William Parkers husbands Martha Pleasant Anderson

before beginning with Martha Anderson, a note should be made that there was a MARTHA PLEASANT born in Caswell County about 1796. Records for her exist. Martha Pleasant Anderson may be a conflation of 2 women.

First, documentation for the 2 husbands, who actually never had a wife named Martha Pleasant Anderson

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Anderson-1177

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-1595

son Solomon, in 1850 census gives his place of birth as North Carolina

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-958

the find a grave for Solomon has errors- death as 1849, but Solomon answered the 1850 census

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63216391/solomon-parker

Solomon Parker in the North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960

Name: Solomon Parker Issue Date: 2 May 1836 Residence Place: Haywood, North Carolina, USA Certificate Number Range: 862-897, 01-0207 Description: Haywood 862-897; 01-0207 Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-1779

(no children listed-children named in bio are the same for Parker 1595)

an image of this pension roll has been attached - also listed on it is William Pleasant, also born about 1752

William Parker in the U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835

U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 Name: William Parker Rank: Private Age: 79 Birth Year: abt 1752 Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831 Residence Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA Service Description: N. Carolina militia Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

the will names wife Elizabeth and children John, Kedder, William, Willis, Treacy, Polly, Humphrey, James, Hugh and brother Amos - images attached At the settlement of his estate. Sarah and Thomas received an inheritance also. It might be presumed that at the time William wrote the will, they were minors

William Parker Sr in the North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998

Name: William Parker Sr Probate Date: 28 Oct 1788 Probate Place: Gates, North Carolina, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1788 Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA Item Description: Wills, 1762-1805 Table of Contents 3 images Will Papers 1–3 Source Citation Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Gates County); Probate Place: Gates, North Carolina

SAR gives birthplace as Virginia - image attached

William Parker in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Birth Date: 1751 Death Date: 1789 Death Place: Gates, North Carolina SAR Membership: 88285 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 12 Dec 1960 Children: Hugh Parker Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Humphrey Parker in the North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011

Name: Humphrey Parker Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 May 1804 Marriage Place: Gates, North Carolina, USA Spouse: Nancy Parker Spouse Gender: Female Event Type: Marriage Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Hugh Parker in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Name: Hugh Parker Birth Date: 1780 Death Date: 1820 Death Place: Allegheny, Virginia SAR Membership: 88285 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 12 Dec 1960 Father: William Parker Spouse: Margaret A Knox Children: Isaac Johnson Parker Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

There were 29 Parker households in Gates County North Carolina in 1790

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.surname=Parker&q.residencePlace=Gates%2C%20North%20Carolina&q.residenceDate.from=1790&q.residenceDate.to=1790&f.recordType=3&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on&count=20&offset=0

All Martha Anderson marriage records for the decade

Marthey Anderson Spouse: William McGready Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1786 Marriage County: Guilford Marriage State: North Carolina Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Household Members: Name Age William McGready Marthey Anderson Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0536823-0536828 Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004

(this is the same man- records also for him as McGray)

North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Name: Martha Anderson Spouse: James Guffey Marriage Date: 28 Nov 1791 Marriage County: Rutherford Marriage State: North Carolina Source: County Court Records at Rutherfordton, NC & Family Household Members: Name Age James Guffey Martha Anderson Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records Rutherfordton, NC and FHL # 6418151

North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Name: Martha Anderson Spouse: John Graham Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1804 Marriage County: Rowan Marriage State: North Carolina Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Household Members: Name Age John Graham Martha Anderson Source Citation: Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0317002 and 0500949 - 0500957

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Martha Anderson Birth Date: 1781 Birth Place: Rowan, North Carolina Death Date: 1819 Death Place: Rowan, North Carolina SAR Membership: 98290 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 10 Nov 1969 Spouse: John Graham Children: Sarah E Graham

Name: Martha E. Anderson Spouse: John Q. Drake Marriage Date: 15 May 1832 Marriage County: Nash Marriage State: North Carolina Source: County Court Records at Nashville, NC & Family His Source Citation Data Source: County Court Records at Nashville, NC and FHL # 0422156 item 3