Early Life
Parker was born in Lexington to Josiah Parker and Anne Stone. His experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) at the Siege of Louisbourg and the conquest of Quebec most likely led to his election as militia captain by the men of the town. He was in poor health from consumption (tuberculosis) on the morning of April 19.
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