Samuel Parker (1782 - 1850)

Born 20 Nov 1782 in New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Newman) Parker — married about 25 May 1804 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1850 at age 67 in Crawford, Illinois, United States

Birth

Samuel's younger brother, George, says he was born in New Jersey, so Samuel was likely born there too. The 1880 census for Samuel's children state the following about their parents.

• John: Father PA, Mother KY
• George F: Father KY, Mother KY
• Rachel Jones: Father KY, Mother KY
• Julia Ann Ford: Father NJ, Mother VA

Biography

Private Samuel Parker served for Ohio in the War of 1812
Service started: February 21 1814
Unit(s): Ohio (Capt. Samuel Ashton's Company)
Service ended: August 21, 1814

This profile is part of the Parker Name Study.

Samuel, along with his parents, James and Anna Doty, and his wife Sarah Newman Parker and children came to Crawford County, Illinois. Samuel had fought in Illinois during the War of 1812^[1][2][3] and wanted to return with his family to live. They came though the brush and tangled forest up the rivers from Ohio to Fort Allison on the West bank of the Wabash River.

Sometimes they walked beside the prairie schooners, the oxen plodding along, following a line of covered wagons over the prairies.

After they settled a mile and a half from Flat Rock, and the threat of Indian uprisings still was a problem, they had to plow a furrow with a muzzle-loaded shotgun or an Indian Quiver on their backs. Without a few Indian friends these settlers might have perished and they were grateful for small blessings. Little by little they helped to clear the land and became self-sufficient.

Tradition says Samuel was born in Jefferson or Hardin County, Kentucky^[4], but his brother, George, self identifies that he was born in New Jersey on the 1860 census. Others have suggested Samuel was born in Pennsylvania. None of the other siblings lived until 1860 so we only have George's word. However, if George was born in New Jersey then at least the older siblings were also born on the east coast somewhere instead of Kentucky as previously postulated. The location of Kentucky was likely a guess based on the assumption that James and Anna were in Kentucky before they bought property there in 1802.

Marriage

No actual marriage record is known. Some sources say Virginia, some say Kentucky, and some say Ohio^[5] Of these possibilities, Ohio seems the least likely based on the known dates and travel patterns of the Parkers and Newmans.

Children

1. Merintha PARKER b: 1806

2. Emily PARKER b: 1807

3. Sarah PARKER b: 1809

4. John PARKER b: 16 Oct 1810 in Crawford Co. Ill.

5. George PARKER b: 20 Mar 1812

6. Julia Ann PARKER b: 8 Jun 1835 [sic], Cannon Co. Tennessee

7. William PARKER b: 1815

8. Rachel PARKER b: 8 Nov 1819 in Crawford Co. Ill.

Sources

1. ↑ 1814-8-21 A Samuel Parker discharged from Samuel Ashton's company, Ohio, War of 1812. Many of this company were from Butler Co., Ohio.
2. ↑ Roll Of Capt. Samuel Ashton’s Company
3. ↑ Interview with John Parker, Parker Pathways, Katherine Jane Brown, page 267.
4. ↑ Obituary of John Parker
5. ↑ "Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," Ancestry (https://ancestry.com), Samuel Parker and Sarah Newman, 1804.

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-population Census Schedules for Illinois, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T1133; Archive Roll Number: 58; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Crawford, Illinois; Page: 179
• Find A Grave: Memorial #24129599

Possible Unconfirmed Sources

• "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-FM9S-Y8?cc=1834325&wc=MJHP-6TL%3A1041804301 : 21 May 2014), 004008329 > image 623 of 969; citing NARA microfilm publication M313 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• A Samuel paid $200 for the south half of 200 acres of land in the County of Knox and State of Ohio, 27 Aug 1810. (Deed Bk. B, p. 266) This Samuel Parker seems dubious since there is still a Samuel Parker, landowner, in Knox County, Ohio in 1820.