Parker yDNA Family Group #18 - Family History

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2018-09-26 response letter from DAR regarding the below text.  The DAR agrees that the John Parker who they list as marrying Mary Rogers IS NOT the son of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811.  And future submitters will have to prove both Ann Clayton and Susan Parker Daughhettee were either married to Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 or his daughter.

There is a large amount of information / misinformation out on the web and in the DAR documentation as it relates to the two potentially unrelated Nathaniel Parkers, residing in Hampshire County, VA. in the 1782 enumeration. Both Nathaniel Parkers contributed goods to the Continental Army making descendants of both eligible for DAR membership. [13]  They should not be confused with the Nathaniel Parker who may have married Ann Clayton of Parker yDNA Family Group #05 as there's no proof he was ever in Hampshire Co., Virginia (see WikiTree profile).  

Adding to the above confusion is the changing name of the county / state for the location along Patterson Creek where Nathaniel Parker lived.  Hampshire County, Virginia (now Mineral County, West Virginia) was formed by the Virginia General Assembly in 1754 from parts of Frederick and Augusta Counties, Virginia; which in turn were formed from Orange County, VA. in 1738.  Orange was formed in 1734 from Spotsylvania and Augusta was formed from a part of Orange in 1738. That portion of Hampshire County, Virginia that Nathaniel Parker's father John Parker bought land on Patterson Creek in 1749 was part of Frederick County, VA., changed to Hampshire County, VA in 1754 and as of 1868 is now the northeastern tip of Mineral County, West Virginia.  Below the county of origin will be generically referred to as Hampshire County, VA.

Making research harder is that most of the Hampshire County, Virginia records prior to 1866 are unusable.  Each county book per this Rootsweb.com page is missing approximately 1/4 of each page (section typically containing a persons name). Additionally, much of the remaining page is often faded, stained, and is illegible. Particularly the micro filmed copies.  See sample.

Most online family files suggest Nathaniel Parker was born in 1730 and died in 1803, while others state he was born in 1724 and died in 1811 with variations in between on the dates.  All agree a Hampshire County, VA Nathaniel Parker died in Sumner County, Tennessee.  In looking at the U.S. GenWeb Sumner County, Tn. Will Index 1 there are two pre 1812 Wills listed for Nathaniel Parker, one dated 1790 and the other 1811. A Will look-up for the 1790 Will found it was a Power of Attorney on page 7 of Sumner County, TN Will Book 1 which states: 'County of Hampshire, State of Virginia. Nominate and appoint Elmore Douglass my lawful attorney'.  Per the U.S. GenWeb site coordinator pre-1800 power of attorney's for the purchase / selling of land were typically included in the Will indexes.[13]  The 1811 Will is included below [2] in it's entirety along with estate settlement references (Note the will DOES NOT reference Moses, Daniel or Phillip often attributed as some of his sons).

In reviewing available tax and enumeration (census) lists for Hampshire County, Virginia and Sumner County, TN. duplicate Nathaniel Parker's appear in the 1782 Hampshire County, VA. enumeration list and the tax list 1782 Hampshire County, VA. [11] as well as the 1782 Revolutionary List of Hampshire County, VA for those who supplied goods to the Continental Army during the revolution [14]  One listed as Nathaniel Parker senior and the other as just Nathaniel Parker. (Note senior was used in early tax lists to differentiate someone with the same name, but not necessarily related for tax / census purposes. See: Senior, Junior & Name Suffixes in General. No documents have been found showing these two Nathaniel Parkers were related.)   These duplicates continue through and including the 1789 tax lists.

This web page addresses the Nathaniel Parker born 1724, who in the 1782 enumeration lived on Patterson Creek in Hampshire County, VA. with 10 people in the household, who migrated to Sumner County, Tennessee about 1790 and died in 1811 hereafter noted as "Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811).  In the 1792 Sumner County, TN tax list there are 6 individuals in his household, but by 1794 there were 21 individuals. [11]

NOTE: Nathaniel Parker Sr. in the 1782 enumeration only had 3 people in his household so there is a clear distinction between the two Nathaniel Parkers. In the Hampshire Co. VA. records before 1782 there was only one Nathaniel Parker as he was not designated Sr. or Jr.  If  Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 had been a 'Jr' he'd have been listed as such in land indentures before 1782.  Given Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811's wife was the half-sister of his brother Aaron Parker's wife, the only reachable conclusion is that Nathaniel Parker Sr. shared the same given name, but was of no known relation.

ORIGIN - Hampshire County, VA.

Nathaniel Parkers (1724-1811) origin of Hampshire County, VA is reinforced by correspondence dated Sept 20, 1902 from A.J. Hibbett, a grandson of Thomas Parker 1768-1846 contained in Parker in America 1630-1910  page 572 where it states "Nathaniel Parker, who lived in Hampshire County, W.VA."

It's also reinforced by Nathaniel Parker's (1724-1811) father John Parker(~1700-1760) and Mathew Rogers (born 1714-18 died btwn. 1762-1770) having bought land adjacent to one another along Patterson Creek in Hampshire County, VA. [7]  Three of Mathew Rogers granddaughters by his son William Rogers married three Parker grandsons, sons of Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County, VA.. And the reference to Susana Rogers in the 1828 Francis Duffy Family Bible:

Susana Rogers wife of Thomas Parker was born 11th April 1773; she was the daughter of William Rogers and Sarah his wife. Susana was born in Hampshire County, Virginia.

And by the Sept. 1790 document in the Sumner County, TN Will Index where early Powers of Attorney were recorded.  Nathaniel Parker's 1790 Power of Attorney states: "County of Hampshire, State of VA. Nominate and appoint Elmore Douglas my lawful attorney. Signed 'Nathaniel Parker'

BIRTH:

A 1730 birth year for Nathaniel has been until recently repeated in many genealogy trees and websites (Geni.com, WikiTree, WeRelate, FamilySearch, Ancestry, etc...).

The 1730 birth year appears in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 'Historic Sumner County, TN.' which was based upon interviews with Nathaniel Parker descendants two to four generations after Nathaniel Parker died. However the circa 1860 M.B. DeWitt Family Bible [1] states "Nathaniel Parker was born in Virginia, in 1724."  The DeWitt Family Bible ties to the Sumner County, TN Parkers via Nancy Caroline Parker (1807-1886) (married John Johnston Hibbett), a daughter of Thomas Parker (1768-1846) (wife Susana Rogers) and granddaughter to Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire Co., VA., later Sumner Co., TN.  This 1878 Sumner Co., TN. map shows J.J. Hibbett's(John Johnston Hibbett's) farm, as well as his brother-in-law John Branham farm, son-in-laws of Thomas Parker 1768-1846 along Bledsoe Creek (running north to south) and in close proximity to Francis Rogan farm.  His father Hugh Rogan witnessed Nathaniel Parker's 1811 Sumner Co., TN. will.

This is reinforced by the 1828 Francis Duffy Family Bible.  Francis Duffy married Pamelia A. Parker (1805-1847), another daughter of Thomas Parker, and granddaughter of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) wherein it states:

Thomas Parker was born 29th February A.D. 1768; he was the son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife Elizabeth,

Susana Rogers wife of Thomas Parker was born 11th April 1773; she was the daughter of William Rogers and Sarah his wife. Susana was born in Hampshire County, Virginia.

MARRIAGE:

Most online genealogies state Ann Clayton was the 1st wife of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811).  Some of these indicate Ann Clayton was born in Gloucester County, VA. about 1726, the daughter of John Clayton and Elizabeth Whiting [17]. That she married a Nathaniel Parker in Gloucester County, VA. in 1754. But  family biographies of the 'Clayton' line show John & Elizabeth (Whiting) Clayton's daughter Ann Clayton married her 1st cousin Henry Landon Davies on the 15 Jan 1767.  (See: Early Family Biography - The Clayton Line;   Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly, Vol 1 - 1981, page 97 Davies-Clayton;  Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Vol. 4 page 158, by Lyon Gardiner Tyler published 1915 Anne Clayton, daughter of Dr. John & Elizabeth (Whiting) Clayton.

