John Parker (1759 - 1804)

Born 1759 in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Daniell) Parker — married before 1791 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Died 3 Feb 1804 at about age 45 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1759. ^[1] He was the son of George Parker and Mary Vance.^[2] At the time of his birth, his father owned land in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.

John migrated to South Carolina with his brothers, George, Benjamin, and Samuel.

John first married Mary Lockerman.^[2]

John Parker married Martha Daniel, Spinster, daughter of Robert Daniel, late of Charles, Gentleman, deceased, before 1791. On the 13th day of August 1791 John Parker of the city of Charleston, Planter, and Martha his wife (late Martha Daniel Spinster one of the Daughters and Devisees of Robert Daniel late of Charleston aforesaid, Gentleman Deceased) and Elizabeth Russ Daniel of the said city Spinster, another daughter and devisee, sold to Sarah Lawrence of Charleston aforesaid widow, also a daughter and devisee of the said Robert Daniel deceased, their two thirds part of 540 acres of land lying and being in the Parish of Saint Thomas and Saint Dennis butting and bounding NW on land of William Capers NE on land of Alexander Chovin and SE and SW on land of Colonel Thomas Screven.^[3]

John Parker, of Charleston set his hand and seal to his Last Will and Testament on the 22nd day of May 1799 making special bequests to:

• wife Martha Parker...
• children Mary, John and Robert, and to the child or children my wife is now pregnant with the sum of $500.00...
• rest residue and remainder of my estate equally divided between and amongst my said wife Martha and my children Rachael, Mary, John, and Robert, and such other child or children of mine as may be herein after named...
• brothers, George, Benjamin and Samuel, Guardians of the persons and Estate of all my children, during their respective Minorities.
• together with my wife and my friends Charles Snowden and Thomas Winstanley Executors and Executrix

The will was proved on the 7th of May 1806, and at the same time Benjamin Parker qualified as Executor.^[4]

The Parish Register of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish recorded that John Parker died the 3rd of February 1804, at age 45, and was buried at the Brick Church.^[1]

Children

Children of John Parker born to Mary Lockerman were:

• Rachel Vance Parker^[4][2][5]

Children of John Parker born to Martha Daniell were:

• Mary Parker^[4][5]
• John Vance Parker^[4][5]
• Robert Daniell Parker^[4][5]
• Peter G. Parker^[5]
• Sarah E. Parker^[6][5]

Slaves

The Last Will and Testament of John Parker recorded these slaves:^[7]

• Negroes Barthum, Binah, and Hagar

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish (S.C.), and Robert F Clute. The Annals And Parish Register of St. Thomas And St. Denis Parish, In South Carolina: From 1680 to 1884. Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, printers, 1884.Page 106, citing Parker. Digital images: Hathi Trust Digital Library. Accessed 17 September 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} New Castle County, Delaware Deeds, Book D, page 348, citing Rachel Vance Parker to Elizabeth Vance Frazer. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #007834348, image 179 of 803. Accessed 18 September 2022.
3. ↑ Charleston, South Carolina, Deed Book H 8, page 58-61, citing John Parker et al to Sarah Lawrence St. Thomas St. Dennis Parish. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #008196084, image 61 of 959. Accessed 18 September 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Charleston, South Carolina, Will Book 30, page 947-949, original will book page 637 citing Benjamin Parker in will of John Parker. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #004753758, image 194 of 903.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} New Castle County Delaware Deeds, Book D, page 346, 348, citing Samuel Parker et al to Elizabeth V. Frazer nad R. V. Parker to Elizabeth V. Frazer. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #007834348 image 178 of 803.
6. ↑ Charleston, South Carolina, Wills, etc., 1818-1834, Page 649, citing will of Benjamin Parker. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #007648981, image 348 of 775.
7. ↑ South Carolina Wills, etc., 1800-1818, Page 637-638, citing Will of John Parker of Charleston. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #007648980, image 327 of 774.