James Parker
Husband James Parker
Born: Christened: 5 Aug 1779 - Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Ma 1 Died: 1834 - Campbell Co., Kentucky Buried:
Father: Elijah Parker (1730-Bef 1810) Mother: Mary Newton (1737- )
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Sarah Hobbs (Abt 1788-1852)
Wife
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Hannah Parker
Born: Bef 1800 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Hill ( - ) Marr: 31 Oct 1816 - Campbell Co., Kentucky 2 3
2 F Lucy Parker
Born: Abt 1800 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hugh Richardson ( - ) Marr: 25 Jan 1817 - Campbell Co., Kentucky 2
3 M James Parker
Born: 23 Sep 1803 - New York Christened: Died: 5 Dec 1854 Buried: - Parker Cemetery near Grandview, Spencer Co., IndianaSpouse: Caroline Clark ( - ) Marr: 21 Sep 1826 - Campbell Co., Kentucky 2Spouse: Christina Amick (Abt 1808- )
General Notes: Husband - James Parker
CENSUS:
<pre>1800 Otsego Co., New York, Worcester
James Parker 00100 -- 20100
male female
<10 2
10-15
1 16-25 1
26-44
>45 </pre>
He is in the sequence Elijah Parker, James Parker, 6x, Thos. Caple, x, Stiles Parker, x, John Capel, 13x, Martha How, x, Bela Caple, Abijah Wright, Phenias Parker, Timothy Parker. Elijah is his father; Stiles is a half-brother; Abijah Wright is the husband of a half-sister; Phenias and Timothy are brothers and first cousins of Elijah. Martha How is James's half-sister. Thomas Caple is the father of John, who is the father of Bela. Stiles Parker is married to Bela's sister Dimmis.
<pre>1820 Campbell Co., Kentucky, Covington
James Parker 311010 -- 10010; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
3 <10 1
1 10-16
1 16-18
16-26
1 26-45 1
>45 </pre>
He is next to his son-in-law Hugh Richardson and 24 entries away from his son James Parker.
<pre>1830 Campbell Co., Kentucky
Jas. Parker 32101001 -- 0001011; no slaves
male female
3 < 5
2 5-10
1 10-15
15-20 1
1 20-30
30-40 1
40-50 1
1 50-60 </pre>
He is 20 entries away from his son Jas. Parker.
In 1840 Sarah Parker is probably living with her son Henry Parker in Campbell Co., Kentucky.
In 1850 Sarah Parker (62, NY) is living with her daughter Louisa Graham in DeKalb Co., Illinois.
CENSUS COMPARISON:
1820 1830
male:
0-5
0-5 ( 3) Charles W., b. 1827
0-5 ( 8) Russell, b. 1822
5-10 ( 9) Parley, b. 1821
<10 ( 3) 5-10 (13) Orison, b. 1817
<10 ( 6) Henry N., b. 1814; own entry in 1830
<10 10-15
10-16 (11) Lorenzo D., b. 1809
16-18 (17) James, b. 1803
20-30 (28) Robert Graham, b. 1802, m. June 1830
26-45 (41) 50-60 (51) James, b. 1779
female:
<10 ( 8) 15-20 (18) Louisa, b. 1812, m. June 1830
30-40
26-45 (32) 40-50 (42) Sarah, b. 1788
James, born in 1803, probably has his own census entry in 1820. He might also be counted in his father's household, or maybe the 16-18 entry is someone else, or maybe the separate entry for James is for someone else. The above comparison assumes that Louisa married before the census. Perhaps she married after the census. Then we interpret the census differently.
