Hi, >From Hemenways Vermont Historical Gazetteer(Waterbury, Vermont) Biographical Letter From Rev. Chas. Carroll Parker. Carroll Parker was born in Underhill, Sept. 26, 1814; son of Edmond (b. in Richmond, N. H.),son of Reuben, son of Benjamin, son of John, son of John, son of Dea. Thomas Parker, who settled in Reading, Mass; about 1635, where the four preceding were born; name of mother, Hepzibah Curtis, daughter of John Curtis, of Dudley, Mass.;lived with father until nearly twenty-one, working on his and neighboring farms; went to school 3 months in summer from five to nine, and 3 months in winter, from seven to eighteen; began to teach school at nineteen, and taught the 8 following winters; fitted for college at Jericho Academy, Bradford Academy, and under the private instruction of Rev. Samuel Kingsbury, then acting pastor of the Congregational church in Underhill; entered college in 1837; graduated Aug 4, 1841, with no pecuniary help from first to last; was principal of the boy's high school in Burlington 2 years after graduating; united with Congregational church, Burlington, Jan. 1, 1843; entered Union Theological Seminary, N.Y.; fall of 1843, and remained 1 year; was again principal of boys high school until fall of 1845; was then agent of the University in raising the $50.000 fund until the spring of 1847; resumed study of theology in Burlington, and was licensed to preach the Gospel by Winooski Association at Williston, Oct. 11, 1847; preached my first sermon in native parish at Underhill, first Sabbath in November following; began to preach in Tinmouth in January, 1848; was ordained, and installed pastor of that church October 4th following. Skipped paragraph: Was married Nov. 28, 1844, to Elizabeth McNiel Fleming, of Burlington, and have on son and three daughter. I have been a corroborator of the University of Vermont since 1862. Polly Pmanosh@pwshift.com > I have the following in my collateral family: > > Alanson Parker, b 29 Dec 1805 Underhill, Chittenden, VT, d 7 June 1887, > buried Wards Grove, Jo Daviess, IL. This is per his obituary. He married > my gg grandfather's sister, Sophia Sally Johnson, in 1835 in Geauga Co. OH. > His parents (again, according to his obituary) were Edmund Parker & Tabitha > Curtis. Is this family familiar to anyone who might be able to help with > additional information on Alanson's parents & siblings? > > Thanks in advance, > > Alice Allen > dcaallen@pacifier.com > > > >