The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-30
GEsEALoarcAL.

Mrn. James n. Draper.
| PARKER---The Parker line worked
up was that Of James Parker. one Of
| the numerous James Parkers of North
| Carolina. The date OF birth of grand
son In 1870. and the fact that at that
time James Parker. had number Of
married children, together place his
| birth a. early as ITO. ] found one Of
his descendants VINO lives In the old
Parker home built BY James Parker
| himself. This gentlemen sent me the
copy Of James Parker's will that was
| This was q most Interesting paper. II
| was yellow and brown with age. and
| was worn into nearly as many frag-
ments as there were folds In the paper.
The will shows that James Parker
| was man OF considerable means for
that day He left slaves to all his
|, children. and 20 his eldest SON he gave
the plantation on which he lived and
all other lands that he owned, as well
as the greater part of his stock. house
hold effects and farm implements.
Among the articles mentioned were
| books and q "gilt-leathered trunk"
This Is a fair example of the law Of
| primogeniture. by wnich the eldest son
came into possession Of the fathers
landed estates and the bulk OF the 9TH
err property.
James Parker mentions his sons.
James, who married Judy 49,; Rich
ard and George, and his daughters, Sa-
rah Sutton and Ann Powell. Thomas
Whitmell was one OF the executors, and
Edward vann, Henry Williamson and
Francis Hobson were three OF the wit
nesses.
The line continues with the eldest
son. the latter part Of whose will was
| also sent me. The witnesses are John
i Cinrk HanFu KinQ and
Allen Williams. He mentions his
daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband.
The names and dates OF birth of all his
children were copied from an old Bible
and sent to me. His daughter, Eliza
beth, was born 1910. Through her the
genealogical line Is continued In the
following generation letters of admin-
istration, identify her son, and Bible
records and geneaiogy given by living
descendants complete the line through
the present generation. 1t IL line
that 10 proved at every step.
am convinced that n have the gem
eaiogy back through Games Parker's
grandparents. Wills, deeds and other
documents furnish many clues and
leave only one link to be made. Then
have good reason for thinking that
I have found the line In Virginia; but
gap In the genealogy needs to be
filled. Land grants In the County from
which the first North Carolina ancestor
came. and the, similarity of given
names. taken In connection with other
clues, all but prove this line.
Then am confident that interesting
English records copied from an old
book of le73 are the records OF this
same line. Mention is made OF men,
bers OF the family coming to Virginia
and the names OF these Immigrants ali
repeated throughout the Virginia and
North Caroline families, This English
line, goes back 10 about 1873, and al
| soon as the connections are all made
the genealogy of very nearly all tbs
| North carolfha Parkers WILL become
| clear and distinct, FOR most OF them
descend from the Parker who came "a
North Carolina soon after 100.
have anotheravery complete Parker
genealogy and history that of Alex
ander Parker; and also the coat OF
arms OF that family.
The Virginia family gave q large
number Of brilliant officers to the Rev
olutionary army. Among them were
Josiah and Richard Parker.