Samuel (3) (Parker) [James(2), James(1)] early left Groton. The confusion which has existed regarding him and his bro. James and their cousins Samuel and James [s's. of Samuel(2)] makes it necessary to present proof of connection as far as possible. Samuel Parker of Boston, with w. Mary, sold in 1707, to his "brother" Phineas Parker, his rights in the esate of their f., James Parker, late of Groton (deed 14, p. 256), and Oct. 22, 1728 (deed 29, p. 156), Samuel Parker of Coventry, Conn., sold his rights in the estate of "my grandfather, Cap. James Parker of Groton." Evidence will be given later to show that as his cousin Samuel remarried in Groton, it must have been this Samuel who was in Coventry. At Boston in the manuscript records of the First Church, I find that Samuel Parker was admitted a member July 26, 1702. Three chn. of Samuel and Mary are entered in the town record of births and they were promptly bap. In the First Church. Further, the church records show that, Jan. 23, 1709-10, Samuel Parker was dismissed to the church in Stonington, Conn. Next the printed records of Stonington Church, though they do not have any notice of his being admitted, contain this item under date of Feb. 26, 1710: "Samuel Parker's dismission was publicly read." Soon after this the town records of Coventry begin to show the birth of chn. to Dea. Samuel and Mary Parker, and finally we have the death there, of Dea. Samuel Parker, Oct. 30, 1775, in his 94th year. The Samuel we are tracing began his 94th year Sept. 22, 1775. There seems no need of argument to prove identity.
