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A FAMILY GETHERING-THANKSGIVING It Began with Two of Us . I trace my family back to the Revolution with two members fighting--John Parker (There were two John Parkers--one a Captain who fought at Lexington, born in 1739, but a John Parker born some years later who also fought at Lexington but was not an officer. He was my ancestor. The female, Deborah Sampson, for whom I was named (although I haven't found out the exact relationship yet), was the only female to receive a pens