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James Parker (bef. 1779 - abt. 1834)

James Parker
Born before in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1798 in Cherry Valley New Yorkmap
Husband of — married about 1810 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 54 in Campbell, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

James was baptized 5 Aug 1779 in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.[1]

He was the son of Elijah Parker and Mary Newton. He passed away about 1837. He was an intinerant preacher - or circuit rider. He married first Betsy Brown in Cherry Valley, New York. He married second Sarah Louise Hobbs. His death is disputed as either Kentucky or Indiana. Certainly his family stayed for a while in Grandview Indiana, where his son James apparently stayed, before moving on to Illinois and points west.

Census

1800 Otsego Co., New York, Worcester
James Parker 00100 -- 20100
male female
<10 2
10-15
1 16-25 1
26-44
>45

He is in the sequence Elijah Parker, James Parker, 6x, Thos. Caple, x, Stiles Parker, x, John Capel, 13x, Martha How, x, Bela Caple, Abijah Wright, Phenias Parker, Timothy Parker. Elijah is his father; Stiles is a half-brother; Abijah Wright is the husband of a half-sister; Phenias and Timothy are brothers and first cousins of Elijah. Martha How is James's half-sister. Thomas Caple is the father of John, who is the father of Bela. Stiles Parker is married to Bela's sister Dimmis.

1820 Campbell Co., Kentucky, Covington
James Parker 311010 -- 10010; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
3 <10 1
1 10-16
1 16-18
16-26
1 26-45 1
>45

He is next to his son-in-law Hugh Richardson and 24 entries away from his son James Parker.

1830 Campbell Co., Kentucky
Jas. Parker 32101001 -- 0001011; no slaves
male female
3 < 5
2 5-10
1 10-15
15-20 1
1 20-30
30-40 1
40-50 1
1 50-60

He is 20 entries away from his son Jas. Parker.

In 1840 Sarah Parker is probably living with her son Henry Parker in Campbell Co., Kentucky.

In 1850 Sarah Parker (62, NY) is living with her daughter Louisa Graham in DeKalb Co., Illinois.

Census Comparison

____1820__________1830

male:
________________ 0-5
________________ 0-5__( 3)____ Charles W., b. 1827
________________ 0-5__( 8)____ Russell, b. 1822
________________ 5-10 ( 9)____ Parley, b. 1821
____<10 ( 3)____ 5-10 (13)____ Orison, b. 1817
____<10 ( 6)__________________ Henry N., b. 1814; own entry in 1830
____<10__________10-15
__10-16 (11)__________________ Lorenzo D., b. 1809
__16-18 (17)__________________ James, b. 1803
________________20-30 (28)____ Robert Graham, b. 1802, m. June 1830
__26-45 (41)____50-60 (51)____ James, b. 1779

female:
____<10 ( 8)____15-20 (18)____ Louisa, b. 1812, m. June 1830
________________30-40
__26-45 (32)____40-50 (42)____ Sarah, b. 1788

James, born in 1803, probably has his own census entry in 1820. He might also be counted in his father's household, or maybe the 16-18 entry is someone else, or maybe the separate entry for James is for someone else. The above comparison assumes that Louisa married before the census. Perhaps she married after the census. Then we interpret the census differently.

Minister

James Parker was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a cousin of Lorenzo Dow according to a biographical sketch of his grandson, Joseph Edmond Parker. The obituary of Charles W. Parker says that his father, James Parker, was a Methodist minister.

Birth and Death Dates

3 Jun 1777 in Connecticut and 27 Sep 1834 in Campbell Co., Ky at

http://www.backushistory.info/getperson.php?personID=I20969&tree=backus1

No evidence provided.

