Groton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Parker House
1630 - 1930
Photographed by Russell C. Bixby, June 27, 2011
1. Parker House Marker
Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the King Philip's War 1675-1676, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony—Tercentenary Commission Markers series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is March 13, 1660.
Location. 42° 36.52′ N, 71° 34.32′ W. Marker is in Groton, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is on Main Street (Massachusetts Route 119), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Groton MA 01450, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Groton (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Tinker / John Shattuck (approx. 1.6 miles away); Camp Stevens Muster Ground (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Revolutionary Tavern (approx. 4.2 miles away); Dunstable (approx.
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1. Tercentenary Commission Markers. Original 1930 publication by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Tercentenary Commission Markers, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Submitted on June 27, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts.)
2. Monoco - Nashaway Sachem.
Monoco (died 1676) was a 17th-century Nashaway sachem (chief), known among the New England Puritans as One-eyed John. After decades of peaceful coexistence, tensions arose between settlers and natives. The Nashaway attacked the neighboring English settlement in the Lancaster Raid of Lancaster, Massachusetts, in August 1675 and again in February 1676 with Sagamore Sam as part of the more general native-settler conflict known as King Philip's War.(Submitted on April 19, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)
3. CPT James Parker - Find-a-Grave.
James was one of five known brothers to have emigrated from Great Burstead, Essex, England to the colony of Massachusetts.(Submitted on April 19, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)
4. Groton's Founding Father: The Life and Legacy of Capt. James Parker.
James Parker was born in 1617 in Marlborough, Wiltshire County, England, into a country bitterly divided over the proper way to worship God. Capt. James Parker, a native of England, sailed in the 1630s to the Puritan colony at Massachusetts Bay. On May 19, 1653, as recorded in the Rev. Wilson Waters 1917 History of Chelmsford, 29 freemen petitioned Gov. John Endicott and the colonial assembly to grant a tracke of land: which bordereth Upon the River Merimake: nere to paatooket, which we doe find: a Very Comfortable place to acomidate A company of gods people Upon. Four Parkers John, James, Joseph and Jacob signed the petition, which was approved.(Submitted on April 19, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 2,733 times since then and 98 times this year. Last updated on October 26, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. Photo 1. submitted on June 27, 2011, by Russell Chaffee Bixby of Bernardston, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