Ann Clayton's 1726 birth year seems to be a calculated number based upon her first child being born in 1744 ( 1744 - 18 = 1726 ).  Other than the 1726 and 1754 dates and Gloucester County, VA being stated in the family files, there is no supporting documentation.  This story has been around at least since 1924 when the lineage of Milton Parker 1840-1906 appeared in the 'Lineage Book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America' Vol XIV page 104. This is also where Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)'s son Thomas Parker 1768-1846 picked up the errant information as to his being born in Isle of Wight Co. VA.  That was a different Thomas Parker born abt. 1727, died bef 3 Jul 1788 Isle of Wight, who married Mary abt. 1748 Isle of Wight.

There are at least four issues with Ann Clayton being the wife of the Nathaniel Parker who migrated from Hampshire Co., VA. to Sumner Co., TN.:

1st  issue is Ann Claytons age based upon her being born about 1726.  A Wikipedia chart shows the percentage of decline of ovarian reserve related to increasing age. Using the 1726 birth year, then statistically any child listed as born after 1771 (age 50) is unlikely to be a child of Ann Clayton. For most families who are actually descended from the Nathaniel Parker of Sumner County, TN who died in 1811, it means that Nathaniel Parker, Jr born 1775; Isaac Parker born 1776; Mary Parker born 1779; Aaron Parker born 1781; and Robert Parker born 1783 are statistically unlikely to be children of Ann Clayton as she would have been 49, 50, 53, 55 and 57 years old when they were born and her ovarian reserve would have been depleted.  Five children born within 8 years is more suggestive of a woman in her late 20's early 30's, than a woman in her 50's.

The 2nd issue concerning a marriage of Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County, VA. and Ann Clayton of Gloucester County, VA. is the roughly 250 miles of modern roads separation between Ft. Ashby, WV (Patterson Creek (1 in image below)) and Gloucester Courthouse (2 in image below), Gloucester, VA. Nathaniel Parker's father settled on Patterson Creek in 1749. And a Nathaniel Parker marriage to Ann Clayton is supposed to have happened in 1754 Gloucester County, VA.  Not impossible, but questionable.

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott in his 1851 letter [4] to his children stated his father's sister Elizabeth Scott married Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811).  His father and aunt grew up in Oldtown (2 in image below), Skipton District (southern half of county), Allegany County, MD., roughly 13 miles via road from Fort Ashby, W.V. (1 in image below). In a time when the average person never moved further than 20 miles from where they were born, going roughly 7 miles to find a wife is more plausible than 250 miles to find a wife.

The 3rd issue is the perplexing item in regards to the wives of Nathaniel is the statement in the 1828 Francis Duffy family bible:

Thomas Parker was born 29th February A.D. 1768; he was the son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife Elizabeth,

Two family files on Rootsweb.com have tried to explain this by adding 'Elizabeth' in front of Ann Clayton's name.  But without supporting documentation this seems to be grasping at straws.  An April 19, 2011 posting on the Parker Heritage Forum 2.0 website, states that The Ohio History Connection website [4] has a transcript of an 31st October 1851 letter (bottom of PDF page 10 and page 11) written by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott on the occasion of his 79th birthday wherein he states:

"My father's sister Elizabeth (Scott), intermarried with Mr. Nathaniel Parker. He owned a beautiful well-kept cultivated farm and mills, two or three miles above the town of Frankfort on Patterson's creek, in Hampshire County, Virginia."  [4]

In the 1790 census / tax list for Hampshire County, VA Nathaniel Parker's (1724-1811) occupation was listed as a miller, which matches the above statement that Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's uncle Nathaniel Parker as having owned several mills.  A Sumner County, TN. deed (DB 8:318) dated 24 February 1818 documents the transfer of land formerly owned by Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) along Bledsoe's Creek that included a mill.[15] 

And oral tradition that Bethpage, TN. was "named by Nathaniel Parker in memory of his deceased wife Elizabeth" as noted in the Bethpage Methodist Church History.

The 1828 Francis Duffy family bible and the 1851 letter written by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott lead one to the unmistakable conclusion that Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County, Virginia's first wife was Elizabeth Scott.

Elizabeth as the name of Nathaniel's first wife is reinforced (although not genealogical proof) by the fact that six of Nathaniel's older children named a daughter Elizabeth, while only Robert, the last child named a child Ann.  This seems to follow two 17th century naming pattern studies where roughly 80% of the eldest daughters were named for either the mother or a grandmother (usually maternal).

The 4th issue that disproves Ann Clayton being one of the wives of the Nathaniel Parker who migrated from Hampshire Co., VA to Sumner Co., TN. is Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811s  25 February 1811 Will [2] probated in March 1812 Sumner County, TN. court wherein he stated:

"Sixth, I give and bequeath to my second wife's daughter Nancy Parker, one dollar and no more of my estate, real or personal."

The only known child named Nancy Parker attributed to Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 of Hampshire Co., VA. & later Sumner Co., TN. was borne by Mary Ramsey Bledsoe. 

Mary Ramsey Bledsoe's marriage on 4 Dec 1791 to Nathaniel Parker is documented here and  in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, Tn.' wherein he states:

"Mrs. Bledsoe was fifty-four years (*) of age when her husband was killed. Five years thereafter, when she was in her sixtieth year, she married Nathan Parker, an old man, a pioneer, and the father of several children, some of whose descendants are prominent citizens of this (Tennessee) and other states." [3]

* - If the 1734 birth year is correct (1788 - 54 = 1734), then her last three children were born when she was 50, 55 & 59 years old. Biologically unlikely. At least one researcher has proposed that her '54 years of age' as reported in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, TN' was transposed and it should have been 45 years of age or 1743, which means the last three children would have been born when she was 41,46 and 50. That means she would have been 19 when her first child was born in lieu of 30 years of age.  Something much more likely!

Mary Ramsey Bledsoe being the 2nd wife of Nathaniel Parker is reinforced by the 1919 Tennessee Historical Magazine, Vol. 5 edited by John Hibbett De Witt, William Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sioussat;  "Journal of John Sevier" footnote 24 on page 162 wherein it states:

"Nathaniel Parker, went from Hampshire County, VA to Tennessee about 1785, and became one of the first settlers of Sumner County.  His second wife was the widow of Anthony Bledsoe."

And by this 19 April 2011 transcript posting on the Parker Heritage Forum 2.0 of an 31st October 1851 letter written by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott on the occasion of his 79th birthday wherein he states:

"After the decease of my aunt, Mr. Parker with the residue of his sons and daughters, their families removed to the state of Tennessee, where he intermarried with the widow of Col. Bledsoe deceased....."[4]

Between the 1828 Francis & Pamelia (Parker) Duffy family bible, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scotts 1851 letter, Nathaniel Parker's 1811 Sumner Co., TN. will, they prove that Elizabeth Scott was his first wife and Mary Ramsey Bledsoe his second wife.

CHILDREN:

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott, in his 1851 79th birthday letter to his children listed 10 children for Nathaniel (1724-1811) and Elizabeth (Scott) Parker.  The children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Scott) Parker would have been Chief Justice Thomas Scott's first cousins, so he would have had personal knowledge of them.

"My aunt had three daughters and seven sons by him, namely, Susannah, Elizabeth and Polly (aka Mary), John, Thomas, Richard, Aaron, Robert, Isaac and Nathaniel."  [4]

These line up nicely with the children named in Nathaniel Parkers 25 Feb. 1811 Will, and Sumner Co. TN. estate settlement documents.

 John Parker, Thomas Parker, Richard Parker, Isaac Parker, Nathaniel Parker, and Robert Parker; my daughter Betsy (Elizabeth Parker) Collier; my daughter Mary (Polly) Thompson

Children missing from Nathaniel Parker's 1811 Sumner County, TN. Will but listed in Justice Scott's letter are Aaron and Susannah Parker.  Both died before March 1805. Aaron in Sumner Co., TN. and Susannah in Jefferson Co., KY.

NOTE: There were no children named Daniel or Moses as many claim for this Nathaniel Parker.  They're from Parker yDNA Family Group #05 whose father was also named Nathaniel Parker and who may have married Ann Clayton.

