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George Parker (abt. 1698 - bef. 1770)

George Parker
Born about in Somerset, Marylandmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married before 1732 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 72 in Worcester, Marylandmap
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Biography

George was the son of John Parker and Tabitha Truitt.[1][2]

George's father, left bequests to George in his will, signed in 1730 and proved in 1731. His mother Tabitha (Truitt) Parker left a bequest to her son in her 1745 will and named him as Executor.

George was identified in the 1754 tax list of Wicomico Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland which included with him taxes on his son George Parker, Jacob Lear, and Negro Jeffery.[3] The 1756 tax list for George, the included taxes are for son Jacob Parker, Jacob Lear, and Negro Jeffery.[4]

He served as witness for his brother Samuel Parker's will in 1761.[5]

George's will was written 5 Aug 1765, and proven 9 Mar 1770, to wife Sarah 100 acres conveyed by Hill Cox; Mentions sons John, Jacob, Elisha, George and daughters Sarah wife of Robert Price and Mary wife of James Twyford. Witnesses were Elijah Hearne, John Williams, and George Smith.[6]

Sources

  1. Will of John Parker Senior of Somerset County, Maryland, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1665-1743, Vol 3: Image 169. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 30 Sept 2020.
    -Signed: 1 Dec 1730; Proved: 1 Apr 1731. Recorded in Worcester County 1808
    -Bequests to: wife Tabitha Parker; son George Parker; other eight children – John Parker, Tabitha (Parker) Muholas [Nicholas?], Philip Parker, Charles Parker, Samuel Parker, Elinor Parker, Sarah Parker, and Leah Parker. Grandson John Turner (part of tract called Parker’s Adventure)
    -Enslaved people listed in will: girl named Nan (to son George); Danae (to son John, a mulatto); man named Jack (to son Samuel); girl named Dinah (to daughter Elinor); girl named Hannah (to daughter Leah); girl named Jude (to daughter Sarah)
    -Executors: wife Tabitha Parker and son Samuel Parker.
    -Witnesses: Isaac Morris, Henry Jarman; James Muhols? [Nicholas?]
  2. Will of Tabitha Parker, of Worcester County, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1742-1759, Vol 2, Image 13. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 25 Sept 2020.
    Signed: 12 Aug 1745; Proved 4 Oct 1745
    Bequests to: son George Parker; son, George Parker named as Executor
  3. 1754 Somerset County Tax List, MSA:C1812-29, MdHR 20,397 - 26, Loc: 1/48/4/24. Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD
  4. 1756 Somerset County Tax List, MSA:C1812-29, MdHR 20,397 - 27, Loc: 1/48/4/24. Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD
  5. Will of Samuel Parker, Senior, of Worcester County, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1759-1769, Vol 3, Image 20-21. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 11 Sept 2020.
    Will signed:4 Nov 1761; Will proved: 3 June 1761
    Witnesses: Schoolfield Parker, Henry Turner, George Parker Senr
  6. Worcester County, Maryland Will Book JW4. (1769-1783) Folio-25-26. Link at FamilySearch.org [1]
  • Jackson, Mary Watters and Ruth Watters Burks. Parker. 2005. Self published by William D. Parker. p60, 277-281




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