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The Bertie Parkers
Joseph Parker 1735? -
1798 | his parents
& Martha Lawrence 1738/43 - aft 1787 |
her parents
& Amelia King 1762 - 1816 |
her parents
of Bertie County NC
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
Joseph Parker married ca 1758 Martha Lawrence.
?Joseph Parker was born 1711 in Bertie County the son of James Parker 1670?
- 1761. [monument in cemetery] and wife Sarah.
Martha Lawrence was born 1738/1743 in Bertie County the daughter of Robert
Lawrence ca 1690 - 1744 and wife Elizabeth.
Martha was living in 7 April 1787 when her sister Elisabeth Sprewell wrote her
will. Martha may have been dead by 17 Feb 1788 when Elisabeth had added this
statement to her will -- what corn and meat is left after my decease, I desire
my two Brothers may have the disposal of. In the body of the will
"Item I give and bequeath to my two Brothers and Sister to wit Robert
Lawrence, John Lawrence & Martha Parker all the Articles unmentioned in the
will Equally to be divided betwixt them I say to them and their Heirs
forever."
after Martha's death he
married 2nd Amelia King 1762 - 1816, the daughter of Henry King
and his wife Elizabeth.
I am not certain whether Ann is Martha's youngest child or
Amelia's only child.
Martha Lawrence ca 1743 - aft 1788 and Joseph Parker had:
1. Richard Parker ca 1759 - ca 1797 Edgecombe Co.
married 7 Oct 1780
Elizabeth King
daughter of Michael King and Mary Hobson
2. Joseph Parker ca 1763 - ca 1798
3. Elizabeth Parker ca 1767 -
married 28 March 1787 John Hobson King
a.
Thomas Barnes [Benjamin] King
4. Thomas Parker ca 1771 - 1807 Bertie Co
married Sarah
a.
Mary Parker
? married 7 Oct 1833 William Cone
5. Reuben Parker 26 Dec 1776 - Jan 1850
Bertie Co, NC
died after 9 days of Pneumonia - mortality schedule - farmer
his place of birth given as "Burkfield", Bertie Co., NC
married 15 Aug 1806 Barbara Slade King 1788 - aft 1850
Bertie County Marriage Bonds
6. James Parker ca 1780 - Feb 1805 dsp Bertie Co
7. Sarah G. [Sally] Parker ca 1784 - aft 1816
married
bef 1816 Thomas Clark King 1795 -ca 1827
8. Ann Parker ca 1787 -
married
bef 1816 ? Sutton
Bertie Co DB H - 288 James
Parker, Sen & wife Sarah to Joseph Parker . . . "
5 April 1756. 10 pds for 100 A. ". . .by my son Joseph Parker .
. ." Land on NS Roquist
Wit: Joanthan Standley, William King. April Ct 1756.
H - 298 Joseph Parker to
Robert Howell 5 April 1756. 10 pds for 100 A. on NS Roquist Swamp
Wit: Jonathan Standley, William King. April Ct 1756. Benjamin Wynns C/C
June 1770 Ordered that Frances
Larrence whom Thomas Sutton claims as his indented Servant be and remain
with her Uncle Joseph Parker till next Court when she is to appear.
Sept 1770 Ordered that Francis
Larrence the apprentice of Thomas Sutton be Discharged from his service
for (having used her-marked through) not having done his duty as a Master.
June 1771 Frances Lawrence
orphan of George Lawrence dec came into the court & chose James Perry to be her
guardian. Bond: Joseph Parker & Humphrey Lawrence
In 1798 when he wrote his
will Joseph was married to Amelia King [?1762 - 1800]
Abstract of Joseph's Bertie County wills by David H
Gammon
Joseph Parker E-184 15 Mar 1798 proved
Feb Ct 1803 - being weak in body -
To Elizabeth Parker (widow of my son Richard Parker dec'd) - lend Negroes
until her youngest child that is already born shall reach the age of twelve
and then I give the Negroes to the eight children, sons and daughters of my
son Richard dec'd
Son Joseph Parker -Nergroes and personal property
Daughter Elizabeth King - Negroes
Son Thomas Parker - Negroes and 16 dollars
Son Reuben Parker - Negroes, bed, and saddle
Son James Parker - land and plantation where I now live (under 21)
Daughter Sarah Parker - Negro Bess, bed and plates
Daughter Ann Parker - Negro Winny, bed, etc (under twelve)
Wife Amelia - lifetime right to the plantation
Sons to receive their legacy at the age of twenty-one and my daughters at
eighteen or marriage.
