Parker, Robert (1797-1844)
- Name:
- Parker, Robert (1797-1844)
- Born:
- 05/13/1797
- Birthplace:
- Bedford, NH
- Died:
- 09/09/1844
- Death Location:
- Bedford, NH
- Residence:
- Bedford, NH
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Cabinetmaker
Chairmaker - Father:
- Parker, William (1755-1819)
- Mother:
- Parker, Nabby (1765-1846)
- Relations:
- Partnership, Parker & Richardson, Piscataquog Village, northeastern Bedford, NH, 1823-1824; Robert Parker and Jesse Richardson (1800-1854)
Brother-in-law, John Rand (1801-1873), who became an internationally known portrait painter; was apprenticed to Robert Parker in 1819. - Spouse:
- (1) Chamberlain, Charlotte (1801-18 ), 1822
(2) Rand, Mille (1795-1871), 1829 - Children:
- By Charlotte Chamberlain:
George Washington, born 1823; died 1863
Charlotte Ann, born 1825-; m. Henry Sanderson; Bedford, NH
Robert, born August 6, 1827; died February 28, 1832
By Mille Rand:
Mary A., born 1833; died 1906; m. John Cayzer; res. Manchester, NH
Philanda P., born 1835; died 1895; m. N.T. Folsom, M.D.; res. Manchester, NH; several children
Francis Wayland, born 1837; died 1902; educator
Emily Jane, born 1840; died 1910; m. Orson C. Tolman; res. Nelson, NH; dau. Grace - Notes:
- History of Bedford, New Hampshire, From 1737. Being Statistics Compiled on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Annivesary of the Incorporation of the Town, May 15, 1900. (Concord, NH: The Rumford Printing Company, 1903), 708, 716, 1028, 1029, 1030-1831, 1042, 1044
Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common: Documented New Hampshire Furniture. (Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1979), 76-77, 150.
"Copartnership" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, July 14, 1823, 3.
"Dissolution of Partnership" Advertisement, Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, July 26, 1824, 3.
"Wanted, as Apprentices, To the CABINET MAKING business" Advertisement, The Farmers" Cabinet, Amherst, NH, August 21, 1830, 3.
"Wanted Immediately" Advertisement, The Farmers" Cabinet, Amherst, NH, December 25, 1835, 4.
Piscataquog Cemetery, Manchester, NH
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