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Bookmark or Share- John Parker (captain) - WikipediaCaptain 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.
- John Parker, Biography, Facts, Lexington Militia ...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.
- John Parker (abolitionist) - WikipediaJohn P. Parker (c. 1827 – January 30, 1900) was an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist. Parker, who was African American, helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad resistance movement based in Ripley, Ohio. He saved and rescued fugitive slaves for nearly fifteen years.
- Meet the American who led 77 Minutemen against 700 Redcoats ...Capt. John Parker led 77 members of the Lexington, Massachusetts, militia into battle against 700 British regulars on April 19, 1775. The deadly firefight that...
- John Parker - American Battlefield TrustJohn 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.
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