1820 1830
male:
0-5
0-5 ( 3) Charles W., b. 1827
0-5 ( 8) Russell, b. 1822
5-10 ( 9) Parley, b. 1821
<10 ( 3) 5-10 (13) Orison, b. 1817
<10 ( 6) Henry N., b. 1814; own entry in 1830
<10 10-15
10-16 (11) 20-30 (21) Lorenzo D., b. 1809
16-18 (17) James, b. 1803
26-45 (41) 50-60 (51) James, b. 1779
female:
<10 ( 8) 15-20 (18) Louisa, b. 1812, m. June 1830
30-40
26-45 (32) 40-50 (42) Sarah, b. 1788
MINISTER:
James Parker was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a cousin of Lorenzo Dow according to a biographical sketch of his grandson, Joseph Edmond Parker. The obituary of Charles W. Parker says that his father, James Parker, was a Methodist minister.
BIRTH and DEATH DATES:
3 Jun 1777 in Connecticut and 27 Sep 1834 in Campbell Co., Ky at
http://www.backushistory.info/getperson.php?personID=I20969&tree=backus1
No evidence provided.
TAX RECORDS:
I have looked at Campbell Co., Kentucky tax records from 1809 to 1836. From 1809 to 1811 Richard Parker is the only Parker in the list. He is already a landowner. In the 1810 census he has 4 sons, and two of them are 16-25. In 1812 a James Parker appears in the tax list. I believe that he is a son of Richard. An 1810 marriage record indicates a relationship between Richard and James. Lunsford Griffith married Polly Parker with the consent of her father Richard Parker, and James Parker was the bondsman. ("Campbell County, Kentucky Marriages 1795-1850", Stephen W. Worrel, 1992)
In 1817 a second James Parker appears in the list. He has 2 horses worth $20. I believe that he is our James Parker. He remains in the list until 1834. His entries do not vary a lot. Richard's son James is in the list until 1818. From 1819 until 1823 there is only one James Parker in the list. In 1823 James's son James is 21, and he appears in the list. He remains in the list until 1836 (the last year examined by me). James Parker, Sr. becomes a landowner in about 1828 (30 acres on Four Mile Creek).
In 1835 Sarah Parker is in the list for the first time. James is missing, and she has the same land that he had in 1834. We conclude that James Parker died about 1834.
The columns are 1) white males over 21, 2) blacks over 16, 3) total blacks, 4) horses, etc., 5) value of land per acre, 6) total value. The symbol '|' indicates contiguous entries.
<pre>
1817 James Parker 1 0 0 2 $20
1818 James Parker 1 0 0 2 $80
1819 James Parker 1 0 0 2 $60
1820 James Parker 1 0 0 3 $100
1821 James Parker 1 0 0 4 $150; 1 stud
1822 James Parker Sen. 1 0 0 3 $100; 4 chn 4-14
1823 |James Parker Sr. 1 0 0 2 $50
|James Parker Jr. 1 0 0 0 --
1824 |James Parker 1 0 0 2 $75
|Jas. Parker 1 0 0 0 --
1825 James Parker 1 0 0 3 $150
1826 James Parker 1 0 0 1 $50
1827 no James Parker
1828 |James Parker Sr. 30A 4 Mile Cr 1 0 0 3 $5 $200
|James Parker Jr. 1 0 0 1 $40
1829 |James Parker Jr. 1 0 0 0 --
|James Parker Sr. 30A 4 Mile Cr 1 0 0 3 $5 $225; 3 chn 4-15
1830 James Parker 30A 4 Mile Cr 1 0 0 2 $9 $340
James Parker 1 0 0 0 --
1831 missing
1832 missing
1833 James Parker 1 0 0 2 $75
James Parker 30A Ohio 1 0 0 2 $10 $375
1834 |James Parker 40A 4 Mile Cr 1 0 0 3 $10 $546; 16 cattle over $50
|James Parker 1 0 0 1 $35
1835 Sarah Parker 30A 4 Mile Cr 0 0 0 3 $8 $332
Jas. Parker 1 0 0 1 $35
1836 |Sarah Parker 40A 4 Mile Cr 0 0 0 5 $10 $660
|Henry N. Parker 1 0 0 0 --
|Jas. Parker 1 0 0 2 $80
</pre>
FIRST WIFE and CHILDREN:
From the biographical sketch of James's grandson Joseph Edmond Parker, we know that James was married to Sarah Hobbs and we know what children they had. Louisa was born in January 1812, so they were married in 1811 or earlier. The 1800 Otsego Co., New York census implies that James was already married then and had 2 young children (girls). Presumably he had a first wife who died before he married Sarah, who was born about 1788.
