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Nathaniel PARKER[1, 2]

Male 1729 - 1790  (61 years)

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  • Name Nathaniel PARKER  [3
    Born 1729  Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID GJNJ-DHW 
    Name Nathaniel PARKER  [4
    Died 1790  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 30 Sep 1790  Sumner, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _UID 5F7FFD1113264B8784B70D97C1438893F519 
    Person ID I3097  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2023 

    Father John PARKER,   b. 1700, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Oct 1760, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth, (Taliaferro),   b. 1705, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1787, Hampshire, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Aft 1735  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F1125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Marie CLAYTON,   b. 1 Jan 1726, Glouchester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1790, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married Abt 1744  Culpepper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Daniel PARKER,   b. 15 Mar 1750, Baltimore, Hartford County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 6 Apr 1818, Dickson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Richard PARKER,   b. 1757,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John "Elder" PARKER,   b. 15 Sep 1758, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1836, Fort Parker, Limestone, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Susannah PARKER,   b. 9 Aug 1762,   d. 1816, Estill, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. Nathaniel PARKER, Jr.,   b. 1763,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Aaron PARKER,   b. 1770, Baltimore (now Carroll) County, Maryland Province, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, Copia, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F1120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 24 Dec 1791  , Sumner, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Biography
      The earliest document record of a Nathaniel Parker being the father of Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee and the Elder John Parker is from page 16 of the 1934 book The History of the Daughhetee's. It's unknown whether the above referenced confusion of the Nathaniel Parker of Sumner Co. TN. as the father was already occurring. If so, then Nathaniel Parker as the father may be a red herring and the early Baltimore County, MD. records need to be searched for the parents of the Elder John Parker, Daniel Parker, Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee, Arron Parker.....

      Per the Elder John Parker's 1833 Coles Co., IL Revolutionary War pension application he was born 6 Sept 1758 in Baltimore Co., MD., so his mother and father were residing in Baltimore Co., MD as of 1758. By 1777 the family of the Elder John Parker was residing in Culpeper Co., VA. when he served his first 12 months in his revolutionary war militia unit, and another 12 month tour in 1779. The Elder John Parker's eldest son Daniel Parker was born 5 Apr. 1781 in Culpeper Co., VA. per a biography referenced below. Culpeper Co., VA. (#5 on 1751 map) is roughly 125 miles from Patterson Creek, Ft. Ashby, Hampshire Co., VA. (#6 on 1751 map) where the Nathaniel Parker and his father John Parker of Parker yDNA FG#18 were concurrently living. Roughly three days of traveling by a horse each way.

      Per the University of Tennessee yDNA website for Parker yDNA Family Group #5 the oldest known ancestor was Elisha Parker born 1630 England, died 1717 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, N.J. (#1 on 1751 map) Then in the next county south is a Thomas Parker born 1737 Freehold, Monmouth Co., N.J. and died in 1832 Freehold, Monmouth Co., N.J. There's also George Parker who died in Worcestor (now Wicomico) Co., MD (#2 on 1751 map) in 1770 in southeast Maryland. The distance from Middlesex Co., N.J. to Worcestor Co., MD. may mean that these were two separate points of emigration for Parker yDNA FG#5 into the colonies. Given the proximity of Middlesex Co., N.J. (#1 on map) to Philadelphia, PA (#3 on 1751 map) and the Great Wagon Road west to Baltimore Co., MD.(#4 on 1751 map), the Middlesex Co., N.J. Parker's may be the origin point to the colonies for the Elder John Parker and his siblings ancestors.

      Per the Elder John Parker's pension application, he resided in Culpeper Co., VA. (#5 on 1751 map) as of the time he entered Revolutionary War service. The Elder John Parker's son Daniel Parker, Daniel was born in 1781 Culpeper Co., VA, migrated with his parents to Elbert Co. GA. in 1785. then to Franklin Co., Georgia where Daniel Parker was baptized, then in June 1803 started the trek to Turnbull Creek, Dickson Co., TN. The Elder John Parker's brother Daniel Parker also migrated from Georgia to Dickson Co. TN and was the first preacher at the Turnbull Primitive Baptist Church in 1806.

      Birth

      It's unproven if the Elder John Parker's father Nathaniel Parker was ever in Hampshire County, VA. (#6 on 1751 map).

      The 1730 and 1803 dates found in most family trees for the Elder John Parker's father Nathaniel Parker were taken from Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 Book 'Historic Sumner County, TN. but those dates apply to Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) commonly stated to have been born 1730 and died 1803 in Cisco's book of Parker yDNA Family Group #18 who was previously merged with the Nathaniel Parker who may have married Ann Clayton as stated in this profile.

      If the 1934 'The Daughhetee Family of Estill County, Kentucky' is correct in that Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee's father was a Nathaniel Parker, and if the Elder John Parker's father migrated to Baltimore County, MD. from the Middlesex County, N.J. area, then research should focus there. See Parker Heritage discussion.