EX: son Thomas Parker, son-in-law John Hobson King
Wit: John Clark, Jacob Garrett, Henry King, Allen Williams
James Parker E-248 1 Feb
1805 Feb Ct 1805 - being very sick and weak in body
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200 acres of my piney lands are to be sold to pay my debts.
lend mother Amelia Parker Negro George and at her death to my brother Thomas
Parker.
Sisters Sarah and Ann Parker - lend land and plantation after my mother's
death until they are married and then to my brother Reuben Parker.
Sister Elizabeth King - cow and calf
to the children of my brother Richard Parker - 10 sh. each.
Sisters Sarah Parker and Ann Parker - my remaining estate.
Ex: (none) Wit: Richd. Arnold, Allen
Williams, Joshua Rhoades.
Thomas Parker F-67 16 Sept 1807 Nov Ct
1807 -- being weak of body --
Wife Sarah Parker -- lend all my land and plantation and at her death to my
daughter Mary Parker.
Daughter Mary - Negroes and remaining property.
Ex: James Allen, James Penny
Wit: Joseph Moore, Turner (x) Carter
Amelia
Parker, 16 April 1816 Aug Term 1816
Son Reuben Parker
Daughters Sarah King and Ann Sutton
Grandson Thomas Barnes King
Test: Ann Clark, Ann B P Clark
Richard Parker ca
1759 - ca 1797 |
his parents
& Elizabeth King |
her parents
of Bertie and Edgecombe Counties NC
Richard Parker ca 1759 - ca 1797 Edgecombe Co. married 7 Oct 1780
Elizabeth King daughter of Michael King and Mary Hobson
Children of Richard Parker and Elizabeth King:
1. Thomas B. Parker
ca 1782 -
married Elizabeth Suit - ca 1818
a. Richard Parker May 1818 -
married Elizabeth Eleaner Parker 20 May 1822 - 23 May 1849
dau of Jonathon Hobson Parker and
Dorothy Burgess
2. Mary H. Parker 1785 -
3. Richard Parker 21 March 1787 -
4. Michael King Parker 29
Sept 1792 -
5. Jonathon Hobson
Parker 14 Feb 1794 - 10 Jan 1846 KY
married Dorothy Burgess 14 Oct 1796 - 10 Jan 1873 KY
a. Richard Allen Willams Parker 26 Dec
1815 - 6 Mar 1845
b. Dempsey Burgess Parker 27 Oct 1817 NC - 29 Dec 1898 KY
c. William McChristy Parker 14 Jan 1820 -
d. Elizabeth Eleaner Parker 20 May 1822 - 23 May 1849
e. James Burgess Parker 11 Jan 1825 -
f. Robert Hodge Parker 29 Mar 1827 -
g. Mary Sylvester Parker ?26 Jun 1827 -
h. Henry Clay Parker 24 Jan 1832 - 24 May 1847 dsp
i. Lueza Enfield Parker 23 Apr 1834 - 23 Aug 1841
j. Josiah Nellems Parker 12 Nov 1836 - 6 Mar 1847
6. Elizabeth Parker 1796
-
7.
8.
Reuben Parker 1776 -
1850 | his parents
& Barbara Slade King 1788 - aft 1850 | her parents
of Bertie County NC
Reuben Parker 26 Dec 1776 - Jan 1850
Bertie Co, NC
died after 9 days of Pneumonia - mortality schedule - farmer
his place of birth given as "Burkfield", Bertie Co., NC
married 15 Aug 1806 Barbara Slade King 1788 - aft 1850
Bertie County Marriage Bonds
Children of Reuben Parker and
Barbara Slade King:
1.
John S Parker 1806 - shoemaker
married Emmaline ? 1812 -
a. George Parker ca 1833 -
shoemaker
married
aft 1860 M. E. Bazemore
b. Joseph J Parker ca 1836 -
c. Martha A Parker ca 1839 -
d. Thomas Henry Parker 1841 - 1892 Bertie Co
married Roxanne Pritchard 1851 - 1892
1. Lewis Outlaw Parker 15 Aug
1878 - 21 Jan 1933 Lewiston, NC
married Sallie Jane Lawrence 20 Aug 1882 - Oct 1957 Franklin, VA
e. Cullen Parker ca 1844 -
f. James R Parker ca 1845 -
g. Asa Parker ca 1848 -
h. Henrietta Parker ca 1855 -
1860 Census Bertie Co John Parker 53
m Shoe & Boot Maker 240 100; Emma 49 f,
George 27 m shoe and boot maker; Thomas 19; Cullen 16; James R. 15; Asa
12; Henrietta 5 f
2.
