Date and location of death from notes of Edward C Parker, and confirmed by gravestone inscription from Evergreen Cemetery at Winchester: "Mr. Ezra Parker died 11 Mar 1810 AE 79 'Time how short! Eternity how long!'." [Gravestone information provided by Rand and Sharon Johnson, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~johnsongenealogy/parker/index.html]

The publication "Weston Cautions 1757 to 1803" (published in the NEHGS Register, vol. 144, p. 215), demonstrates that Ezra and his wife were in Weston in 1758: "I have taken into my House Ezra Parker & Sarah his Wife & Sarah their Daughter the 15 Day of April 1758 Josiah Smith". The volume is a collection of notices required to be submitted to the town government whenever a resident took in a stranger or non-resident. It is not clear what Ezra was doing in Weston in 1758, nor who Josiah Smith was who took them in, but Ezra is known to have continued to reside in Newton until sometime after the birth of his son, Ezra Jr, in 1770.

Ezra was a supporter of independence, signing a covenant at Winchester on June 3, 1776, to declare war on England. He was a selectman of Winchester in 1782 and again in 1788. In 1795, both Ezra and his son, Ezra Jr, signed a petition for roads.

** Photos of Ezra's home in Winchester are available at my website. **

• Married: 8 MAY 1755 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts ^{3 4}

1. Sarah Parker b: 4 DEC 1756 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
2. Lucy Parker b: 12 APR 1761 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
3. Fanny Parker b: 28 SEP 1762 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
4. Fanny Parker b: 16 MAR 1765 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
5. Julia Parker b: 26 FEB 1767 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
6. Ezra Parker b: 19 APR 1770 in Newton,Middlesex,Massachusetts
7. Persis Parker b: 5 DEC 1776 in Winchester,Cheshire,New Hampshire

1. Title: Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850
   Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905
   Abbrev: Vital Records of Newton, Mass, to 1850
   Page: p. 152, Births
   Text: Ezra, s. John and Easter [dup. Esther], June 13, 1731.
   Quality: 2
2. Title: History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. From 1639 to 1800. With a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants, prior to 1800.
   Author: Francis Jackson
   Abbrev: Francis Jackson
   Publication: Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854
   Abbrev: History of the Early Settlement of Newton
   Page: p. 377
   Text: PARKER, JOHN, (s. of John and Mary,) m. Esther -----, and had... Ezra, June 13, 1731.
   Quality: 2
3. Title: Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850
   Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905
   Abbrev: Vital Records of Newton, Mass, to 1850
   Page: p. 351, Marriages
   Text: Ezra and Sarah Prat [dup. and int. Pratt], May 8, 1755. [Pratt, M.R.]
   *M.R. - Middlesex County Record - East Cambridge.
4. Title: History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. From 1639 to 1800. With a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants, prior to 1800.
   Author: Francis Jackson
   Abbrev: Francis Jackson
   Publication: Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854
   Abbrev: History of the Early Settlement of Newton
   Page: p. 378
   Text: PARKER, EZRA, (s. of John and Esther,) m. Sarah Pratt, 1755