Parker Bodwell (1750-1795)

Son of: Daniel 1721

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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