Aaron Parker (1781-bef. 3/1805) son of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)

Aaron Parker born 1781 in Hampshire Co. VA. (now Mineral County, W.V.) is proved as a son of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) by the 2 September 1799 executed bill of sale "to my son" Nathaniel Parker Jr. for a negro Shadrack aged 60 and a woman Callace or Callon Seal. Hugh Rogan and William Hall were the witnesses. This was registered on 6 October 1803 along with similar bills of sale for his sons Aaron, Robert, Isaac and Richard [Sumner Co., TN NCG1:520-524]. [15]

By this 1803 Sumner County, TN. indenture:  I, Nathaniel Parker of Sumner Co TN, for the affection I have to my beloved son Aaron Parker, have sold unto Aaron Parker all the negros, horses and cattle. All mentioned in original document. This 5 July 1803.
A N Miller Nathaniel Parker
Job Walker
Thomas Parker
Reg: 27 September 1803

And by Aaron Parker's March 1805 nuncupative Will (declared orally) which was proven in Sumner County, TN. court on that date which named all living siblings: John, Thomas, Richard, Isaac, Nathaniel, Robert Parker, Elizabeth Colyer (sp. Collier) and Mary Thompson. [15] (Missing is sister Susannah who pre-deceased him.).

Elizabeth Parker - ( born 1766/67 - after 1826) daughter of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)

Chief Justice Thomas Scott 1851 letter (PDF page 11) stated who Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scott's daughters married:

 (Betsy) Elizabeth (Parker) intermarried with Col. Michael Collyer (Collier) and John (Parker) with Miss Sally Collier, grand-son and grand-daughter of old Col. Thomas Cresap. [20] These two families many years since removed and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky.

The validity of the above statement by Chief Justice Thomas Scott is reinforced by a 1987 book The History of the Cresap's [20] which states on page 258:

21. Michael Collier, b ----- - m 1^st________; m 2^nd Elizabeth Parker dau of Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County, VA. and later Sumner County, Tennessee..

And the Sumner County, TN. Parker's intermarried with their 1st cousins, children of Michael & Elizabeth (Parker) Collier's from Shelby County, KY.:

William Parker (son of Richard and Nancy (Rogers) Parker ) born Sumner County, TN. 12 May 1797 died 15 December 1863 with burial in the Parker Family Cemetery, Bethpage, TN. married Harriet L. Collier (daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Parker) Collier of Shelby County, KY. on 27 January 1825.  She was born 30 Nov 1800, died 29 January 1863 with burial in the Parker Cemetery, Bethpage, TN..

Thomas B. Collier born abt. 1799, Maryland; died 30 Apr 1850 Portland, Sumner County, TN. with burial in Parker Family Cemetery, Bethpage, Sumner County, TN.; married Susan Elizabeth Parker (aka "Betsy", daughter of Nathaniel and Lucretia Parker, Jr.  Susan Elizabeth Parker on 13 May 1817.  She was born 30 Nov. 1803 Gallatin, Sumner County, TN. and died 10 March 1872 with burial in Parker Cemetery. 1860 U.S. Census, Sumner County, TN. Thomas B. Collier's marriage to Susan Parker is documented in a biographical sketch for their son Robert Collier in "History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to Present, Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, TN. 1887.

Susannah Parker - (born btwn. 1762-1764, died before 3/1805) daughter of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)

Chief Justice Thomas Scott 1851 letter (PDF page 11) also stated who Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scott's daughters married:

Susannah intermarried with Charles Buler (Beeler). More than sixty years since they removed and settled at Maristick (Mann's Lick - a 1790-1820 salt works) a few miles from Louisville Kentucky. They had several children, but are both now deceased. Neither the names nor the places of their descendants are to me known.

History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson , L.A. Williams & Co. 1882, p. 58 discusses John C. Beeler who with his father Charles settled at Mann's Lick, Jefferson County, KY. in the early 1790's.

Thomas Milton Beeler, Esq., was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1833.  His father was John C. Beeler, who came with his father, Charles Beeler, to Mann's Licks at a very early day, supposed to have been somewhere in the (17) nineties. ....

The existence of the Susannah Parker who married Charles Beeler noted in the Thomas Scott transcription is reinforced by the below 19 November 1814 Sumner County, TN. Deed Book 7:162 deed found by Shirley Wilson, C.G., Hendersonville, TN.  (italicized text) where it states:

On 19 November 1814 John Parker, Thomas Parker, Richard Parker, Nathaniel Parker, Isaac P. Parker and John C. Beeler (a son of Charles Beeler and stepson of Susannah Parker. John C. Beeler married Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker and grand-daughter of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) on 26 Sept. 1811 (FamilySearch).) for himself and brothers, children and grandchildren of Nathaniel Parker, late of Sumner County deceased, sold to Robert Parker son of said Nathaniel Parker 185 acres of land on the East side of Bledsoe's Creek. The land was identified as being the land where Nathaniel lately lived Witnesses were Meridith Baily and Thomas Coddle.

This same 19 November 1814 deed was recorded again on 3 May 1825 in Sumner County [Sumner Co., TN DB 11:66]. At that time the name of E. Collier had been inserted at the top in the listing of the six men who executed the deed. In addition, the signatures included not only the six named men, but also Elizabeth Collier, Mary Thompson and William Thompson. In addition to the witnesses listed when the deed was first recorded, the names of Jno. Parker, Susan Parker and Susan Donnell had been added. Susan Parker and Susan Donnell appeared in court in February 1825 and proved the deed in court "as to Elizabeth Collier, Mary Thompson and William Thompson." It thus appears that someone realized that not all of the heirs had signed the deed when it was first recorded. The second recording corrected the situation.

The last proof of the linkage tying Susannah Parker who married Charles Beeler who migrated to Jefferson Co., KY. is the below circa 1890s photograph of the Thomas Milton Beeler 1833-1900 family. Thomas Milton Beeler was a son of John C. Beeler & Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Thomas Parker 1768-1846 and Susana Rogers.  Elizabeth Parker's younger sister Pamelia A. Parker married Francis Duffy, and one of the Duffy's grandsons was B.S. Duffy 1882-1959 who at the bottom of the photograph stated that the Thomas Milton Beeler family were My Cousins.

After the 1838 death of John C. Beeler, Elizabeth (Parker) Beeler married  29 May 1848 William Morris Terry in Jefferson Co., KY. (FamilySearch)  In the 1850 Todd Co., KY. U.S. census is found William M. Terry, his wife Eliza (Parker/Beeler) Terry, Thomas M. Beeler age 18 & Catharine Terry age 17.  Elizabeth Beeler Terry is listed in the 8 July 1850 Todd Co., KY Estate Settlement for Thomas Parker 1768-1846 as one of his surviving children.

NOTE: The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) currently have FLAGGED Susannah Parker (1764-1816) who married John Daughhettee and died 1816 in Estill County, Kentucky as being a daughter of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811).

The Susan Parker who married John Daughhettee in Estill County, KY who's currently attributed to Nathaniel Parker (DAR # A087729) was included in a July 1934 publication The Daughhettee Family of Estill County, Kentucky by Charles Brunk Heinemann published by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Page 16 of this publication states:

John Daughettee's second wife was Susan Parker. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Parker, and a sister of the famous 'Elder' John Parker who was born in Baltimore County, Maryland; enlisted for Revolutionary War service in Culpeper County, Virginia; moved to Georgia after the war; thence to Tennessee, and on to Cole County, Illinois. There he applied for and received a pension.

If this publication is correct in stating that this Susan Parker was a sister of the 'Elder' John Parker, then she is not a child of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811). The 'Elder' John Parker is part of Parker yDNA's Family Group # 05, while the Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) of Hampshire County, VA. (who married Elizabeth Scott) and his father are part of Parker yDNA's Family Group # 18.

The Susan Parker who married John Daughettee died in 1816 per family files and the submitted DAR Supporting Documentation / Descendants list, while the Susannah Parker who married Charles Buler (Beeler) died before March 1805 as she is not mentioned in Aaron Parkers nuncupative Will, in Nathaniel Parker's (1724-1811) Will, or in the estate settlement documents, but John C. Beeler, her step-son participated in the sale of Nathaniel Parker's estate as a grandson.

