1st wife of John Parker

N.N. 1 was born 1564 in Great Burstead, Essex, England. She died 1605 in Great Burstead, Essex, England. N.N. married John PARKER on 1585 in Great Burstead, Essex, England.

John Parker of Great Burstead, Essex, England

The following is according to the latest research from:

Douglas Richardson, "The English Origin and Ancestry of The Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and of their probably Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse" in NEHGR 153:81-96 (1999)

JOHN PARKER

• was born say 1560, and
• was buried at Great Burstead, Essex, 5 Aug 1613, as "John Parker, householder."
• He married, first, a wife whose name has not been learned.
• He married, second, as "John Parker, widower," at Great Burstead, 9 Oct 1606, Mary ______,
  • whose surname, not clear in the parish register, appears to be Ashfels but could be the more likely Wheeler.
• John's father in his will written in 1581 bequeathed to him two houses in Great Burstead.
  • Presumably his widow was the Mary Parker who married there, 14 Nov 1614, Edward Bridges.
• Nothing more of their subsequent history has been learned.

Children:

• married first to UNKNOWN and had four children;
  • 4 Children by Unknown:
    • 1. John,
      • born about 1585,
      • died after 1630,
      • married Ann Unknown; had six Children;
    • 2. Alice,
      • born about 1590,
      • married George Payne on 12 July 1609 in Great Burstead
    • 3. James,
      • born about 1594,
      • married Joan Coker on 14 August 1616 in Great Burstead;
    • 4. Sarah,
      • born about 1596 in England,
      • buried 13 Jun 1625 in South Weald, Essex, England;
      • married on 29 June 1624 in Great Burstead to Edward Converse, born 20 January 1590 in Navestock, Essex, England; Six children.
      • died 10 Aug 1663 in Woburn Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• married second to Mary Ashels or Wheeler on 9 October 1606 in Great Burstead.
  • 1 Child by Mary:
    • 1 Joseph Parker,
      • baptized on 9 Aug 1607
• John is named in his mother, Margaret’s will proved 9 September 1594.

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References

1. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg261.htm#13068