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farmer, mechanic, soldier, colonial militia officer. Captain John Parker (July 13, 1729 – September 17, 1775) was an American farmer and military officer who commanded the minutemen who fought at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.
Jun 25, 2017 · Captain John Parker was an important militia commander during the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, a farmer, and became an almost mythical character after the Revolutionary War.
John Parker was born on July 13, 1729 in Lexington, Massachusetts, to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He lived his whole life in the Massachusetts colony as a farmer, smith, soldier, and colonial militia captain. He and his wife Lydia Moore Parker had seven children together.
Apr 22, 2024 · John Parker was the captain of the Minutemen in Lexington, Massachusetts who assembled on the morning of April 19, 1775, and engaged the British in the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Little is known about John Parker, but his stand on Lexington Green on April 18, 1775 would help spark the American Revolution. Relive that moment and see how it parallels our life today....
Jul 13, 2014 · John Parker left his house in the wee hours of April 19 and walked two miles to the Lexington Green. There, 30 militiamen — farmers mostly — waited in the dark for the arrival of British troops. Parker sent two men to scout the British.
They killed 79 British soldiers and wounded 174, losing 49 themselves over the course of the day. Parker would not live to see the culmination of the revolution he helped start at Lexington and Concord. On September 17, 1775 he died at age forty-six and is buried in Lexington’s Old Burying Ground.
