Martha (James) Parker (abt. 1800 - aft. 1840)

Born about 1800 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Parker — married 26 Sep 1818 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Patsey was born about 1800. She is the daughter of Thomas James and Elizabeth Matthews.^[1] She married Elisha Parker on 27 September 1818 in Rhea County, TN.^[2] She is assumed to be the white female, age 30-39, in the 1840 Census listing for Elisha Payne in Hamilton County, Tennessee. ^[3]

Children

1. Thomas PARKER b: 1830

2. John PARKER b: 1834

3. Mary PARKER b: 1836

4. Sarah PARKER b: 1840

Elisha had remarried by 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-47279-6928-65?cc=1911121 : 25 October 2016), Stokes County > M > Matthews, James (1806) > image 31 of 102; State Archives, Raleigh. This probate record shows that Patsy [Martha] James was a daughter of Thomas James and Betsy Matthews, and granddaughter of James Matthews deceased of Stokes County NC. She was the wife of Elisha Parker. They lived in Hamilton County, TN on 27 August 1821.
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD39-H41 : 8 December 2014), Elisha Packer and Patsey James, 27 Sep 1818; citing , Rhea, Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 589,468.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-5QN : 18 August 2017), Elisha Parker, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 154, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 525; FHL microfilm 24,546.