I am adding information about another Parker FG#7 member that has been traced back to James Parker 1692-1760. I am adding an outline chart of parts of his family below/
Wayne
http://www.eugenetrimble.com/Parker%20in%20North%20Carolina.pdf
Parker Family of Bertie and Adjoining Counties, Including Halifax, North Carolina
and later Livingston County, Kentucky
Kensington, Maryland 20895
July 19, 1994
The earliest reference to James Parker (c.1692-1760) found shows him as a land owner
prior to July 15, 1717: Patent Book No. 10 (Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land
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Patents and Grants, Abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Volume III, page 193): "Richard
Conquest, 183 acres (N.L.) Upper Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia.; adjoining Jos.
Cutchins; Edward Cobb; Lewis Daughtry; James Parker; & John Sanders; on the County Line; 15
July 1717, page 329, 20 Shillings."
1. James Parker, Sr.; born roughly about 1692; living Bertie Co., NC, 1756; last will dated
Sept. 3, 1760 and recorded Bertie County, NC Court, Jan. 15, 1761 (the will was received by the
North Carolina Archives Sept. 29, 1979 from Henry Gillam Parker, 3074 Sweeten Creek Road,
Asheville, NC 28803; the will is not now complete and there is no explanation of how he
happened to have it; a verbatim copy made when it was intact is shown below; the Archives at
Raleigh also has the inventory and other related documents shown below); married ca. 1714 and
on July 17, 1722 is shown married to Sarah ____ (living April 5, 1756; died prior to Sept. 23,
1760). Children as shown in the copy of the will of James Parker furnished to this compiler by a
Parker researcher and shown herein:
+ 2. James; born ca. 1714; date of death unknown.
+ 3. Richard; living Sept. 23, 1760; a devisee in his father's will.
+ 4. George; living Sept. 23, 1760; living 1769.
+ 5. Sarah; living Sept. 23, 1760; married to a Sutton.
+ 6. Ann; living Sept. 23, 1760; married to a Powell.
+ 7. Joseph; born ca. 1732, or earlier; a land owner by 1756; will recorded February Court
1803; willed land by his father.
"Will Book, page 15
Will of James Parker of Bertie County, North Carolina
Archives, P. C. 1196 (Beaufort)
North Carolina
Bertie County
In the Name of God Amen the twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord One
thousand Seven hundred and Sixty I James Parker being Weak in Body, and of Perfect mind and Memory
thanks be Given to God for the same, and Calling to mind the Mortallity of my Body, and Knowing that
it is appointed for all men Once to die do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament. That is to
say principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God Almighty that Gave
it, and for my Body I Recommend it to the Earth to Be Buried in a Christian Like and Decent manner at
the Discretion of my Executor, nothing Doubting but at the general ressurection I shall Receive the same
again by the mighty power of God; And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath Pleased God
to bless me with in life; I give Devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following; That is to
say. IMPRIMIS, I give and Bequeath to my loving son James Parker; One Negro Girl named Phillis her
and her increase his Lifetime, and after the decease of the said James Parker her and her increase to be
divided equally amongst my grandchildren, the children of James and Judy Parker his wife. Item I give
and Bequeath to my loving son Richard Parker one Negro Man named Caesar.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my loving son George Parker One Negro Girl named Hagar and her
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Increase to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Sarah
Sutton One Negro Man Named Cato to her and her Disposal One fourth of the Cattle to her and her
Disposal. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Ann Powell One Negro Boy Named Peter to
her and her Children forever. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Loving son Joseph Parker the Land and
Plantation whereon I now Live and all the Rest of my Lands that I am now Possessed with, Likewise all
my Hogs, & c., my Riding Horse and furniture ---(torn)--- his heirs and assigns forever. Item I Give and
Bequeath to my loving son Joseph Parker and all other rights of land I have in Bertie County & c. Item I
Give and Bequeath to my loving son Joseph Parker one Negro Woman named Judy her and her increase
to him his heir and assigns forever, she has already a Negro boy named Cosy, a Negro girl named Penny
with all the increase of the said Judy her and her increase forever to him his heirs and assigns forever, the
said Cosy and Penny they and their Increase forever to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item I Give and
Bequeath to my loving son Joseph Parker one certain copper still and all the utensils to her belonging as
also my stock of cattle Excepting a fourth part which I have already Bequeathed to my daughter Sarah
Sutton. I also Give to my son Joseph Parker two feather Beds and furniture and all Wooden works
whatsoever, and all Tools of What kindsoever I say to my son Joseph Parker to him his heirs and assigns
forever I Constitute. Item I Leave and Bequeath to my Loving son Joseph Parker half my pewter, the
Choice of two of my Iron Pots, a skillet, the choice of my Books, One Pair of Fire tongs, and to Amelia
Parker my Gilt Leathered Trunk. I say to Joseph Parker his heirs and assigns forever.
