William Parker I (abt. 1596)

Born about 1596 in Southwarke, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Powell) Parker — married 1632 in Henrico, Mecklenburg, Virginia

Died [date unknown] in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

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About this profile

Many versions of this family appear in many different, frequently copied trees across the internet that do not contain sources to support the claims being made. So far no evidence has been found that any of the 3 William Parkers that appear in early Virginia colony records (1607-1624) lived to marry and leave children. (Not counting the two Wm. Parkers that backed the 1st and 2nd charters). Nor has proof been found that any the sons of Francis Parker and Ann Hewett ever left England. Preparations are being made to remove this highly conflated profile from Francis and Ann. A new profile has been created at William Parker to explore records that may belong to that Horncastle, England resident and what became of that family separately from the Parker families in the American colonies.

The attachment of William Parker to a daughter of William Powell, the early lt. governor of Jamestown, is also in question here. I believe that a different William Parker may have been married to a different Ann Powell, and we need to be looking for evidence to support this theory that Wm Parker and Ann Powell belong to a different generation and let the records lead us instead pushing to connect to historical figures and Magna Carta barons. Additional records welcome.

Note there is a William Parker that served in the House of Burgess in and is a qualifying Jamestowne ancestor to be investigated. http://www.jamestowne.org/page---parramore.html

Biography

William Parker I migrated from England to Virginia.

When William Parker was born on March 12, 1596, in Surrey, England,^{[citation needed]} to Francis Parker and Anne Hewet.^[1]

He married Anne Powell in about 1632 in Virginia.

His date of death is undetermined.

Notes

Sourcing is needed to establish if any of the William Parker(s) in early Virginian references is the same person as the William Parker that belonged to Francis Parker and Ann Hewet. It seems unlikely that they are the same.

1. William Parker kidknapped, Ft. Henrico, 1611 and thus not the same as no. 2 or 3
2. William Parker b. ca. 1604, England, per 1624 Virginia Muster, immigrates 1616, Bush family servant
3. William Parker, immigrates 1621, servant for Bush family, (2 different ones? Same one making a return trip?)
4. William Parker killed 22 March 1622, at Lt. Gibs' Dividend, Jamestown Massacre^[2], could be 1 or 3 (but not 2)
5. William Parker b. ca. 1592 Lincolnshire, son of Francis and Ann per 1592 visitation, no proof of existence after 1592, but shows in many internet trees as same person who came to the New World. A William Parker in Horncastle has now been sourced who was still having children there as late as 1633. No proof yet that he is the one and same as the one on the visitation but certainly more likely to be the same than anyone that came to the colonies.
6. William Parker b. 1596 Surrey-1620 , unknown source, son of John of Great Burstead, per tree on Geni. Like the man of Lincolnshire, he also has internet trees claiming he is the same person that marries Ann Powell, dau. of Wm. Powell, and leaves descendants in the colonies, but no sourcing to show they are the same person. Also, not easy to see why a child b. in Surrey is believed to belong to a family from Essex.

A William Parker is found on the 1624 Muster in Elizabeth City, Virginia. Age is given as 20. He arrived on the Charles in 1616. He is named on the Susan Bush muster as a servant. There is also a mention under the John Bush lineage of a servant William Parker who came on the Charles in 1621. Servants seem unlikely candidates for the spouse of Ann Powell. The Purse and Person book also refers to a William Parker that arrived on the coast of Maine in 1606 to help establish a colony there that was abandoned a short time later. Did he go on to Virginia or is this a different person? There are many William Parkers that care needs to taken to avoid confusion.^[3][4]

Source for precise dob? Francis Parker and Anne Hewet were from Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Lincolnshire so Southwarke, Surry doesn't seem like a likely birth or christening place. A tree on Geni has his parents as John and Ann Parker of Great Burstead, Essex (https://www.geni.com/people/William-Parker-I/6000000002183195650). The 1592 Lincolnshire visitation for Francis Parker includes 4 children including William.

