John Parmenter was from Ovington and Little Yeldham, Essex Co, England
 
See the Essex Co, England Heritage Page

See this account of the Parmenter's in England

See his English family at The Stephen Lawson Page

Born: About 1588, in Little Yeldham, Essex Co, England. (TAG 147:377-382, 1993)

Immigration: 1639, sailed from Great Yarmouth with wife, Bridget (__), Elizabeth (__) Loker, widow of Henry Loker and presumed sister of Bridget (___) Parmenter, and two of her sons, John and Henry, as well as son John Parmenter. (TAG 147:377-382, 1993; 68:272, 1914) There is conflicting information about Mary. She was married to John Woods, Oct 10, 1633 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England and may have come earlier with her husband. Or the Woods couple may have come with the Parmenters. Or John Woods may have preceded the family and Mary separately made the 1639 trip with her folks, with three small children.

Spouses:
 

1) Bridget, either Simpson or Perry. (There were two sister combinations in John's English parish with names Bridget and Elizabeth, born in the right time period to have been sisters, and also wives of John Parmenter and Henry Loker. One set of Bridget/Elizabeth's came from William Perry; and another from John Simpson.). Bridget died April 06, 1660, in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Mass. She would have been approximately 70 years old.

2) Annis (Bayford) (Chandler) (Dane), August 09, 1660, in Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Mass. She was baptized at Farnham, Essex, England, 12 June 1603. He would have been about 72, she 57. She was the widow of William Chandler, with whom she came to Mass in 1637, and of John Dane, who was buried at Roxbury, 14 Sept 1658. She is an ancestor to President Ruthorford B. Hayes through a child with her first husband. He died ten years later, and she survived him by ten more years, dieing on March 15, 1683, in Roxbury.


Residences: Sudbury (that part now called Wayland) by 1639 > Roxbury 1660.  (The NEHGR article says that John Parmenter's Sudbury property was "adjacent to the corner of Bow and Concord roads in what is now Wayland.)

Occupation:  Tailor (per items in estate inventory), operated a tavern (per permissions in Sudbury records)

Known as Deacon:  He was known as Deacon Parmenter, a position of respect.

Life Events:
 

Sept 4 1639 - appointed one of the commission to lay out the land
May 13, 1640 - Granted freeman status
1658 - Elected Deacon
 
Death: May 01, 1671; Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Mass, aged 83 years old.

Estate / Will: His will, dated March 25, 1671, proved July 25, 1671, names wife Annis, daughter Mary Woods wife of John Woods, grandson John Parmenter, cousin Bartholomew Cheevers shoemaker of Boston, and cousin John Stibbins

On-line biographies:
 

Michael Roman Biography of John Parmenter

The Stephen Lawson Page

See the  Notable Parmenter Page, which includes:
 
Samuel Morse - inventor of the telegraph

NEHGR 147:377-382, 1993 - English Origins of John Parmenter
NEHGR 68:262-273, 1914 - John Parmenter
NEHGR 3:187, 1849 - Freemen List
NEHGR 143:325-331, 1989 - The Riddlesworth alias Loker Family
NEHGR 85:142-45, 1931 - The Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, Mass
Roxbury, Mass Vital Records

Geography Notes:
 
That part of (then) Sudbury, that is now Wayland has neighboring towns of Marlborough on the west, Lexington and Woburn on the northeast, and Watertown and Newton on the east.
Sudbury /Wayland is 20 miles due west of Boston.
Marlborough is another 10 miles east of Sudbury.
Roxbury is now part of Boston, about 16 miles east of Sudbury/Wayland.

See John Woods Page

See Bellows Page (Mary Wood (Mary Parmenter-2, John-1) md John Bellows)

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 1   John Parmenter 1588 - 1671 b: Abt. 1588 in Little Yeldham, Essex Co, England
....  +Bridget [Perry or Simpson] 1590 - 1660 b: Abt. 1590 in England
. 2   Mary Parmenter 1610 - 1690 b: Abt. 1610 in England, Prob Little Yeldham, Essex
.......  +John Woods 1610 - 1678 b: Abt. 1610 in England, prob Essex
.... 3   Isaac Woods 1655 - 1720 b: July 15, 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Mass
..........  +Mary Maynard 1659 - 1689 b: Abt. 1659 in Sudbury or Marlborough, Middlesex Co, Mass
........ 4   Mary Woods 1687 - 1775 b: March 13, 1687 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co,  Mass
..............  +Abijah Bruce 1693 - 1774 b: November 27, 1693 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co,  Mass
........... 5   Artemus Bruce 1728 - 1811 b: December 20, 1728 in Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
.................  +Mary Latiny 1732 - 1811 b: Abt. 1732 in Prob Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
.............. 6   Elijah Bruce 1760 - 1835 b: January 20, 1760 in Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
....................  +Abigail Whitney 1763 - 1847 b: April 11, 1763 in Grafton, Worcester Co, Mass
.................. 7   Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 b: April 02, 1806 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
........................  +Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 b: June 23, 1805 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
..................... 8   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 b: October 30, 1843 in Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
...........................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 b: June 14, 1836 in Dover, Vermont, USA
........................ 9   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 b: July 06, 1876 in Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa Co, Kans
..............................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b: October 14, 1886 in Near Milo, Lincoln Co, Kansas

Related Links:

Ginny B's G Page has interesting info on the Parmenters, including John Parmenter's English lineage. (See Ginny's Home Page for allied lines, Pratt, etal.)

See the Parmenter Page for an interesting account of John Parmenter (and his son-in-law John Woods) in England and early years in America

The Pioneering Parmenters of America Page.

Sudbury History Page at the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce site.

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