Item I Leave and Bequeath the Rest of my Moveables to be divided amongst the Rest of my Children and
their children forever. Item I leave and Bequeath to my loving son Joseph Parker my flock of Sheep and
their Increase, my glassware and earthen Ware, all Implements in Used Plantation way to him his heirs
and assigns forever. Lastly I Constitute and appoint my Loving son Joseph Parker, Thomas Whitmell
and William King executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And I do hereby Revoke and disannull
all former wills by me, Ratifying Confirm this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In
Witness ----- have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year above Written.
His
James I Parker (LS) Sign"
I
Mark
The above copy of will of James Parker was sent to the compiler by a Parker researcher. The
original will and other documents associated with the estate settlement are found in Box CR010.504.76.
"North Carolina
By His Excellency Arthur Dobbs, Esq; Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief, in and
over the said Province.
It being certified unto me, That James Parker late of Bertie County, in this Province, is dead, and hath
made and Put his Last Will and Testament in Writing, a Copy of Which is hereunto Annexed And
Therein did appoint Joseph Parker, Thomas Whitmell and William King Executors thereof And their seal
... aplied for Letters ....... These are therefore to impower the said Executors to enter into, and upon all
and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, of the said Deceased and the same to their
Possession take wheretoever in this Province to be found, and an Inventory thereof, on Oath, to return
into the Secretary's Office, within ninety Days from the Date hereof; and all the just Debts of the
Deceased to pay so far as the said Estate will extend or amount to Given at Newbern, under my Hand,
and Seal of the Colony, the XNth Day of
January Anno Dom. 1761
Arthur Dobbs
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His Excelly.
Commander
Richd. Spright Sec &c."
James Parker Inventory.
Recorded.
Jno. Vatery
Bertie County J. April Inferior Court &c. 1761
The above Inventory was Exhibited into Court on Oath of Joseph Parker Excor.
&c. And Ordered to be Recorded.
Test. Benj. Wynns Cler Curt"
"North Carolina
Bertie County J) At an Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Holden for Bertie County
on the XIV day of July MDCCLXI
Present His Majestys Justices
Joseph Parker Exor of the Last Will and Testament of James Parker Deced. Represented to the
Court that the Persons appointed by order of this court at Last Sitting to Divide the Estate of the
said Deced. had failed to Comply therewith, and therefore moved that the same order might be
Renewed Which was Considered of and Granted, And threupon it was again Ordred that William
King, Edward Vann, William Tyler and Benjamin Perry, or any three of them Divide the same
Agreeable to the Direction of the Last Will and Testament of the said Deced. being first duly
Quallified for that Purpose; And made Report of their Proceedings under their hands and Seals to
our Court at next Sitting and hereunto Annexed.
PerCuu Copy. Test. Benjn. Wynns, Cler Curt."
"An a Cont (An account) of the Sales of the Estate of James Parker Descd
Sold at Vandue (Handue?) the 14th day of August 1761
first one Stock of Beas to Edward Van (or Han) £ 0 6 0
one Do (ditto) Do To William King 0 10 4
one Do Do To Benjaman Perey (Perry) 0 5 4
one Do Do To Thomas Sutton 0 11 4
one Do Do To Joseph Parker 0 1 1
one Do To Mikell King for one oald pistoll or gon at 0 0 5
£ 1 14 6
True Copey Pr Joseph Parker Executer
Provd."
It does not appear that the other children of James Parker were present at this sale.
According to a photostat copy in the North Carolina Archives of a certificate dated January
15, 1761 the Bertie County Court granted administration on the estate of James Parker to:
"Joseph Parker, Thomas Whitmell, & Wm. King were appointed executors of will of James
Parker of Bertie County". No securities required (North Carolina Archives Private Collection P.
C. 1196.1).
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"CRX Wills are those records that have come to the Archives from other than the official
sources, that is to say, CRX Documents are county Documents, are county records that have left
official Government custody, whose provence cannot be proved .... "For purposes other than
legal, these papers may be taken as reliable, though of clouded authenticity." Henry Howeard
Eddy, 20 Aug. 1946."
"James Parker, Sr. & wife Sarah to Joseph Parker: April 5, 1756. 10 pds. for 100 A. "....
by my son Joseph Parker...." Land on NS Roquist. Wit: Jonathan Standly, William King. April
Court 1756. Benjamin Wynns C/C" (Reference: Colonial Bertie County, North Carolina,
Volume VI; Abstracts of Deed Book H; 1753-1757; Abstracted and Indexed by Mary Best Bell;
Published by Colonial Bertie, Box 343, Windsor, North Carolina 1968; page 363: Deeds "H",
page 288.)