John Parker - (born about 1765, died bef. 20th February 1832) son of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)

There are five concerns associated with John Parker (1755-1801) born in Hampshire County, VA and died in King & Queens County, VA. (DAR# A087617) as being the son of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811). UPDATE - As of 1 Oct 2018 the DAR states that Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 IS NOT the father of John Parker 1755-1816 of King & Queen County, VA.

The first concern is geographical. The Captains listed for the DAR King & Queen John Parker were in the 1st & 2nd Virginia Continental Line formed in Williamsburg in 1775. If the DAR John Parker enlisted at the start of the American Revolution, then he'd have been 20 years old. It's a much shorter journey from King & Queen County (KG)(2 on map) to Williamsburg (1 on map) (roughly 46 miles) where the units were formed up, than from Patterson Creek in Hampshire County (HAM) (3 on map) (242 miles). Not impossible, but questionable.

The second concern is the gap in the birth of children between when John Parker (1755-1816) and Susannah Parker (btwn. 1762-64, died bef. 1805). It might be explained by Nathaniel Parker being away during the French and Indian War and possible miscarriage's/or children who did not survive beyond childhood.

The third concern is if John Parker (1755-1816) of King & Queen County, VA was having children born in King & Queen County, VA. between 4 Jun 1774 and 15 Feb 1801, then why was John Parker son of Nathaniel Parker listed in the 1790 & 1791 Hampshire County, VA tax list extract of Parkers in Hampshire Co., VA.?

The fourth concern is if John Parker (1755-1816) of King & Queen County, VA. was dead in 1816, then why was:

1. In a part of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811's settlement of the estate dated November 1816 John is listed as a Legatee.
2.  As a signer of the 24 February 1818 deed where the same six men deeded to James Suddarth and Joseph Hodge Sr. for $700.76 land on Bledsoe's Creek including a mill formerly owned by Nathaniel Parker deceased containing 16 acres in all [Sumner Co., TN DB 8:318]
3.  Again in the 3 May 1825 re-recorded deed for Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) home place which corrected two heirs not having signed the 1814 deed.

How could John Parker, if he died in 1816 in King & Queen County, VA. sign a deed in 1818 for the land on Bledsoe's Creek, and then partake in the refiling of the 1814 deed in 1825?  This reinforces Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter and the 1904 Parker in America letters as being correct that Nathaniel Parker's son John Parker settled in Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY.

The fifth concern is Chief Justice Thomas Scott 1851 letter (PDF page 11) where he stated who Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scott's son John married:

Elizabeth (Parker) intermarried with Col. Michael Collyer [sic] and John (Parker) with Miss Sally Collier, grand-son and grand-daughter of old Col. Thomas Cresap. [20] These two families many years since removed and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky.

In the Shelby County, KY Deed Index we find:

"28 Jan. 1804- John Parker & M. Collier" buying land from "Geo. Colman"

Assuming Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter is correct, then how do we explain Jay Guy Cisco's 1909  book "Historic Sumner County, Tennessee" statement:

"Nathan PARKER had seven sons. The three eldest, John, Thomas, and Richard, married sisters, Misses ROGERS, members of the same family as General George Rogers CLARK."

 If Oral Tradition as recorded in 1904 Parker In America letters (page 481 & 482) and repeated in Jay Guy Cisco�s 1909 book Historic Sumner County, TN. which stated:  Nathan PARKER had seven sons. The three eldest, John, Thomas, and Richard, married sisters, Misses ROGERS, members of the same family as General George Rogers Clark is correct, then Nathaniel Parker's son John Parker married a __(*)___ Rogers girl and she subsequently died, then Sarah Collier as referenced in Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter was his 2nd wife.  Some of the information provided to the 1904 letter writer was provided by Charles Rogan 1838-1910, grandson to the Hugh Rogan who witnessed Nathaniel Parkers 1811 Sumner Co. TN. will.

* - A Nelson Co. KY. Chancery Court case involving the estate of Nancy 'Agness' (nee Rogers) Bailey involving payment of her husband John Bailey' 1833 Revolutionary War pension payment states William Rogers and Sarah _______Rogers daughters:    Nancy, wife of Richard Parker, of Sumner County, Tenn.' Susan, wife of Thomas Parker, of Sumner County, Tenn.; and Mary, wife of Thomas Parker, of Nicholas County, Ky.  The Thomas Parker of Nicholas Co., KY. was a nephew of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811, son of his brother Aaron Parker 1732-1793.  So John Parker, the son of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 DID NOT marry one of William & Sarah Rogers daughters.

The one document that ties Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter stating John Parker, son of Nathaniel Parker lived at Shelbyville, KY. and that he married one of the Roger sisters is Ernest H. Parker's 1904 letter on page 482 of the 1911 book Parker in America' wherein he states "John, s. (son) of Nathaniel (2), lived at Shelbyville, Ky."  Shelbyville, Ky. is the county seat of Shelby County, KY which is where Justice Thomas Scott said John Parker (married Sarah Collier) and his sister Elizabeth Parker (married Michael Collier) migrated to.

The above letter reinforces that John Parker married 1st Mary Rogers and 2nd Sarah Collier.

A 14 Nov 1812 Sumner Co., TN. land indenture reinforces the Shelby Co., KY. link where John Parker of Shelby Co., KY. sold 260 acres of land in Sumner Co., TN. to Thomas Parker of Sumner Co., TN. [Sumner Co., TN DB 6, p. 238 [FamilySearch]]  This deed reinforces the 1851 letter, and the above 1904 letter..

The John Parker who migrated to Shelby County, KY (born btwn. 1765-1770 (*), died before 20th February 1832 in Shelby County, KY. when an Executor's Bond was filed.   A Sale Bill of property) occurred on June1833. John Parker, referenced in Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter was still alive in October 1829 when his daughter Lucretia Parker married Nathan Veech in Shelby County, KY. John Parker appears in the 1830 Shelby County, KY U.S. census.  An Inventory of Estate of John Parker dcd was filed in the Shelby County court in April 1834 and the Estate Settlement for John Parker was filed at the June 1834 Shelby County, Ky. court session.   His children later show in the 1840, 1850, 1860 U.S. Census records in Lincoln County / Montgomery County, Missouri.

(*) - based upon the 1820 & 1830 Shelby Co.KY U.S. Census

The oldest daughter of John Parker and Sarah Collier was named Susan Bealer (aka Buler, Beeler) Parker (1802-____) in probable homage to the Susannah Parker who married Charles Buler (Beeler). Their oldest son was named Aaron Parker born abt. 1805 in probable homage to his Uncle and/or great-uncle Aaron Parker. Another daughter of John Parker and Sarah Collier was named Lucretia Parker (1808-1895 ) in probable homage to Nathaniel Parker's (1724-1811) son Nathaniel Parker Jr's born 1775 2nd wife Lucretia (Penny) Parker (married Feb. 26, 1798). And a son named Cresap Parker (1812-1899)[20], named in honor of Sarah Collier's grandfather Col. Thomas Cresap [20] who's also referenced in Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter [4].  Other children listed in the Shelby County, KY. Estate Settlement were: Mary Parker, Eldridge Parker, Aaron Parker & Benedict Parker.

Some researchers have stated that the John Parker who died in 1825 Sumner County, TN was Nathaniel Parker's son.  However tests have shown that John Parker belongs to yDNA Family Group 15, while the Sumner County, TN. Nathaniel Parker belongs in yDNA Family Group 18.   A comparison of the markers shows only 14 of 25 match. 23 to 25 need to match to assume a common ancestor.

Birthplace of Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scott's children:

Numerous family files suggest some of Nathaniel Parker's (1724-1811) children were born in Bedford Co., VA.; Isle of Wight, VA; or Baltimore, MD.  Bedford Co., VA is 197 miles from Patterson Creek, Fort Ashby, Hampshire County, VA.  (now Mineral County, WV.); Isle of Wight is 278 miles from Patterson Creek, Fort Ashby, Hampshire County, VA. (now Mineral County, WV.); Baltimore, MD is 151 miles from Patterson Creek, Fort Ashby, Hampshire County, VA (now Mineral County, WV.) These are contradicted by the below [11] Hampshire County, VA. land indentures/tax lists.