Tax Records

I (Neal Parker) have looked at Campbell Co., Kentucky tax records from 1809 to 1836. From 1809 to 1811 Richard Parker is the only Parker in the list. He is already a landowner. In the 1810 census he has 4 sons, and two of them are 16-25. In 1812 a James Parker appears in the tax list. I believe that he is a son of Richard. An 1810 marriage record indicates a relationship between Richard and James. Lunsford Griffith married Polly Parker with the consent of her father Richard Parker, and James Parker was the bondsman. ("Campbell County, Kentucky Marriages 1795-1850", Stephen W. Worrel, 1992)

In 1817 a second James Parker appears in the list. He has 2 horses worth $20. I believe that he is our James Parker. He remains in the list until 1834. His entries do not vary a lot. Richard's son James is in the list until 1818. From 1819 until 1823 there is only one James Parker in the list. In 1823 James's son James is 21, and he appears in the list. He remains in the list until 1836 (the last year examined by me). James Parker, Sr. becomes a landowner in about 1828 (30 acres on Four Mile Creek).

In 1835 Sarah Parker is in the list for the first time. James is missing, and she has the same land that he had in 1834. We conclude that James Parker died about 1834.

The columns are 1) white males over 21, 2) blacks over 16, 3) total blacks, 4) horses, etc., 5) value of land per acre, 6) total value. The symbol '|' indicates contiguous entries.

1817__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$20
1818__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$80
1819__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$60
1820__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 3______ $100
1821__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 4______ $150; 1 stud
1822__ James Parker Sen.__________________1 0 0 3______ $100; 4 chn 4-14
1823__|James Parker Sr.__________________ 1 0 0 2________$50
______|James Parker Jr.__________________ 1 0 0 0________ --
1824__|James____Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$75
______|Jas.____ Parker____________________1 0 0 0________ --
1825__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 3______ $150
1826__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 1________$50
1827____ no James Parker
1828__|James Parker Sr. 30A__4 Mile Cr____1 0 0 3__ $5__$200
______|James Parker Jr.__________________ 1 0 0 1________$40
1829__|James Parker Jr.__________________ 1 0 0 0________ --
______|James Parker Sr. 30A__4 Mile Cr____1 0 0 3__ $5__$225; 3 chn 4-15
1830__ James Parker____ 30A__4 Mile Cr____1 0 0 2__ $9__$340
______ James Parker______________________ 1 0 0 0________ --
1831____ missing
1832____ missing
1833__ James____Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$75
______ James____Parker__30A__Ohio________ 1 0 0 2__$10__$375
1834__|James____Parker__40A__4 Mile Cr____1 0 0 3__$10__$546; 16 cattle over $50
______|James____Parker____________________1 0 0 1________$35
1835__ Sarah____Parker__30A__4 Mile Cr____0 0 0 3__ $8__$332
______ Jas.____ Parker____________________1 0 0 1________$35
1836__|Sarah____Parker__40A__4 Mile Cr____0 0 0 5__$10__$660
______|Henry N. Parker____________________1 0 0 0________ --
______|Jas.____ Parker____________________1 0 0 2________$80


First Wife and Children

From the biographical sketch of James's grandson Joseph Edmond Parker, we know that James was married to Sarah Hobbs and we know what children they had. Louisa was born in January 1812, so they were married in 1811 or earlier. The 1800 Otsego Co., New York census implies that James was already married then and had 2 young children (girls). Presumably he had a first wife who died before he married Sarah, who was born about 1788.

There is a damaged tombstone in the Decatur Cemetery in Otsego Co. which belongs to the wife of J. Parker. She died July 15, 1808 and was 30 years old. The "J" in "J. Parker" might be James or John or Joseph or Jeremiah or . . . Even if it is James, there are multiple James Parkers around. However, it is certainly possible that this tombstone corresponds to the first wife of our James Parker. This tombstone can be seen at Find-a-Grave. It is indexed as "Betsy Parker". The readable part on the tombstone is "Wife of J Parker Who Died July 15, 1808 AE 30 Y". The corresponding footstone reads "E P". It is independently indexed as "E. Parker".

