↑ Richardson, Douglas. "The English Origins and Ancestry of the Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and of their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 153:81.
Baptisms found in Great Burstead, Essex, England records for John, Abraham, Joseph, and Jacob Parker, all sons of a John Parker.