Amasa Parker


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Amasa Parker  
 
Born: 28 Feb 1751-52 Wallingford, New Haven, CT
Baptized: 29 Oct 1758 Washington, Litchfield, CT

 
Married: 30 Nov 1771
 
Died: 12 Mar 1805 Watertown, Litchfield, CT  
 
Buried: Old Watertown Cemetery, Litchfield Co., CT  http://www.findagrave.com  Birth: unknown
Death: Mar. 12, 1805
aged 54 years
Burial:
Old Watertown Cemetery
Watertown
Litchfield County
Connecticut, USA

FATHER

Thomas Parker

MOTHER

Abigail Dutton

Diadama Parmelee
d. 27 Jan 1813
Buried: Old Watertown Cemetery, Litchfield Co., CT

CHILDREN

1. Amasa Parker b. 28 Oct 1784

2. Daniel Parker

Notes on son, Amasa Parker

From Yale Graduates:
AMASA PARKER, a brother of the Rev. Daniel Parker (Yale 1798), and son of Amasa and Deidamia (Parme-
lee) Parker, of Washington, Connecticut, was born in Washington on October 28, 1784, and spent the first three
years of his course in Williams College. After graduation he began the study of law in the Litchfield Law School, and continued it in Kinderhook, New York, in the office of Judge Peter VanSchaack (Columbia Coll. 1768).
About 1812 he settled in Delhi, Delaware County, where he was admitted to practice in 1814. He was in partnership with the Hon. Samuel Sherwood from 1817 to 1827, when Mr. Sherwood removed, and then with Amasa J. Parker, his nephew, until the latter was promoted to the bench in 1844. For the remainder of his life his son Robert was associated with him.
He attained the rank of Colonel in the State Militia in 1819, and was commonly known by that title. From 1832 to 1841 he held the office of Surrogate of Delaware County. In 1847 he 'IS said to have declined the offer of a nomination for the position of Justice of the Supreme Court of the State.
He was a man of powerful build, over six feet in height, of engaging manners, of pure character, and of high standing in his profession. He was for many years Senior Warden of St. John's Church in Delhi.



HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY. pg 454-454

COL. AMAS'A PARKER,
Was born in 1784, in that part of Ancient Woodbury known as Judea society, in the neighborhood of the Hollisters, Hazens, Hinesand Royces. He was named Amasa, after his father, and had a brother Daniel, a clergyman and teacher in Sharon, many years since. The latter left one son, Amasa J. Parker, who is one of the justices of the supreme court, and resides at Albany, N. Y. He studied his profession with the subject of this sketch, and has distinguished himself as a jurist.
Thomas, grandfather of Col. Parker, removed from Wallingford in 1756, and lived in Judea till his death in 1788. He left six sons, Peter, Thomas, Amasa, Abner, Joseph and Daniel, all of whom were Whigs of the Revolution. After the war, Peter moved to the state of New York.
Col. Parker graduated at Yale College in 1808, read law principally in the law school of Judges Gould and Reeve, at Litchfield, and was there admitted to the bar. He shortly afterward removed to Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y., and has ever since resided there, being a period of forty years. He has devoted himself wholly to the practice of his profession, in which he has become eminent, and enjoyed an extensive practice. He has never sought office, but has nevertheless held several offices, civil and military. He was for eight years, surrogate for Delaware county. In 1847, after the adoption of the present constitution of New York, he was offered the nomination for justice of the supreme court, on a ticket which was sure of an election; but he declined the nomination, choosing rather the honors of a successful legal practice, and the quiet enjoyment of private life.



 
COL. AMAS'A PARKER,
Was born in 1784, in that part of Ancient Woodbury known as
Judea society, in the neighborhood of the Hollisters, Hazens, Hines


454 HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY.

and Royces. He was named Amasa, after his father, and had a
brother Daniel, a clergyman and teacher in Sharon, many years
since. The latter left one son, Amasa J. Parker, who is one
of the justices of the supreme court, and resides at Albany, N. Y. He studied his
profession with the subject of this sketch, and h
as distinguished himself as a jurist. Thomas, grandfather of Col. Parker, removed from
Wallingford in 1756, and lived in Judea till his death in 1788. He
left six sons, Peter, Thomas, Amasa, Abner, Joseph and Daniel, all
of whom were whigs of the Revolution. After the war, Peter moved
to the state of New York.
Col. Parker graduated at Yale College
in 1808, read law principally in the law school of Judges Gould and Reeve, at Litchfield, and
was there admitted to the bar. He shortly afterward removed to
Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y., and has ever since resided there,
being a period of forty years. He has devoted himself wholly to the
practice of his profession, in which he has become eminent,
and enjoyed an extensive practice. He has never sought office, but has
nevertheless held several offices, civil and military. He was for
eight years, surrogate for Delaware county. In 1847, after the adoption
of the present constitution of New York, he was offered the nomination
for justice of the supreme court, on a ticket which was sure
of an election; but he declined the nomination, choosing rather the
honors of a successful legal practice, and the quiet enjoyment of private
life.