Parkman, Ebenezer, 1703-1782

Reverend Ebenezer Parkman was born in 1703 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William and Elizabeth (Adams) Parkman. He graduated from Harvard College in 1703 and received his M.A. in 1724. In 1722, he began to preach, and in 1724, he and Jacob Eliot, a graduate of Harvard in 1723, were chosen by the Westborough town meeting as candidates to become the town’s first minister. Parkman was called by the town and ordained on October 28, 1724.

He and Mary Champney were married in 1724 and became the parents of five children before her death in 1735. In 1737 Parkman married Hannah Breck. They had eleven children between 1738 and 1761. Parkman died in 1782 and was buried in Westborough’s cemetery. Hannah Parkman died in 1801.

Parkman passed away in 1782 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was buried at Memorial Cemetery in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.