Parker Bodwell (1750-1795)

Parker was a minute man at the Legington Alarm in Capt. John Davis' Company. (DAR Lineage Book, Vol 19, p.218)

Parker was a Private in Capt. John Davis' Company, Col James Frye's Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, service 7 days; reported enlisted February 14, 1775; also return of men in camp at Cambridge, May 17, 1775; also, receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also, company return dated Cambrige, Oct 5 1775. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. II) Colonel Frye's unit was in the thick of the Battle of Bunker's Hill on June 17, 1775.

“After word of the British attacks reached Methuen on Apr. 19, 1775, Capt. John Davis gathered a company of men and boys and marched to Concord Bridge, arriving in the evening at the close of battle. The Methuen company under Capt. Davis in the regiment of Col. James Frye also of a Methuen family, was in the very thick of the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, however.” (This is Methuen, The League of Women Voters).

Born	Died	Married	Spouse
29 Oct 1750	7 Aug 1795	27 Feb 1776	Hannah Abbott
Methuen, Ma	Methuen, Ma	Andover, Ma	b. 1 May 1757

Children of Parker and Hannah (Abbott) Bodwell

	Name	Birth Date	Birth Place	Death Date	Death Place
1.	Parker Ladd	23 Mar 1776	Methuen, Ma	16 Jun 1858	Methuen, Ma
2.	Heman	3 Oct 1777	Methuen, Ma	ca. Jan 1837	N. Andover, Ma
3.	Sarah	20 Jan 1780	Methuen, Ma	1868*
4.	Susannah	13 Mar 1782	Methuen, Ma
5.	Fanny	20 Feb 1784	Methuen, Ma	26 Aug 1857	Methuen, Ma
6.	Hannah	28 Aug 1786	Methuen, Ma
7.	Charles	26 Apr 1788	Methuen, Ma	7 Jul 1862	Dracut, Ma
8.	Samuel Abbott	25 Apr 1791	Methuen, Ma	2 Apr 1861	Methuen, Ma
9.	Abigail	25 Apr 1791	Methuen, Ma	4 Dec 1796	Methuen, Ma?

*DAR Lineage Book, Vol 19, p. 218

01/09/97

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