Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . HON. LEONARD M. PARKER, of Commissioner, 1841-1844, Chairman, 1841-1844, ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. Hon. Leonard Moody Parker,Chairman Septembeft J84J, to September, J844*. ^i Born in Shirley January 9, 1789, died there August 25, 1854,aged sixty-five. Son of James and Sarah (Dickerson) father was a minuteman, and marched in Captain HaskellsShirley company at the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775. JamesParker was a descendant in the fifth generation from Ca
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . HON. LEONARD M. PARKER, of Commissioner, 1841-1844, Chairman, 1841-1844, ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. Hon. Leonard Moody Parker,Chairman Septembeft J84J, to September, J844*. ^i Born in Shirley January 9, 1789, died there August 25, 1854,aged sixty-five. Son of James and Sarah (Dickerson) father was a minuteman, and marched in Captain HaskellsShirley company at the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775. JamesParker was a descendant in the fifth generation from CaptainJames Parker, an original proprietor of Groton, who was muchdistinguished in early Colonial times. At fourteen years of age,Leonard Moody commenced his preparation for college underthe instruction of Hon. Caleb Butler, at that time preceptor ofGroton Academy. It is a singular fact that he afterwards suc-ceeded this distinguished gentleman and scholar as the secondchairman of the Middlesex County Commissioners, Mr. Butlerbeing the first. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1808, at the ageof nineteen, selecting the practice of law as his profession, read-ing two years with Hon. Abijah Bigelow, M. C, of Leominster,and one year with Hon. Levi Lincoln, of Worcester, afterwardsGovernor, whose daughter
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