Bertie County, NC Deeds H, 288-289: James Parker, Senr. of Bertie County for a
valuable consideration of ten pounds of Virginia currency in hand paid by my son Jos. Parker of
the same county have sold .... a tract in the aforesaid county on the north side of Roquist Swamp
beginning at a gum thence running south 50 Wt. 170 pole to a white oak thence N.40 W.120 pole
to a Holly gum and red Oak thece N.50 Et. 110 pole to a branch to the first station .... "I Sarah
Parker the wife of me James Parker doth by these presents renounce all her right of dower and
power of thirds unto the above demised premises ....5 day of April
1756
his
James I z Parker Seal
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mark
Sarah Parker Seal
It is noted that the mark of James Parker shown on the above deed is very similar to his
mark shown on the above will copy.
Descendants of 2019 FG#7
1 2019 FG#7
....... 2 James Parker 1692 - 1760 b: Abt. 1692 d: 1760
........... +Sarah
................. 3 Joseph Parker 1735 - 1803 b: Abt. 1735 d: Bef. February 1803 in Bertie Co., NC
..................... +Amelia King 1742 - 1816 b: Abt. 1742 d: Bef. August 1816
........................... 4 Richard Parker 1763 - 1794 b: Bet. 1763 - 1766 d: Bet. 1794 - 1798
............................... +Elizabeth King
..................................... 5 Thomas B. Parker 1782 - b: Abt. 1782
......................................... +Elizabeth "Betsy" Suit
............................................... 6 [2] Richard Parker 1818 - b: May 1818
................................................... +[1] Elizabeth Eleaner Parker 1822 - b: May 20, 1822
..................................... *2nd Wife of Thomas B. Parker:
......................................... +Patsey Killpatrick
..................................... 5 Mary H. Parker 1784 - b: Bet. 1784 - 1785
..................................... 5 Richard Parker 1787 - 1858 b: March 21, 1787 d: September 17, 1858
......................................... +Mary Ann Turner
............................................... 6 Joseph Drew Parker
............................................... 6 William Turner Parker
............................................... 6 Emmy Eliza Parker
............................................... 6 Sally Adeline Parker
............................................... 6 Thomas Turner Parker
............................................... 6 Martha Frances Parker
............................................... 6 Joseph John Parker
............................................... 6 Jesse Willis Parker
............................................... 6 Andrew Mills Parker
............................................... 6 Robert McDonald Parker
..................................... 5 Michael Parker 1789 - b: Abt. 1789
..................................... 5 Jonathan Hobson Parker 1792 - 1846 b: February 14, 1792 in NC d: January 10, 1846 in Livingston County, KY
......................................... +Dorothy Burgess 1796 - 1873 b: October 14, 1796 in NC d: January 10, 1873 in Livingston County, KY
............................................... 6 Dempsey Burgess Parker 1813 - b: October 27, 1813
............................................... 6 Richard Allen Williams Parker 1815 - b: December 26, 1815
............................................... 6 William McChristy Parker 1820 - b: January 14, 1820
............................................... 6 [1] Elizabeth Eleaner Parker 1822 - b: May 20, 1822
................................................... +[2] Richard Parker 1818 - b: May 1818
............................................... 6 James Burgess Parker 1825 - b: January 11, 1825
............................................... 6 Robert Hodge Parker 1827 - b: March 29, 1827
............................................... 6 Mary Sylvester Parker 1829 - b: June 26, 1829
............................................... 6 Henry Clay Parker 1832 - b: January 24, 1832
............................................... 6 Lueza Enfield Parker 1834 - b: April 23, 1834
............................................... 6 Josiah Nellems Parker 1836 - b: November 12, 1836
..................................... 5 Elizabeth Parker 1795 - b: Bet. 1795 - 1796
........................... 4 Joseph Parker 1767 - 1798 b: February 01, 1767 d: Bet. 1798 - 1803
........................... 4 Elizabeth Parker 1770 - 1843 b: February 17, 1770 d: 1843
............................... +John Hobson King 1775 - 1828 b: July 06, 1775 d: January 1828
........................... 4 Thomas Parker 1773 - b: August 22, 1773
........................... 4 Reuben Parker 1776 - 1820 b: December 26, 1776 d: 1820
............................... +Barbara King 1788 - b: Bet. 1788 - 1789
..................................... 5 Hester Ann Parker 1809 - b: March 15, 1809
..................................... 5 Thomas Gray Parker 1812 - 1878 b: Abt. 1812 in North Carolina d: November 17, 1878 in Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas
......................................... +Charlotte Perkins 1822 - 1874 b: February 16, 1822 in Marengo, Alabama d: September 18, 1874 in Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas
............................................... 6 Rebecca Parker
