Elisha Parker (abt. 1630 - 1717)

Born about 1630 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hinckley) Parker — married 15 Jul 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1717 at about age 87 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Biography

Elisha may (or may not) have been a brother to Robert Parker of Barnstable, but more research is needed into this possibility^[1], and to identify sources for the parents and other information noted here.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[2] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

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Sources

The ancestry of Russell Makepeace of Marion, Massachusetts, 1904-1986 : a descendant of Thomas Makepeace of Dorchester, Massachusetts by Douhan, Zelinda Makepiece, 1941-; Bergsten, Lenn A; Pizzaferri, Shirley M; New England Historic Genealogical Society

• https://archive.org/details/ancestryofrussel00douh/page/154?q=Elizabeth+Hinckley

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 29-30 edited by Richard Henry Greene, George Austin Morrison, Louis Effingham De Forest. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1898.

• https://books.google.com/books?id=a5QyAQAAMAAJ&dq=Elisha%20Parker&pg=PA190#v=onepage&q=Elisha%20Parker&f=false

History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men by W. Woodford Clayton, Ed. Philadelphia: Everts, 1882.

• https://archive.org/details/historyofunionmi00wwoo/page/612?q=History+of+Union+and+Woodbridge

Woodbridge and vicinity : the story of a New Jersey township ; embracing the history of Woodbridge, Piscataway, Metuchen and contiguous places, from the earliest times ; the history of the different ecclesiastical bodies ; important official documents relating to the township, etc. by Dally, Joseph W. New Brunswick, N.J. : A.E. Gordon, 1873.

• https://archive.org/details/woodbridgevicini00dall/page/338

Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, vol. 23

• https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE106591

History First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, New Jersey 300th Anniversary May 25, 1975

• https://archive.org/details/historyfirstpres00wood/page/70

Research Notes

Some information to start research with: http://ourfamilytree.ws/showmedia.php?mediaID=67

1. ↑ "McLean, Maclean W. "Robert Parker of Barnstable, Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 112:190+ (1958) AmericanAncestors New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
2. ↑ Parker-13681 was created by Roxanne King through the import of KinneyAnc.ged on Jul 13, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

Notes

The following is a transcribed will record of the Elisha who supposedly had 3 wives, the first being Elizabeth, second Hannah Rolph [Rolfe], last being Ursula Crage [Craig]. It seems questionable he would not mentioned even one of his older surviving children AND made a minor son John (b. 23 Dec 1692) administrator when of age. The minor son, John, was of age when this Elisha died. He mentions land of his father's bought of Nathaniel and Edward Fitz Randolph. Could this be a son of Elisha Parker Sr. and Elizabeth Hinckley? History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey lists the 2nd son of Elisha Sr. as an Elisha who was in 1681 styled "weaver" and in 1701 "Merchant of Woodbridge". He is then claimed to have moved to Perth Amboy and died unmarried and childless in 1727 leaving his estate to his 1/2 sisters. HUGE ISSUE: The brother of Elizabeth Johnston, Ursela Parker, and Mary Parker was not their 1/2 brother but their full sibling, birth record exists. He did die unmarried and childless in 1727 but was not born until 1704, the son of Elisha and Ursela. The will below truly appears to be that of Elisha Parker, Jr.

1709 Sept. 8. Parker, Elisha, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., merchant; will of. Wife Ursela. Children—John, Elisha, Elizabeth, Ursela, Mary, all under age, and an expected child. Mansion house at Woodbridge with lot, 34 acres of pasture between Samuel Smith, Steven Tutle, Henry Freeman and the highway, an island of 3 a. in Papiack Creek, a farm bought of Benjamin Hull, John Worth and Daniell Clemence in Woodbridge and Piscataqua Townships. Personal property—a negro woman, two Indian slaves (a boy and a girl), a silver tankard). Son John sole executor, when he comes of age, until then the wife, Adam Hude and John Kinsey. Witnesses—Tho: Farmar, Miles Forster, George Willocks. Proved July 1, 1717.

John b. 23 Dec 1692 d. 1731/2 (Elisha and Hannah Rolfe m. 1691) Elizabeth b. 21 March 1698 (Elisha and Ursela Crage [Craig] m. 27 Sept 1697 Elisha b. 25 Nov 1704 will dated 13 April 1727, proved 21 June 1732. Ursela b. 21 Dec 1700 d. 1758 Perth Amboy Mary b. 22 Dec 1702 Edward b. after Jan 10th 1710, not yet 21 when brother John wrote will, baptized 30 April 1716.

1727, April 13. Parker, Elisha, of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., merchant; will of. 100 acres in Woodbridge sold to David Burgoies of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., husbandman, by my brother, John Parker, Esq., Sept. 21, 1725. Sisters—Elizabeth, Ursula, and Mary Parker. Nephew, Elisha, eldest son of brother John Parker, Esq. Executor—brother, John Parker, Esq. Witnesses—Js. Maxwell, Mary Forster, J. Stevens. Proved June 21, 1732. Lib. B, p. 284.

1731, Jan. 10. Parker, John, of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., gent; will of. Plantation leased to Thomas Abbott and John Wade, deceased, in Somerset Co. Land in Perth Amboy bought of Mrs. Isabell Davis and Moses Rolfe, lying in front of Andrew Herriot's door; land in Woodbridge joining lands of Mr. Peterson, Shobal Smith, and Henry Freeman; land my father, Elisha Parker, and Mr. Adam Hude bought of Nathaniel FitzRandolph and Edward FitzRandolph, to my brother, Edward Parker, at 21 years of age, on condition that his mother, my mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, release her right of dower. Agreement made with Alexander Ekman, James Parker and James Caldwell for land on Pasiack River; agreement with David Sutton. Deceased brother, Elisha Parker. Children—Elisha, James, John, Lewis Johnston, and Mary, all under age. Sisters—Elizabeth Johnston, Ursula and Mary Parker. Friend Mary Forster a ring. Guardians—wife Jennette and brothers Andrew and Lewis Johnston. Executors—wife, and friends William Skinner, clerk, Andrew Johnston of Perth Amboy, merchant, and Robert Hude of Woodbridge, yeoman. Witnesses—Anne Morris, John Hamilton, John Watson. Codicil. Friends Robert and James Hude, land purchased of their father, Adam Hude, joining lands of Elizens Barron, deceased, and John Thomson; lands bought of my sisters. Moses Rolfe and John Herriot; land lately Richard Worth's deceased; land in Perth Amboy now in possession of Joseph Leigh. Witnesses—Robert King, John Watson, Fenw'k Lyell. Proved Dec. 5, 1732. Lib. B, p. 330.

NOTE: Mother-in-law was proper terminology for step-mother. Ursela was perhaps also an Elizabeth or little brother Edward was from a last wife taken between the 1709 date of Elisha Jr's will and his 1717 death? One source claims the child was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia in 1716.

Note NI21718Ancestral Records and Portraits vol 1

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/3364/3364_227.html?Welcome=1065828799

ELISHA PARKER I., yeoman of Woodbridge, who died in 1700, received his first grant of land April 19, 1675. In November, 1694, he was appointed High Sheriff of Middlesex County, in the province of East Jersey.1 He married, July 15, 1657, Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Hinckley, of Yenterden, Kent County, Eng., a settler in Scituate, Mass. She was the sister of Thomas Hinckley, Governor of Plymouth, Mass., 1681-1692.

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