Jonas Parker: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth	6 Feb 1722
Gender	Male
Military Note	During the battle on Lexington Common on the morning of April 19, 1775, “[t]wo militiamen (only two) fell dead on the line where they had mustered--Jonas Parker and Robert Munroe.” Many remembered seeing Jonas Parker “standing in the ranks, with his balls and flints in his hat, on the ground between his feet, and heard him declare, he would never run. He was shot down at the second fire...I saw him struggling on the ground, attempting to load his gun... As he lay on the ground, they run him through with the bayonet.”(from the Deposition of John Munroe, see source) Note that Jonas Parker was a first cousin of JOSIAH PARKER, while Robert Munroe was a half first cousin of MARY MUNROE. JOSIAH PARKER and MARY MUNROE were married on 27 Oct 1748. [3]
Died	19 Apr 1775	Lexington, Middlesex Co., Mass. [3]
Person ID	I3711	Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage
Last Modified	30 Dec 1999 00:00:00

Father	Andrew Parker, b. 14 Feb 1693
Mother	Sarah Whitney, b. Abt 1693
Family ID	F2179	Group Sheet

Family	Lucy Munroe, b. 20 Aug 1720, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Married	1745 [1]
Family ID	F2603	Group Sheet

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Notes	Died: Battle of Lexington