Who then was James's first wife? One hypothesis is that she was Betsy Brown and that they had 3 children, Anna, Lucy, and James.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Brandi-S-Brown/GENE5-0003.html

10. BETSY3 BROWN (JACOB2, NATHANIEL1) was born Abt. 1779 in Killigly, Windham, CT, and died 15 July 1808 in Otsego Co, NY. She married JAMES PARKER 1798 in Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York.

Children of BETSY BROWN and JAMES PARKER are:
i. ANNA4 PARKER, b. 1799, Westford, Ostego County, NY; m. ARTEMUS HOWE, 1820, Westford, Otsego Co, NY.
ii. LUCY PARKER, b. Abt. 1801; m. HUGH RICHARDSON, Abt. 1819.
iii. JAMES PARKER JR, b. Abt. 1802, Otsego Co, NY; d. Westford, Ostego Co; m. CAROLINE CLARK, 1826, Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York.

I can find no documentary evidence that James's first wife was Betsy Brown. There is persuasive evidence that James and his first wife had children Lucy and James. Lucy Parker married Hugh Richardson in Campbell Co., Kentucky January 25, 1817, and the bondsman was James Parker. Then in 1820 Hugh Richardson and James Parker are next to each other in the census. James Parker (Junior) married Caroline Clark in Campbell Co., Kentucky September 21, 1826 and from 1820 through 1850 in the census he is living relatively close to either his father or one or more of his half brothers.

The Anna Parker who was Artemas Howe's second wife was born about 1798 based on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. She might be a daughter of our James Parker, who in 1800 was living in Otsego Co., New York. Or she might be a daughter of any one of the 6 Parker men in Otsego Co. who in the 1810 census had a daughter 10-15 years of age. There were lots of Parkers in Otsego Co. In 1810 there were 18 Parker households and in 1820 there were 16.

Artemas Howe's first wife died in April 1819. According to a newspaper announcement he married Anna in April 1820. Artemas and Anna are associated exclusively with Otsego Co., New York. Charles O. Parker says that James went to Campbell Co., Kentucky in 1817. We would expect that he would take his unmarried daughters with him. If Anna were his daughter, she would not be available in New York in 1820 to marry Artemas Howe.

There is some evidence that suggests that Anna is James's daughter. There is another marriage between a Howe (Elijah Howe) and this Parker family (old James's half sister Martha Parker). Later in 1860 one of Artemas and Anna Howe's daughters (Fanny Howe) is living in the same township in DeKalb Co., Illinois as some of James's children (Parley, Henry Nelson). I view this evidence as suggestive but not persuasive.

James Parker has 2 young daughters in the 1800 census. His son James was born about 1803. There is significant evidence that Lucy is one of the daughters. Who is the other one? Are there possibly three? On October 31, 1816 Hannah Parker married John Hill in Campbell Co., Kentucky, and the marriage record says that Hannah is the daughter of James Parker. Campbell Co. tax records indicate that there is another James Parker in Campbell Co. in 1816, but he is probably a son of Richard Parker who became 21 in 1812, when he was in the tax list for the first time. Thus he is too young to have a marriageable daughter in 1816. The tax records suggest that the older James Parker arrived in Campbell Co. about 1817, and Charles O. Parker says that he settled there in 1817. The marriage record suggests he was there by late 1816 and that Hannah was one of his daughters.

On June 14, 1816 Elizabeth Parker married Thomas Robinson in Campbell Co. and James Parker was the bondsman. Which James Parker? I think Elizabeth was probably a sister of the young James Parker (son of Richard), but it is possible that she is a third daughter of the older James Parker. If Lucy, Hannah, and Elizabeth were all daughters of James, one of them was born after 1800 and was rather young, (but not impossibly young) at the time of marriage.

Death

A handwritten note in an obituary of his second wife Sarah Hobbs confirms 1834 as the year of his death. He died in Campbell Co., Kentucky.

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings 1639-1915," Repository: http://www.familysearch.org
  • Biographical statement by JE Parker of Rockwood Ill.




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