Nathaniel Parkers (1724-1811) father John Parker bought land on Patterson's Creek, Frederick County, VA. in 1749.  That area subsequently became part of Hampshire County, VA. in 1754 (in 1863 it became part of West Virginia and later Mineral County, W.V..)  In June 1765 via deeds of partition Thomas McQuire divided Elizabeth (Parker) McQuires estate she inherited from her deceased husband John Parkers estate to Nathaniel Parker, Aaron Parker, Robert Parker, Richard Parker, Elizabeth (Parker) Nalle and Catherine (Parker) Foreman.  In March of 1771 Nathaniel bought 220 acres of land in Hampshire County, VA that was patented by Mathew Rogers and several of his granddaughters married sons of Nathaniel Parker. In May 1779 Nathaniel Parker's sister Catherine (Parker) Forman (not Foreman ) signed two deeds in Hampshire County, VA. that partitioned the land that she and her husband William Forman (dec'd) had inherited from her father John Parker after his death in 1760.  The land was partitioned between her mother (Elizabeth Parker who had subsequently married Thomas McGuire, and her siblings John Parker, Robert Parker, Richard Parker, Nathaniel Parker, Aaron Parker, John Nall and his wife Elizabeth (Parker).  Nathaniel Parker also shows up in the 1782, 1784 Property Tax Lists (not the Nathaniel Sen. (senior)) for Hampshire County, VA., and the 1790 Census list for Hampshire County, VA. In Sept. 1790 appears a document in the Sumner County, TN Will Index where early Powers of Attorney were recorded.  Nathaniel Parker's 1790 Power of Attorney states: "County of Hampshire, State of VA. Nominate and appoint Elmore Douglas my lawful attorney. Signed 'Nathaniel Parker'.  He next appears in the 1792 Sumner County, TN. Tax Lists.  Based upon the land patents and tax records all of Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scott's children would have been born in Hampshire County, Virginia.

Splitting the children of two distinct Nathaniel Parker's

Below is my attempt to separate the children of Nathaniel Parker & Elizabeth Scott from the possible children of a 2nd Nathaniel Parker and his wife Ann Clayton (Not proven to be the Nathaniel Parker Sr. listed in the 1782 & 1784 Hampshire Co. VA tax lists).  Note, Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Scotts children were typically born between 1762-1783 while the children of Nathaniel Parker and Ann Clayton were typically born between 1744 and 1768, which further suggests there were two distinct Nathaniel Parkers that have become merged by time. Six of the seven sons (Thomas Parker 1768-1846, Richard Parker 1770-1838, Nathaniel Parker 1775-1857, Isaac Parker 1776-1846, Aaron Parker 1781-1804 and Robert Parker 1783-1870 ) of the Nathaniel Parker who died in early Sumner Co., TN. are also buried in Sumner Co., TN.  The eldest son John, who never came to Tennessee is buried in Shelby Co., KY.  Daughter Mary 'Molly' (Parker) Thompson is buried in Davidson Co., KY.; daughter Susannah (Parker) Beeler is buried in Jefferson Co., KY.; and daughter Elizabeth (Parker) Collier is buried in Shelby Co., KY.  WikiTree now lists the Nathaniel Parker who married Elizabeth Scott, and the Nathaniel Parker who married Ann Clayton.  Ditto for WeRelate: Nathaniel Parker who married Elizabeth Scott, and Nathaniel Parker who married Ann Clayton. Please contact me if you have documentation proving differently!

Note: Some Family Files suggest that the 'Elder John Parker' (born 5 Sept. 1758 in Baltimore) and his son Daniel Parker were descendants of Nathaniel Parker born 1724, died 1811 in Sumner County, TN.  The Parker yDNA project shows that the 'Elder John Parker' and his son Daniel Parker belong in the Parker Family Group 5 while the Nathaniel Parker born 1724, died 1811 in Sumner County, TN. and his father John Parker belong in Family Group 18.  For ease of review I've included the Parker Heritage yDNA results for both groups below in note [8] Only 5 of 25 markers match between FG# 5 and FG# 18.  In order for these to be the same family at least 23 of 25 markers need to match.

Another child attributed to Nathaniel Parker and Ann Clayton is Moses Parker, but a Moses Parker appears neither in the list of children documented by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott or in Nathaniel Parker's Will.   This website suggests Moses Parker was a nephew to the Elder John Parker. Per the Parker Heritage yDNA website, no male Moses Parker descendant has had his DNA tested as of September 2015.

DEATH:

In the U.S. GenWeb Sumner County, TN. Will Index 1 there are two Wills listed (one 1790 and the other 1811) for Nathaniel Parker. A Will look-up for the 1790 Will did not find an actual will, but a comment adjacent to the 1790 Will states 'County of Hampshire, State of Virginia. Nominate and appoint Elmore Douglass my lawful attorney'.  Per the U.S. GenWeb site coordinator pre-1800 power of attorney's for the purchase / selling of land were typically filed in the Will indexes.[13]

The 1803 death date cited by Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 'Historic Sumner County, TN.' was based upon a 9 Jul 1803 Sumner TN Wills & Probate record, but the actual document is a Bond (FamilySearch) for Nathaniel Parker, Jr. (1775-1857), witnessed by his brother Thomas Parker (1768-1846), to be a Constable. Bonds were filed with the Wills and Probate records in early Tennessee records, and Ancestry�s record states �Inferred� the Death Year as �Abt. 1803�, thus the confusion. The Sumner Co., TN. Nathaniel Parker�s Will [2] (ranscribed below) was written 25 Feb 1811 and it was probated in the Mar 1812 Sumner court when the 7 March 1812 Estate Inventory was presented.  The M.B. DeWitt Family Bible [1] stating: "Nathaniel Parker died in 1811, in Sumner County, TN.."  shows he actually died in 1811.

Shirley Wilson, a certified genealogist in her January 1997 narrative on 'The Parker Family of Sumner County, TN. references the following:

One of Nathaniel's last acts on 4 June 1811 was to deed 59 1/4 acres of land on Bledsoe's Creek to Thomas Parker (presumably his son) [Sumner Co., TN DB 6:231]. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was filed at the March 1812 term of court in Sumner County by Thomas and Isaac P. Parker, the executors and included 13 slaves [Sumner Co., TN Inventories, Settlements, and Guardian Accounts, p. 116].

Based upon the 1811 death date in the M.B. DeWitt Family Bible, and Nathaniel Parker having sold land to his son Thomas Parker on 4 June 1811, then Nathaniel Parker of Sumner County, TN. died sometime between 4 June 1811 and 31 Dec 1811. 

While there is no way to validate an exact death date for Nathaniel Parker I hypothesize that it occurred sometime between the 4 June 1811 (date of the above deed) and the marriage of Nathaniel Parker's granddaughter (daughter of Thomas Parker) Elizabeth Parker to John C. Beeler on 26th Sept. 1811 in Sumner County, TN.  John C. Beeler was a step son of Thomas Parker's sister Susannah Parker who married Charles Beeler and lived in Jefferson County, KY.  He most likely traveled to Sumner County, TN. to represent his brothers at the funeral for his step-grandfather Nathaniel Parker, then met, courted, and married Elizabeth Parker.  John C. Beeler's first wife had died the year before.

PARENTS of Nathaniel Parker:

John Parker of Hampshire County, VA died in 1760 and left a Will [6] where he named  his wife Elizabeth but did not name his children. However, the subsequent 1779 Catherine (Parker) Forman 'Land Indenture' below that lists John Parker as her father and lists her siblings.  

11 May, 1779--Catherine Forman to John Williamson: 200 acres for 200 pounds on Little Cacapon about 1/2 mile above the Buffalo Lick plus an additional 150 acres on the North Branch Potowmack River from her father, John Parker. Ref; Hampshire Co VA Deed Bk 8, Page 141. (signed 2 deeds in Hampshire county on 11 May 1779 and 14 Nov 1780.) The land was allotted and assigned to William Forman dec'd then the husband of the said Catherine being part of her share of her dec'd father John Parker by a deed of partition in 1765 between the following: Thomas McGuire and wife late Elizabeth Parker relict of said John Parker; Robert Parker, Richard Parker; Nathaniel Parker; Aaron Parker; John Nall and wife Elizabeth (Parker) and the said William Forman and wife Catherine (Parker).

