Parker, John
1729 - Born in Lexington on July 13th. He was the leader of the Lexington minute-men in the skirmish at Lexington.
1775 - In the early-morning hours of April 19th, Captain John Parker, forty-five-year-old veteran of the French and Indian War, stood with his single company of Minutemen on the village green at Lexington, Massachusetts.
- He died from tubercolosis on September 17th.
1775 - In the early-morning hours of April 19th, Captain John Parker, forty-five-year-old veteran of the French and Indian War, stood with his single company of Minutemen on the village green at Lexington, Massachusetts.
- He died from tubercolosis on September 17th.
Page last updated: 12:34am, 21st Mar '07
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