Groton

Frontier town settled 1655 about 35 miles NW of Boston, home of the Parker, Walker, and Chandler families. Seth Walker was born here c. 1692; his son Col. Abel Walker was born here 20 April 1734; Elizabeth Parker (later Walker) was born here 3 Feb 1744. The Groton families later migrated up the Connecticut River corridor to Charlestown NH.