Some family files have a Nathaniel Parker, born 1701-1703 as the father of the Nathaniel Parker born 1724. This seems to be validated by the 1782-1790 Hampshire County, Virginia tax / enumeration lists as there is listed a Nathaniel Parker Sr. and then a second Nathaniel Parker whom we assume was junior. However, the above 1779 Land Indenture by Catharine (Parker) Forman (1st husband) McQuire (2nd husband) refers to her deceased father John Parker, then proceeds to list her siblings including the 1724 Nathaniel Parker. The Nathaniel Parker Sr. is missing from the 1794 Hampshire County, Virginia enumeration suggesting he either died or moved. Since the 1724 Nathaniel Parker's son Nathaniel Parker born 1775 had not reached his majority (age 21), he would not have been listed in the 1782 enumeration. This suggests that Nathaniel Parker Sr. was an Uncle to the Nathaniel Parker born 1724 and that the 'Sr.' was placed in the 1782 enumeration to distinguish between the two.  See Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet usage of Senior and Junior.

Nathaniel Parker Sr. NOT being the father of Nathaniel Parker Jr. 1724-1811 in the tax / enumeration lists is reinforced by Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter where on page 9 & 10 (PDF 11 & 12) stated that his aunt Elizabeth (Scott) Parker's half sister Polly (Mary) Dobson married Aaron Parker.  This is the Aaron Parker commonly stated to have been born in 1732, and the same Aaron Parker included in the partition of John Parker deceased estate.  So Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 and his brother Aaron Parker 1732-1793 married half-sisters, daughters of  Susannah (Watson) Scott and later Dobson.

[1] Tennessee Records: Bible Records & Marriage Bonds by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen - Genealogical Publishing 2009, page 179-180 'From the M.B. DeWitt Family Bible, in possession of John H. Dewitt':

John Johnson Hibbett, born May 30, 1806, in Smith County, TN.
Nancy Caroline (Parker) Hibbett, born August 30, 1807, in Sumner County, TN.
Her father, Thomas Parker, and her mother, Susan (Rogers) Parker, were born in Virginia.
His father, Nathaniel Parker, was born in Virginia in 1724.
Thomas Parker, born Feb. 29, 1768.
Susan Parker, born April 11, 1773.
John Johnston Hibbett and Nancy Caroline Parker, married in 1829.
Thomas Parker died Aug. 8, 1846.
Susan Parker, died October 25, 1838.
Nathaniel Parker, died in 1811, in Sumner County, TN.

[2] Nathaniel Parker Will as filed in Sumner County, TN.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Nathaniel Parker, Sr., of Sumner County and state of Tennessee, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, blessed be God for all his mercies, do make, ordain and establish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say.

First, I return my soul to the God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named.

Second, I give and bequeath to my son Robert, his heirs and assigns, the following described part of the tract of land whereupon I now live, to include my dwelling house and orchard, to begin at Hugh Rogan's southeast corner, thence south to a stake opposite the middle of my land that leads to my mill, thence east to David Shelby's line north with the same to the corner, thence east to Isaac Bledsoe's line, thence with it north to Isaac Parker's corner, thence with said Isaac Parker's lines passing a spring to Hugh Rogan's line, thence with it south to the aforesaid place of beginning.

Third, it is my will and desire that all the rest and residue of the said tract of land whereupon I now live, with the mill and other improvements thereupon, together with all my horses, horned cattle and cogs, and my following named negroes, to wit, Burrough, Ned, Sawney, Pegg and her two children named Levi and Squire, Charlotte and her two children called Malinda and Isaac, shall be sold at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, and the proceeds, after the payment of my just debts and funeral charges, I give and bequeath to my sons John Parker, Thomas Parker, Richard Parker, Isaac Parker, Nathaniel Parker, and Robert Parker to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike.

Fourth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsy Collier, during her natural life my negro girl Fan. And after her decease, I give the said girl Fan, and her increase to my said daughter Betsy's daughter called Betsy, her heirs and assigns forever.

Fifth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Thompson, her heirs and assigns, my negro boy Edmond, and no more of my estate, real or personal.

Sixth, I give and bequeath to my second wife's daughter Nancy Parker, one dollar and no more of my estate, real or personal.

Lastly, I nominate and appoint my sons Thomas Parker and Isaac Parker, Executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying this and only this as and for my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 25th day of February 1811.

Test:
Hugh Rogan

Nathaniel Parker, Sr.

The Estate Inventory of Nathaniel Parker, dec'd was filedin Sumner County, TN. court on 7 March 1812 by Thomas Parker and Isaac P. Parker.

The Estate Sale was recorded in April, 1812. Slaves were bought by Robert Parker, Isaac Parker, Richard Parker, and Nathaniel Parker. Other items were bought by these and Thomas Parker, B. Parker, Henry Bledsoe and Isaac Bledsoe.

29 July, 1814--Settlement of estate of Nathaniel Parker dec'd. List of legatees: Nathaniel, Robert, John, Isaac, Thomas, Richard Parker and John C. Beeler.

On 19 November 1814 John Parker, Thomas Parker, Richard Parker, Nathaniel Parker, Isaac P. Parker and John C. Beeler for himself and brothers, children and grandchildren of Nathaniel Parker, late of Sumner County deceased, sold to Robert Parker son of said Nathaniel Parker 185 acres of land on the East side of Bledsoe's Creek. The land was identified as being the land where Nathaniel lately lived Witnesses were Meridith Baily and Thomas Coddle.

November, 1816--Another Settlement of Nathaniel Parker estate. Robert Parker is owed $17.50. Money is owed to Mark Marshall and John C. Buler (Beeler). The Executor has $1,016.38. Legatees are Nathaniel, Robert, John Parker, John C. Buler (Beeler), Isaac, Thomas and Richard Parker.

This same deed written on 19 November 1814 was recorded again on 3 May 1825 in Sumner County [Sumner Co., TN DB 11:66]. At that time the name of E. Collier had been inserted at the top in the listing of the six men who executed the deed. In addition, the signatures included not only the six named men, but also Elizabeth Collier, Mary Thompson and William Thompson. In addition to the witnesses listed when the deed was first recorded, the names of Jno. Parker, Susan Parker and Susan Donnell had been added. Susan Parker and Susan Donnell appeared in court in February 1825 and proved the deed in court "as to Elizabeth Collier, Mary Thompson and William Thompson." It thus appears that someone realized that not all of the heirs had signed the deed when it was first recorded. The second recording corrected the situation.

On 24 February 1818 the same six men deeded to James Suddarth and Joseph Hodge Sr. for $700.76 land on Bledsoe's Creek including a mill formerly owned by Nathaniel Parker deceased containing 16 acres in all [Sumner Co., TN DB 8:318].

[3] Historic Sumner County, Tennessee by Jay Guy Cisco, 1909; Chapter Five

[4] Parker Heritage Forum 2.0 April 19, 2011 posting by Jaye Drummond:

The Ohio State Archives (now 'Ohio History Connection' ) holds a typed transcript of a 33-page letter written by Thomas Scott (Call # VFM 2599), one of the first supreme court justices of Ohio, wherein he discusses his family history in great detail. He wrote the letter to his children on 31 Oct 1851 on the occasion of his 79th birthday.

In the letter he relates that he was born at Oldtown, (present) Allegany County, Maryland, on 31 Oct 1772, the son of John Scott and Sarah Chenoweth. Thomas writes of his grandparents Thomas Scott and Susannah Watson and all their descendants known to him.

