Leander Parker, born January 22, 1804; died October 3, 1804.
- Isaac Parker, born July 30, 1805; married Abigail Marshall Powers.
- Sophia Parker, born December 10, 1807; married George Robertson.
- Augustus Granville Parker, born August 7, 1812; married Dorothy H. Powers.
- Phebe Parker, born June 8, 1816; died May 26, 1817.
- Phebe Parker, born January 4, 1818; never married, died in Massachusetts.
- Edith Parker, born July 25, 1820; never married, died in Massachusetts.
In the latter years of Mr. Parker’s life, his farm was carried on by his son, Augustus G., who tore down the old house and built the one now standing. After his father’s death, Augustus G. Parker sold the homestead to David Friend and removed to Flye’s Point, Brooklin, where he and his wife died at a later date, leaving a son and daughter.
The Parkers were Baptists, and Marble Parker and his wife were members of the Baptist church of Blue Hill, he joining in 1816 and his father, Peter, in 1806, at its organization.
The present owner, David Friend, has sold the greater part of the Parker farm, retaining a few acres near the house, the balance having gone to those interested in building summer cottages upon it near the bay shore.
Isaac Parker Family Genealogy
Parker’s Point was taken up, cleared, buildings erected and farm cultivated by Isaac Parker, the eighth child of Peter and Phebe Marble Parker, born May 23, 1792. He married Hannah Carter, March 27, 1823, and they had the following named children:
- Leander Parker, born Jan. 15, 1825; died in New Orleans, Jan. 16, 1853.
- Simeon Parker, born Nov. 16, 1827; died at Savannah, Oct. 27, 1852.
- Elvira Parker, born Nov. 20, 1829; died August 5, 1838.
- Israel Wood Parker, born Jan. 4, 1832; resides at Belfast, Me.
- Edwin Parker, born Nov. 4, 1833.
- Addison Parker, born Jan. 10, 1836,
- Asro Parker, born June 23, 1839; died Jan. 1, 1863.
Mrs. Hannah Parker died June 3, 1855, and Isaac her husband May 16, 1877, aged ninety-five years. He was an industrious and frugal farmer. His farm, possessing a soil easily cultivated, was located on the point between the two bays, a spot not surpassed in beauty elsewhere in town, which has brought it into prominence as a summer cottage resort.
The writer knew well both Mr. and Mrs. Parker, whose children were his schoolmates, and he often visited their home where it was his privilege sometimes to remain over night.
Mr. Parker was a gentlemanly man with pleasing manners which won for him the sobriquet of “Lord Isaac,” and by which he was known throughout the town and vicinity. He was a member of the church and punctual attendant upon the preaching of Father Fi