............................................... 6 Hester Ann Parker 1842 - b: Abt. 1842 in AR
................................................... +Robert A. Campbell 1841 - b: Abt. 1841 in AL
............................................... 6 Emily E. Parker 1845 - b: Abt. 1845
............................................... 6 Martha H. Parker 1848 - b: Abt. 1848
................................................... +James E. Campbell 1845 - b: Abt. 1845 in AL
............................................... 6 Reuben Henry Parker 1850 - 1917 b: January 21, 1850 d: February 07, 1917
................................................... +Viviana A. 1852 - 1931 b: April 05, 1852 d: April 12, 1931
............................................... 6 Mary F. Parker 1858 - b: Abt. 1858
..................................... 5 John C. Parker 1815 - 1866 b: Abt. 1815 in NC d: Abt. 1866 in Hempstead County Arkansas
......................................... +Mary Ann Gilbrith 1824 - b: Abt. 1824 in TN
............................................... 6 Martha A. Parker 1845 - b: Abt. 1845 in TN
............................................... 6 Thomas William Parker 1847 - 1924 b: May 23, 1847 in AR d: September 11, 1924 in OK
................................................... +Martha Carolyn Poe 1853 - 1931 b: January 10, 1853 d: December 05, 1931
........................................................ 7 Hubert Britton Parker 1874 - b: August 1874
............................................................ +Zula Betty Martin
........................................................ 7 Isaac Isom Parker 1878 - b: September 24, 1878
............................................................ +Lula May Richardson 1883 - b: December 01, 1883
........................................................ 7 Felix Leslie Parker 1886 - b: 1886
............................................... 6 David Henry Parker 1848 - 1907 b: October 21, 1848 in AR d: December 08, 1907
................................................... +Emily Edwards Beardsley 1854 - b: February 1854 in TX
........................................................ 7 Geard Calvin Parker 1876 - 1935 b: September 23, 1876 in Fort McKavett, Menard County, Texas d: September 01, 1935 in Marathon, Brewster County, Texas
............................................................ +Hattie Alma Wigzell 1884 - 1934 b: December 23, 1884 d: May 18, 1934 in Alpine, Brewster County, Texas
........................................................ 7 Edwin Parker 1878 - b: November 1878
........................................................ 7 Walter Gray Parker 1881 - 1956 b: May 30, 1881 d: August 27, 1956
............................................................ +Olive J.
........................................................ 7 Reuben Henry Parker 1884 - b: June 08, 1884
........................................................ 7 Sherman Thomas Parker 1888 - b: June 1888
........................................................ 7 Victor L. Parker 1891 - b: July 1891
........................................................ 7 Baxter C. Parker 1895 - b: April 1895
............................................... 6 Henry N. Parker 1853 - b: Abt. 1853
............................................... 6 Charlotte Elizabeth Parker 1855 - 1932 b: September 29, 1855 in Nashville, Howard Co., Arkansas d: April 16, 1932 in San Angelo, Tom Green Co, TX
................................................... +Howard Raymond Rowland 1849 - 1923 b: May 13, 1849 d: August 24, 1923
........................................................ 7 Rose Lee Rowland 1881 - 1962 b: March 14, 1881 d: February 02, 1962
............................................................ +Robert Bertrum “Budd” Austin 1881 - 1968 b: August 12, 1881 d: June 13, 1968
..................................... 5 William George Parker 1819 - 1863 b: June 01, 1819 in Bertie County, NC d: Bet. July 17 - 20, 1863 in Battle of Gettysburg, PA
......................................... +Emeline “Emily” King 1818 - 1890 b: June 30, 1818 in Bertie County, NC d: May 14, 1890 in Bertie County, NC
............................................... 6 John Stark Ravencroft Parker
............................................... 6 Samuel Johnston Parker
............................................... 6 Henry King Parker
................................................... +Lucy W. Bernard
........................................................ 7 John Bond Parker
............................................... 6 Ann Parker
............................................... 6 William Parker
........................... 4 James Parker 1778 - b: February 13, 1778
........................... 4 Sarah G. Parker 1781 - b: April 23, 1781
............................... +Thomas Clark King
........................... 4 Ann Parker 1789 - b: May 21, 1789
................. 3 James Parker 1714 - b: Abt. 1714
..................... +Judy
................. 3 Richard Parker
................. 3 George Parker 1720 - b: Abt. 1720
................. 3 Sarah Parker
..................... +Sutton
................. 3 Ann Parker
..................... +Powell
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