On pages 8-9 of the letter, he writes:

"My father's sister Elizabeth (Scott), intermarried with Mr. Nathaniel Parker. He owned a beautiful well-kept cultivated farm and mills, two or three miles above the town of Frankfort ( now Ashby's Fort, Mineral County, WV [5]) on Patterson's creek, in Hampshire County, Virginia. He was a man of more than ordinary industry, economy and enterprise, and owned considerable wealth. My aunt had three daughters and seven sons by him, namely, Susannah, Elizabeth and Polly, John, Thomas, Richard, Aaron, Robert, Isaac and Nathaniel. Susannah (Parker) intermarried with Charles Buler. More than sixty years since they removed and settled at Maristick (Manns Lick) a few miles from Louisville Kentucky. They had several children, but are both now deceased. Neither the names nor the places of their descendants are to me known. Elizabeth (Parker) intermarried with Col. Michael Collyer and John (Parker) with Miss Sally Collier, grand-son and grand-daughter of old Col. Thomas Cresap. [20] These two families many years since removed and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky. After the decease of my aunt, Mr. Parker with the residue of his sons and daughters, their families removed to the state of Tennessee, where he intermarried with the widow of Col. Bledsoe deceased, but report says they did not live happily together." 

Scott also mentions that his father's half-sister Polly Dobson, daughter of William Dobson and his grandmother Susannah (Watson) (Scott) Dobson, married Aaron Parker (Nathaniel Parker's brother)  "by whom she had three sons, William, Thomas, and Nathaniel." Scott also mentions he had not heard from any of the Parkers in "nearly sixty years" except "William Parker who called to see me many years since."

The above statement by Ohio Supreme Court Justice about his father's half-sister Polly Dobson is reinforced by the 1798 Will of William Dobson (Hampshire County, W.V. WB 1, pp 58) which names wife Martha, daughter Margaret and grandsons Thomas Parker, Nathaniel Parker and William Parker (1st cousins to Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811)s children.).

 [5] History of Mineral County, WV.

Two important forts for the early settlers of this area were the one built in Frankfort Village and the Blockhouse built in the New Creek Valley. The former of the two was eventually named Ashby's Fort after Colonel John Ashby who was attacked by Indians in 1756, but made "a most remarkable escape to the fort." Colonel Ashby was later put in command of the fort and apparently remained there through the Revolutionary War. The town eventually took its name from the man and the fort he commanded.

[6]  John Parker 'Will', proven on November 11, 1760 it names his wife 'Elizabeth' and his grandson Thomas.

In the name of God, Amen, the Twenty-eighth day of September Seventeen hundred and sixty. I John Parker of the County of Hampshire and Colloney of Virginia farmer being very sick and weak in body but of perfect min d and memory thanks be giving unto God. Therefore and calling unto mind t he mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say: Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the earth to be buried in Christian manner all the Difersion of my Executores Nothing Doubting Butt all the general resurrection. I shall receive the same again. By the mighty power of God and as Touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to Bless me with in this World I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and first I give and Bequeath unto Elisabeth Parker my dearly Beloved wife one third part of all my estate both real and personal also I give and Bequeath unto every one of my children an equal part of the rest of my estate both real and personal and to their heirs or assigns and also I give and Bequeath unto my Grandson Thomas Parker an equal part with the rest of my children. Signed sealed and delivered and confirmed to be the last will and testament of John Parker. In presence of us the subscribers.
      His
John Parker
     Mark

Probate record sale -many items bought by Robert, Nathaniel, and the Widow Parker.  Robert Parker was Executor.

[7]  John Parker who bought Lot 12 along Patterson Creek Settlement in 1749 in Hampshire County, VA is consistently listed as having been born in 1680, but the 1680 date is the result of confusion with him being the same as the John Parker born in Old Rappahannock County, VA. (now Essex County, VA.).  That John Parker died in 1712 Essex County, VA and his wife Martha (Tandy) Parker was made Executrix of his estate.
John Parker and Matthew Rogers in 1749 bought lots 12 and 13 adjacent to one another along Patterson Creek in what was then Frederick County, Virginia. In 1754 Hampshire County was formed from parts of Frederick and Augusta Counties, Virginia.    Patterson Creek Settlement survey map.

[8] Parker yDNA results:

[9] Isaac Parker  - U.S. Census Records:

1810 tax list of Sumner Co., TN: Isaac Parker, Capt Lauderdale's list (Same list as his father, Nathaniel.)
1820 census of Sumner Co., TN: Isaac Parker 120210-31010 Isaac and Agnes are both 26-44.
1830 census of Sumner Co., TN:00011001-00110001 Isaac and Agnes are both 50-60.

[10] Isaac Parker - Will Synopsis

Wife Agnes, brother Thomas, Daus: Elizabeth Thompson, Melvina Walsh w/o John Walsh; GD Agnes Walsh; son Page Parker & D.W. Mentlo.

[11] Tax List / U S Census -  Nathaniel Parker

Tax Lists / Enumerations:  http://www.wvgenweb.org/mineral/census.html

1782 Hampshire County, Virginia Enumerations: Nathaniel Parker was taxed on 532 acres of land in Hampshire County.

Parker, Benjamin          7 - 12
Parker, Benjamin          6 - 12
Parker, George             6 - 12
Parker, James               3 - 12
Parker, Job                   7 - 14
Parker, John                  4  - 7
Parker, Nathaniel Sr.     3     3
Parker, Nathaniel         10     5
Parker, Robert               7   10

Total number of whites and total number of blacks.

1782 Hampshire County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List

Name                        Tithes           Slaves       Horses       Cattle
Parker, Nathaniel            1                    5               23              35
Parker, Benjamin             1                    -                 9              19
Parker, James                  1                    -                 1                3
Parker, Nathaniel, Sen.    1                   3                  3                2
Parker, John                    1                                       4              10
Parker, Robert                 1                   9                15              40
Parker, Job                      1                                      5               23

1784 Hampshire County, Virginia, Patterson Creek District: - Nathaniel Parker and 9 children.

Name                      White    Black

Parker, Benjamin            5          6
Parker, James                 3          6
Parker, Job                     6          8
Parker, John                    3         5
Parker, Nathaniel           10         6
Parker, Robert                 7       10

Sumner County, TN Tax Lists:

1787 Sumner County, Tennessee - Taxable Property: Nathaniel Parker not listed.

1788 Sumner County, Tennessee - Taxable Property: Nathaniel Parker not listed.

1789 Sumner County, Tennessee - Tax Paid for paying of Militia:  Nathaniel Parker not listed

1790 U.S. Census of Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia): Nathaniel Parker & 10 family members.

1790 Sumner County, Tennessee - Taxable Property: Nathaniel Parker not listed

1792 Hampshire County, Virginia Tax List: Nathaniel Parker

Sumner County Tax Index

1792 Sumner County, Tennessee Tax List -

Names                         Polls       Land                    Amount of Taxes

Isaac Bledsoe                 9           4467                      1-3-10 1/2
Heirs of A Bledsoe        12          5362                      1-9-10 1/4
Nathl Parker                    6 -                                          -6-
Joseph Desha                  2            200                          -2-8
Hugh Rogan                    1            320                        -2-0 3/4

1794 Sumner County, Tennessee Tax List

Names                         Polls       Land                    Amount of Taxes

Hugh Rogan                    1             320                         2-0 3/4
George D Blackmore       2             960                         5-2 1/4
Nathaniel Parker             21           5362                     1-18-10 1/4
Robert Desha                    7            300                            8
James Blythe                      4            220                        4-8 3/4
John Thompson                  1              71                       1-2 3/4
Obediah Terrell                  1            300                              2
Heirs of Isaac Bledsoe        8          3750                          1-0-6

1802 tax list of Sumner Co., TN: Nathaniel Parker is on Capt. Brownens List.