Hester Ann Parkter ca 1809 - sp
in 1850
3.
William George Parker ca 1820 --
? 4.
Henry King Parker ca 1828
blacksmith
married Fruza ?
a. William D Parker ca 1848 -
b. Winafred A Parker ca 1849 -
5. Thomas Parker
mentioned in Reuben's will
Thomas Clark King
1795 - ca 1827 |
his parents
& Sally G [Sally] Parker ca 1784 - |
her parents
of Bertie and Edgecombe Counties NC
Sarah G. [Sally] Parker ca 1784 -
married
bef 1816 Thomas Clark King 1795 -ca 1827
Children of Thomas Clark King and Sally
Parker:
1. Joseph H. King 1815 -
2. Elizabeth Ann King 1810 -
married Mr. Chuson
a. George Chuson ca 1837 -
miller
b. John Chuson ca 1845 -
c. Abel Chuson ca 1848 -
3. Emmaline King
4. Thomas Washington King
5. Sarah Louisa King 1825 - 1870
married 30 Oct 1845
Lewis W Pruden ca 1814 -
1855
married 2nd James Eley Newsome
The Bertie Parkers
James Parker 1711? -
1761 | his parents
& Sarah ? 17?? - 17?? | her parents
of Bertie County NC
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
? "Caesar, a slave
belonging to James Parker, was executed about 1762 for
the murder of his master."
The
family cemetery is usually located in the garden of their home place.
Bertie County NC - This Parker cemetery is located on the land of Mr. Edwin
Parker, on
the sandy ridge that runs from Windsor to Lewiston, Bordering the Roquist
Swamp. It is About 1 mile west of Drew Station on Hwy 308 on the Pritchard
road. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by David
Hoggard
one large monument reading;
Parker Cemetery
resting hereby is
James Parker
Pioneer Settler
1670 - 1761
His son Joseph
1711 - 1798
His son Rueben
1776 - 1820
and Their Families
erected by
Henry Gilliam Parker 1977
I picked up a copy of
The Historical News newspaper, Vol.22 No. 50-NC (July 2002) when I went to
Windsor, NC recently. In it there is an article named "The People of
Bertie". Here is quote from that article re. James Parker, 1670 to
1761 --- "Caesar, a slave belonging to James
Parker, was executed about 1762 for the murder of his master.
Four years later Moses and Toddy, slaves owned by Cullen Pollock,
were hanged for unspecified crimes."
e-mail from Mary
Parker Perkins
Children of James Parker and Sarah:
1. Joseph Parker ca 1735 - 1798 Bertie
Co NC
married Martha Lawrence
married Amelia King
?2. Sarah Parker ca 1730 -
married ca 1745 George Lawrence ca 1725 - 1755
married 2nd ca 1757 Thomas Sutton ca 1721 - 1777
June 1770 Ordered that Frances
Larrence whom Thomas Sutton claims as his indented Servant be and remain
with her Uncle Joseph Parker till next Court when she is to appear.
Inventory
of James Parker's estate 12 May 1761 by Joseph Parker, including Negroes Cato,
Peter, Phillis, Hager, Jude, Cuffee, and Renny. Account of sale 14 Aug
1761 by Joseph Parker exr. in which the buyers were William King, Edward Van,
Benjamin Perry, Thomas Sutton, Joseph Parker and Mikel King.
Could some of these buyers be married to daughters of James Parker
?3. Mary Parker
married Benjamin Perry ca 1731 - 1794
?4.
Will of
Edward Vann 4 Apr 1770 - Sept Ct 1770 Bertie County
". . .being sick and weak of body. . . "
Son William Vann - my
plantation and land where I live, reserving their use for my wife
Mary Vann.
Wife Mary Vann -lend Negro Nane for her lifetime with reversion to my daughter
Mary Vann.
Son William Vann - lend Negroes Dick, Tarte, Nat and Beck until my son King Vann
is twenty one.
Daughter Elisebeth - Negro Beck
when she marries or is twenty one.
Son William Vann - all that is due me and the use of the Negroes I have
loaned him, and he is to maintain his mother and younger children.
Son King Vann - Negro Tarte.
Daughter Sarah Vann - Negro Nat.
Son William Vann - Negro Dick.
Son Cader Vann - land on
the south of Roquis Swamp between Thomas Leary and Mary Hill.
Son Cader Vann- Negor Pat.
Son King Vann - land on Cashi Swamp, also cow and calf, bed, etc.
Wife Mary - bed.
Ex: son William
Wit: Michael King, Wm. King, Charles King
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