      Marriage

      There is a 1919 Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 53, R.R. Bowker Company, page 575 query for a John Parker as the son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife, Ann Clayton, but it does not say he is the Elder John Parker. This query says she's supposed to be a daughter of John Clayton and Elizabeth Whiting of Gloucester Co., VA. John Clayton was born in England, 1685, and died in Gloucester Co., Va. 1773. He was an eminent botanist and had a botanical garden on his estate, which he called "Windsor". He married Elizabeth Whiting, 1723, and had several sons and daughters.

      A 1924 DAR Lineages book on page 104 shows Nathaniel Parker and Ann Clayton were the parents of the John Parker born 17 Dec 1755 & died after 1801 of King & Queen County, VA. That John Parker had been listed by the DAR as the son of the Nathaniel Parker who migrated from Hampshire Co. VA. to Sumner Co. TN.., but that has been disproved, and the DAR states he is not this mans son. The Nathaniel Parker of Sumner County, TN's son John Parker 1765-1831 has been proved (2 sources) to have migrated to Shelby County, KY where he died in 1831.

      Generally daughters married in the county that their parents lived in, so if that holds, then their daughter Ann Clayton married in Gloucester Co., VA. Gloucester Co. , VA is roughly 170 miles away from Baltimore Co. MD. where the Elder John Parker per his 1833 Coles County, IL. Revolutionary War pension application was born. This raises the question of whether two different Ann Claytons have been merged over time. One in Baltimore County, MD. and the other in Gloucester Co., VA.

      Children

      Using Wikipedia's female fertility chart and Ann Clayton's estimated birth year of 1726, then she would have been able to bear children between 1744 and 1771. Any child associated with her after 1771 is statistically unlikely to be a child of Ann Clayton.

      Children currently assigned to this Nathaniel Parker are:

      01 Daniel Parker born 15 Mar 1750 (Baltimore Co., MD. ??); died bef. 6 Apr 1818 Dickson Co., TN.
      02 Elder John Parker born 6 Sep 1758 Baltimore County, MD. per his 22 Oct 1833 Coles County, IL Revolutionary War Pension application. Died 6 Sep 1836 Fort Parker, TX.
      03 Susannah Parker born btwn. 1762-64; died 1816 Estill County, KY.; married John Haughhetee, Estill County, KY. abt. 1781. Her first child, Rachel was born 12 July 1782. See the 1934 book The Daughhetee Family of Estill County, Kentucky.
      04 Aaron Parker born by/before 1770 Baltimore Co. MD.; died 1833 Copiah County, Mississippi

      Other children confused as to belong to Parker yDNA Family Group #5, but actually belong to other Parker yDNA Family Groups are:

      01 Moses Parker born 26 Aug 1744; died 12 Nov 1830 Marlboro Co., S.C. belongs to Parker yDNA Family Group #7
      02 Thomas Parker born 8 Jan 1757, died 18 Dec 1819 (will dated 1810) Sumner Co. TN.; married Juda Renfro. He belongs to Parker yDNA FG #15.
      03 John Parker born abt. 1760 died 1825 Sumner Co. TN.; married Rhoda Renfro. He belongs to Parker yDNA FG#15.

      And several of the children of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 of Parker yDNA FG#18 who died at Greenfield, Sumner Co., TN. with burial near the old Fort Morgan, specifically Susannah Parker 1765-1803 (married Charles Beeler), John Parker 1765-1831(married 1st Mary Rogers, 2nd Sarah Collier), Elizabeth Parker 1766-aft 1826 (married Michael Collier), Thomas Parker 1768-1846 (married Susan Rogers), Richard Parker 1770-1838 (married Nancy Rogers), Nathaniel Parker 1775-1857 (married 1st Sally Ramsey, 2nd Lucretia Penny), Isaac Parker 1776-1846 (married Agnes Bartlet), Mary Parker 1779-1828 (married William Thompson), Aaron Parker 1781-1804 and Robert Parker 1783-1870 (married Martha 'Patsy' Martin).

      Death

      The only Will for a Nathaniel Parker in Sumner County, TN is the will of the Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 in Parker yDNA Family Group #18 who died after June of 1811. The only other documents in the will/probate records section related to Nathaniel Parker is a 1790 Power of Attorney for the purchase of land, and a 1803 Bond record for Nathaniel Parker, Jr. 1775-1857 of Parker yDNA Family Group #18 to be a constable. This suggests that the Nathaniel Parker in Parker yDNA Family Group # 5 died elsewhere.

      A search of the Georgia Archives 'Virtual Vault' finds no records for a Nathaniel Parker in their records, so if the Nathaniel Parker in this profile was the father of the Elder John Parker 1758-1836 and his siblings, he died before the migration to Georgia from Culpeper Co., VA., or he migrated elsewhere.

  • Sources 
    1. [S467] Mary Nolan, Mary Nolan.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S468] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv), Source number: 1484.050; Source type: Family group sheet, F GSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code : . (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Nathaniel PARKER, person ID LZGD-6LJ. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Nathaniel PARKER, person ID LDLV-W84. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Elizabeth TALIAFERRO, person ID MXKF-HTV. (Reliability: 3).