1810 Sumner County, Tennessee Tax List: Nathl Parker, Capt Lauderdale's List - 5,362 acres

1810 Tax List of Sumner Co., TN: Nathl. Parker, Jr. on the tax list of Capt Charlton.
1820 Census of Sumner Co., TN, Gallatin: Nath. Parker 000001-02101 Nathaniel and his wife are both 45 and up. There are three females in the household.
February, 1832: FHC microfilm #0467482, Section 3 p. 108--Nathaniel Parker is guardian for the heirs of Charles Turner who are James, Charles, Nancy, Pleasant, and Milly.
1830 census of Sumner Co., TN: Nathaniel Parker 00001001-00010001 Nathaniel and Sally are both 50-60. They have a male 20-29 and a female 15-19 in the household.
U S Census 1850 - Sumner Co, TN - Nathaniel Parker
  Page: District 13, p 179B
  Note: 17 October 1850
  Visit 725, family 725
  Text: Nathl, Parker, 75, m, farmer, $7500, VA
  Lucretia, 76, f, NC
  Parmelia M Allen, 14, f, TN, school
  Margarett E Allen, 13, f, TN, school
  Unice R Allen, 7, f, TN, school
  Thos Collier Allen, 20, m, farmer, KY

[12] Cemetery Inscription of Bethpage Cemetery - 10 miles east of Gallatin on Scottsville Pike, Gallatin TN:

Nathaniel P Parker b. 17 March, 1775 d 15 Jan 1858. Lucretia Parker b. ------ d. 25 Feb., 1860, age 88 years. (Sumner Co TN Bible Records and Cemetery Records)

[13] U.S. GenWeb Project 1789-1822 Sumner County, TN. Will Index 1 - Parker, Nathaniel 20 Sep-1790

The Sumner County, TN. Tennessee GenWeb site coordinator Diane Payne did a Will look-up for the 20 Sept. 1790 document recorded in the Index, but did not find a Will.  Based upon similar instances in pre-1800 documents found with the Wills, this may be an early record appointing a person to act for you to buy / sell land.  The comment listed in the Will Index seems to substantiate this:

County of Hampshire, State of VA.. Nominate and appoint Elmore Douglass my lawfull attorney. 

Parker, Nathaniel

 A web search for "Elmore Douglas" "Hampshire County" Virginia does not find anyone in Hampshire County, Virginia by the name of Elmore Douglass, but a similar search for "Elmore Douglass" Sumner County" Tennessee returns one Elmore Douglass whose father Edward Douglass was a lawyer, though he never practiced per a statement by Jay Guy Cisco in his 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, Tennessee'.

[14] A Glimpse of the Past, the Harness Family History , Page 94 Copied by Anne Waller Reddy

REVOLUTIONARY LIST AT HAMPSHIRE, VA.
(NOW WEST VIRGINIA)

THE following List of HAMPSHIRE County names is taken from a manuscript book and from loose pages of manuscript in the VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY at Richmond, Virginia.
This Hampshire List shows the names of persons who furnished supplies under the COMMISSIONERS OF PROVISION LAW, the supplies to be applied to CONTINTENTAL PURPOSES. Descendants of those mentioned in the List are eligible for D. A. R. membership.
As a Court held for Hampshire County the 15th Day of May, 1782. The Court proceeded to receive and Certify public Claims for Impressments, etc., agreeable to a late Act of Assembly as follows, viz.:
Joseph Vanmeter, Garret Vanmeter, Samuel Dew, Okey Johnson, Isaac Miller, Michael See, James Lirgent, Charles Lynch, Jacob Chrismin, Evangelist Hardin, Jonathan Chaneworth, William Cunningham, Abraham Hite, Joseph Vanmeter, Anthony Baker, Solomon Vanmeter, John Tapp, Amos Branson, Samuel Tunmonds, Daniel Ashby, Jacob Randall, Stephen Ruddell, Wm. Anderson, Garret Vanmeter, Peter Casey, Wilham Darling, Jacob Harness, Felix Seymour, Prior Robey, William Cunnmgham, Jr., William Cunningham, Sr., John Harness, Michael Stump, James Cunningham, Sylvester Ward, Martin Power, Christopher Huffman, Alexander Simpson, Ursulla Brink, Thomas Parsons, James Stephenson, Job Welton, Jesse Welton, John McNeil, Peter Casey, Henry Carr, Rudolph Shobe, Martin Shobe, John Wilson, Sithman Howman, Valentine Power, Charles Lynch, Leonard Stump, Moses Hutton, Jesse Cunningham, Michael See, George Harness, John Campbell, Michael Harness. George Stump, Abraham Inskeep, George See, Christopher Ermantiout, Robert Cunningham, John Westfall, William Robey, William Renick, John Cring, Richard Seymour, William Jones, Henry Linder, Robert Traviss or Fraviss, Michael Stump, Moses Hutton, Sithman Howman, Andrew Wodrow, John Wilson, Abel Randall, Moses Hutton, William Vanse, George Nixon, Levi Ashbrook, William Buffington, James Smith. James Largent, Thomas Seymour, Richard
Bodkin, Nicholas Tivault, Thomas Demoss, Evan Jenkins, John Martin, Thomas Edwards, Michael Lawrence, Esekial Thomas, Patrick Keran, Jahn Largent, Isaac Jones, William Anderson, Davis Forman, James McBride, Barbara Hankle, John Wilson, John McBride, John Cutrack, William Cunningham, Abel Randall, Nicholas Casey, Garret Vanmeter, John Forman, Nathaniel Parker, Stephen Colvin, Nathaniel Parker, Thomas McCarty, Peter Casey.

[15] THE PARKER FAMILY OF SUMNER COUNTY TENNESSEE by Shirley Wilson, CG; Revised 27 January 1997.

[16] Searches on in genealogy files on Rootsweb.com

There are 134 Rootsweb.com family files that indicate that Nathaniel Parker was born in 1730. There are 22 Rootsweb.com files that indicate Nathaniel Parker was born in 1724.

 There are 150 Rootsweb.com family files that indicate Ann Clayton was the 1st wife of Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811).

30 of the Rootsweb.com family files indicate Nathaniel Parker's second wife was Mary Ramsey Bledsoe.

There are 106 Rootsweb.com family files that indicate Nathaniel Parker died in 1803.

There are 22 Rootsweb.com family files that indicate Nathaniel Parker died in 1811.

 [17] Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 53, R.R. Bowker Company, 1919, page 575

6249. Whiting - I note your query regarding James and William Whiting. I have the D.A.R. record of John Parker. He is a son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife, Ann Clayton, but I have not the date. She is supposed to be a dau of John Clayton and Elizabeth Whiting. John Clayton was b in Eng., 1685, and d in Gloucester Co., Va. 1773. He was an eminent botanist and had a botanical garden on his estate, which he called "Windsor". He m. Elizabeth Whiting, 1723, and had several sons and daus. - Mrs. P. S. Tilson, 1516 McGowan, Houston, Tex

[18] The 1830 Shelby County, KY. census has John Parker age 60 to 70, so that puts him born between 1760 and 1770.  While the 1810 Shelby County, KY U.S. Census has three John Parkers each in the 26 to 45 age bracket.  So this John Parker was born between 1765 and 1770.  The 1790 Hampshire County, VA tax list lists John son of Nathaniel Parker.  Showing on the tax list means he was at least 21 years of age, which means he was born between 1765 and 1769.  Based upon the births of Nathaniels other children there are two windows for him to be born.  Between 1765 and June 1766 when Elizabeth Parker was born. Or between Thomas Parker born 29 Feb 1768 and Richard Parker born 20 Sep 1770.  As the 3rd bequest in Nathaniel Parkers 1811 will, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter (PDF page 11), 1904 page 482 Parker in America letter, and Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 Historic Sumner County, TN., all start the list of male children with John Parker. Nathaniel Parker naming the eldest son John would have followed the 17 century southerners tendency to name their eldest sons for paternal grandfathers.  So the birth of Nathaniel Parker's son John Parker most likely occurred in 1765.

[19] Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia: Now West Virginia by Clara McCormack Sage  1939  Estates Referred to In Index of  Book 2

Thompson, David, est. Widow, Mary, ex, and John Thompson, Evidently the heirs were: David, Francis, Abraham and Jacob Reasner, William Blackburn, James Daugherty and Nathaniel Parker.

Why was Nathaniel Parker an heir of David Thompson?  Is it possilbe David Thompson was the father of Nathaniel Parker's wife Elizabeth????  Or did Nathaniel Parker just purchase goods from the Estate?

[20] The Cresap surname, like a lot of surnames, has various phonetic spellings thru time and geographic region. It's variously been spelled Cresap, Cresup, Cressap, Crisap Crissop, Chrishop, Gresshoppe, Kershope, Kirsop, Kirsopp.  This web page gives the best origin of the surname Chrishop.

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