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John Henry Parker (1697 - abt. 1761)

John Henry Parker
Born in Henrico, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 64 in Edgecombe, North Carolinamap
Profile last modified | Created 23 Jan 2011
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NOTE

Wayne Parker one of the Admins for the Parker Heritage website and a Co Admin on the Family Tree DNA Parker yDNA webpage has a Rootsweb World Connect Family file that contains this John Parker. On his profile for this John Parker he states:

"Many Parker researchers have Thomas and Jean Parker as John H. Parker's parents, BUT This Thomas Parker of FG#1 has a son named John, but Thomas and Jean's son John is not the husband of Mary Stone. W.N.P" (edited for clarity)

Biography

John Henry Parker

Birth

Date: 1700
Place: Nansemond, Nansemond, Virginia

Family

Father: Thomas Parker
Mother: Jean Early
Siblings:
  1. Joseph Parker
  2. Sarah Parker
  3. William Parker
  4. Francis Parker
  5. Lemuel Parker
  6. Thomas Parker
  7. James Parker

Marriage

Husband: John Henry Parker
Wife: Mary Stone
Date: Unknown
Place: Unknown

Children of John Henry Parker & Mary Stone

  1. Gabriel Parker
  2. John Henry Parker, II
  3. Aaron Parker
  4. Sarah Parker
  5. Margret Parker
  6. Elizabeth Parker[1]

Death

Date: 1761
Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina

Will

WILL OF JOHN PARKER Written 11 May 1761

Probated Sept. 1761 "In the name of God, amen-the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord-1761- I, John Parker, of Edgecombe County, am sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto God for the same, and Calling to mind the mortality 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 part of all-I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God 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 Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection 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 in this Life, I give, devise and Dispose of the Same in manner and form following, that is to say, in the first place----

Item: I give to my son, Gabriel Parker, one young Horse and one Cow and two Sows. I also give to my son, Gabriel, my land and plantation after His mother's decease.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Parker, one cow and one young sow.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Aron Parker, one Bed and furniture and on young Hefer and one Sow.

Item: I give and bequeath to William Ammons, one young Hefer.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Sarah Parker, two Hefers and one Sow.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Margret, one cow and one Sow.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, Elizabeth Parker, one cow and the Hogs that used to be called Hers.

"I lend to my well beloved wife my Land and plantation Her Life-time-and all the Rest I give and bequeath unto Mary, my well Beloved wife, all the Rest of my Estate goods and Chattels, of what-soever kind. I Likewise Constitute, make and ordain Thomas Horn, Sen'r and Thomas Hart and Mary, my well beloved wife, Executors of this, my Last will and Testament and I do Hereby utterly Dysallow, Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments, wills and Legacies, Requests and Executors by me in any ways before this Time Names, willed and bequeathed. Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament in witness whereof I Have Hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal the day and year above written." Signed, Sealed and Delivered

In the presence of us-- John Parker (Seal) John Dew, Mary Dew, Cornelius Jordan. (Edgecombe Co. Wills, 1750-1945; CR.037.801.22; NCSA)

Notes

  • John Parker and wife Mary give to brother Francis Parker land on western side of an Island commonly called Hugh's Island which his father Thomas Parker, dec'd, bought of Wm Rogers, part of a patent of 470 acres, said John Parker to have free outlet through it. 9 Dec. 1693. Jacob Barnes, Eliz. Altman, Danl Miles.[2]

John was born in 1700. He passed away in 1761.

Sources

  1. Edgecombe County Wills, 1750-1945, CR,037, 801.22, NCSA
  2. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight - pg 612
  • Family Data Collection - Births Name: John Parker; Father: Thomas Parker; Mother: Jean Jane Early; Birth Date: 1700; State: Virginia; Country: USA; Source Information; Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Births
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: John Parker; Spouse: Mary Stone; Parents: Thomas Parker, Jean Jane Jane; Birth Place: Nansemond, Virginia; Birth Date: 1692; Source Citation; Birth year: 1692; Birth city: Nansemond; Birth state: Virginia; Source Information; Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  • Will in Edgecombe county dated 11 May 1761, Executed Sept 1761. Names children.

Notes

abstract of will: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/74282845/person/40293233579/media/6f8cf5c1-05df-41f5-901e-786701f5c801?_phsrc=dby10379&_phstart=successSource

  • North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
Name: John Parker
Residence Place: Edgecombe
Will Date: 31 May 1761
Probate Date: 31 May 1761
Probate Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1761
Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
Item Description: Wills and Inventories, Vol A-B, 1760-1785
Others Listed Relationship
John Parker
Gabrah Parker Son
Gabrah Parker Son
John Parker Son
Aron Parker Son
Sarah Parker Daughter
Margaret Parker Daughter
Elizabeth Parker Daughter




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