The same Will is being used as a source for the dod of 1 Oct 1677 for 3 different William Parkers in this family, Parker-21429, Parker-2928 and Parker-7304. Believe it goes to the youngest, 7304, b 1638 because of the spouse named and her age. Removed dod here.Morton-7125 01:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Metcalfe, Walter, The Visitation of the County of Lincoln 1562-64 & 1592 (bound together), 1881, p.56, ( from the 1592 visitation) https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00cook/page/n431/mode/2up?q=parker
2. ↑ http://www.jamestowne.org/1623-lists-of-living--dead.html
3. ↑ Jester, Annie Lash, and Martha Woodroof Hiden. Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia, 1607-1625. 1956. p. 298
4. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/jamestown/census/1624cens.txt, Parker and similar names:

   1624 ELIZABETH CITY CO. VA P200 PACKE , Richard

   1624 WEST SHERLOW VA P260 PACKER , Thomas

   1624 EASTERN SHORE VA P620 PARKE , Thomas

   1624 ELIZABETH CITY CO. VA P626 PARKER , William

   Powells on muster:

   1624 ELIZABETH CITY CO. VA P400 POWELL , Catherine

   1624 EASTERN SHORE VA P400 POWELL , Gody

   1624 ELIZABETH CITY CO. VA P400 POWELL , John

   1624 EASTERN SHORE VA P400 POWELL , Thomas

   1624 HOGG ISLAND VA P400 POWELL , Thomas

• Rountree, Helen C., Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries, p. 298. William Parker kidknapped in 1611 from Fort Henrico, according to Hamer.
• HAMOR, RAPHE, A True Discourse of the present Estate of Virginia, and the success of the affaires there till the 18 of June 1614, "While I yet remained there, by great chaunce came an English man thither, almost three yeeres before that time surprised, as he was at worke neer Fort Henrie, one William Parker growen so like both in complexion and habite to the Indians, that I onely knew him by his tongue to be an Englishman, he seemed very joyfull so happily to meete me there. Of him when we often inquired, the Indians ever tolde us that he fell sicke and died, which till now we beleeved he intreated me to use my best indeavours to procure his returne, which thing I was purposed so soone as I knew him, and immediately went with him to Powhatan, and told him that we credibly beleeved that he was dead, but since it was otherwise I must needes have him home, for my selfe of necessitie must acquaint his brother that I had seene him there: who if he returned not, would make another voyage thither purposely for him: Powhatan seemed very much discontent, and thus replied. You have one of my daughters with you, and I am therewith well content, but you can no sooner see or know of any English mans being with me, but you must have him away, or else breake peace and friendship: If you must needes have him, he shal goe with you, but I will send no guides along with you, so as if any ill befall you by the way, thanke your selves. I answered that rather then I would goe without him, I would goe alone, the way I knew well enough, and other daungers I feared not, since if I returned not safely, he must expect our revenge upon him and his people, giving him further to know, that his brother our king might have just occasion to distrust his love to him, by his flight respect of me, if he returned mee home without guides. He replied not hereunto, but in passion and discontentment from me, not till suppertime speaking any more unto me: when sending for me, he gave me share of such cates as were for himself provided, and as good aspect and countenance as before; but not a word concerning my returne, till himself at midnight comming to me, and the boy where we lay awaked us, and told me that Pepaschechar and another of his men, in the morning should accompany us home, earnestly requesting me to remember his brother to send him these particulars. Ten peeces of Copper, a shaving knife, an iron frow to cleave bordes, a grinding stone, not so bigge but four or five men may carry it, which would be big enough for his use, two bone combes, such as Captaine Newport had given him; the wodden ones his own men can make: an hundred fish- hookes or if he could spare it, rather a fishing saine, and a cat, and a dogge, with which things if his brother would furnish him, he would requite his love with the return of skinnes: wherewith he was now altogether unfurnished (as he tolde me) which yet I knew hee was well stored with, but his disposition mistrustfull and jealous, loves to be on the surer hand."
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: DAVIS, VIRGINIA LEE HUTCHESON. Jamestowne Ancestors, 1607-1699: Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Landing at James Towne 1607-2007. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006. Page- 9. Place: Jamestown, Virginia; Year: 1616; Page Number: 9
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: JESTER, ANNIE LASH, and MARTHA WOODROOF HIDEN. "Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625." In Adventurers of Purse and Person; Virginia, 1607-1625. N.p.: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1620 [Princeton University Press], 1956, pp. 5-69. Page- 53
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. Page- 33
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 825.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TSJ
• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890: State- VA. County. Elizabeth City County. Township- Virginia Pioneer. Year- 1624. Database- VA Early Census Index

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Ray Triboulet for starting this profile.
• Parker-13156 was created by Sue Smith through the import of Easley Family Tree _Sue to Stephen_2014-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2014.
• This person was created through the import of RW.GED on 12 March 2011.