This profile represents the Robert Parker, who swore his last will and testament in November 1822 in Gates County, North Carolina. Robert filed a codicil to the instrument on January 10th, 1823, and the document was certified in the County Court of Pleas in August 1823, suggesting that he died between these dates. These two documents list the following people:[1]
James Brown - Nephew
Abraham Parker
Ezikeal Lassiter
Mary Cross
Elizabeth Parker - Niece
Willis Brown - Nephew
Louisa Parker
Eliza Parker - Wife of Peter
Priscilla Hags
Nancy Bond
Richard Parker - Half Brother
Elizabeth Bullock
William Parker - Deceased
Mary Evans
Enslaved People
Aggy
Milley
Giles
Research Notes
He lived on Bennetts Creek, Gates Co., NC on land purchased in 1778.
Children:
x. Elisha PARKER, born: abt. 1765
xx. Isaac PARKER, born: abt. 1765
1. Abraham Parker b: ABT 1775-past 1823; md: Sarah -
2. Priscilla Parker; m Benjamin HAYES
3. Christian Parker c1766-1799, married James Brown died 1798 Gates Co
4. Robert Parker c1768-1823 never married
5. Jane Parker b: ABT 1770; m - BULLOCK or BROWN
6. Elizabeth Parker b: ABT 1772; m - Bullock
x. poss a son Peter, born ca 1774, may have lived in Hertford, North Carolina
xx. Benjamin Franklin PARKER, born: 1771-1780 in North Carolina, m Nancy Mills ANDERSON
xxx. Eurydice PARKER, born: abt. 1776; m James ANDERSON
7. Jesse Parker b: ABT 1777, born ca 1775 prob. in North Carolina, poss m Ann -
8. Sally Parker b: ABT 1778
9. Willis Parker b: ABT 1779-p1811; children: a. Nancy Parker, married Bond; b. Mary (Polly) Parker, married Craper
10. William Parker b: ABT 1784
Marriage #2
Spouse: Abigail
Children
1. Richard Parker b: ABT 1785; in 1806 lived in Henderson Co TN--sold Gates land
Sources
↑ Robert Parker Last Will and Testament, 05 November 1822, Gates County, North Carolina, Will Book 2, pp. 201-202, accessed online at Ancestry.com's "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998" on 05 September 2023.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-DY8 : accessed 6 November 2022), Robert Parker, Gates, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 274, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 30; FHL microfilm 337,906.
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGH-CNP : accessed 6 November 2022), Robert Parker, Gates, North Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
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