Richardson315 provides further details on his life: John Parker “was a legatee and witness to the 1640 will of John Aylett of Rayleigh, who bequeathed him 20s and called him ‘servant’. John and Mary immigrated to New Engand by 1649, where they settled first at Woburn, and by 1654 were at Billerica, Mass. John Parker was the first town clerk of Billerica, the first collector of taxes, and he built the first meeting house there. He was named a legatee and overseer in the 1659 will of Edward1 Converse of Woburn, Mass., who called him ‘kinsman’ and bequeathed him 40s.”