There is a damaged tombstone in the Decatur Cemetery in Otsego Co. which belongs to the wife of J. Parker. She died July 15, 1808 and was 30 years old. The "J" in "J. Parker" might be James or John or Joseph or Jeremiah or . . . Even if it is James, there are multiple James Parkers around. However, it is certainly possible that this tombstone corresponds to the first wife of our James Parker. This tombstone can be seen at Find-a-Grave. It is indexed as "Betsy Parker". The readable part on the tombstone is "Wife of J Parker Who Died July 15, 1808 AE 30 Y". The corresponding footstone reads "E P". It is independently indexed as "E. Parker".
Who then was James's first wife? One hypothesis is that she was Betsy Brown and that they had 3 children, Anna, Lucy, and James.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Brandi-S-Brown/GENE5-0003.html
10. BETSY3 BROWN (JACOB2, NATHANIEL1) was born Abt. 1779 in Killigly, Windham, CT, and died 15 July 1808 in Otsego Co, NY. She married JAMES PARKER 1798 in Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York.
Children of BETSY BROWN and JAMES PARKER are:
i. ANNA4 PARKER, b. 1799, Westford, Ostego County, NY; m. ARTEMUS HOWE, 1820, Westford, Otsego Co, NY.
ii. LUCY PARKER, b. Abt. 1801; m. HUGH RICHARDSON, Abt. 1819.
iii. JAMES PARKER JR, b. Abt. 1802, Otsego Co, NY; d. Westford, Ostego Co; m. CAROLINE CLARK, 1826, Cherry Valley, Ostego, New York.
I can find no documentary evidence that James's first wife was Betsy Brown. There is persuasive evidence that James and his first wife had children Lucy and James. Lucy Parker married Hugh Richardson in Campbell Co., Kentucky January 25, 1817, and the bondsman was James Parker. Then in 1820 Hugh Richardson and James Parker are next to each other in the census. James Parker (Junior) married Caroline Clark in Campbell Co., Kentucky September 21, 1826 and from 1820 through 1850 in the census he is living relatively close to either his father or one or more of his half brothers.
The Anna Parker who was Artemas Howe's second wife was born about 1798 based on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. She might be a daughter of our James Parker, who in 1800 was living in Otsego Co., New York. Or she might be a daughter of any one of the 6 Parker men in Otsego Co. who in the 1810 census had a daughter 10-15 years of age. (Our James Parker is not in the 1810 census.) There were lots of Parkers in Otsego Co. In 1810 there were 18 Parker households and in 1820 there were 16.
Artemas Howe's first wife died in April 1819. According to a newspaper announcement he married Anna in April 1820. Artemas and Anna are associated exclusively with Otsego Co., New York. Charles O. Parker says that James went to Campbell Co., Kentucky in 1817. We would expect that he would take his unmarried daughters with him. If Anna were his daughter, she would not be available in New York in 1820 to marry Artemas Howe.
There is some evidence that suggests that Anna is James's daughter. There is another marriage between a Howe (Elijah Howe) and this Parker family (old James's half sister Martha Parker). Later in 1860 one of Artemas and Anna Howe's daughters (Fanny Howe) is living in the same township in DeKalb Co., Illinois as some of James's children (Parley, Henry Nelson). I view this evidence as suggestive but not persuasive.
James Parker has 2 young daughters in the 1800 census. His son James was born about 1803. There is significant evidence that Lucy is one of the daughters. Who is the other one? Are there possibly three? On October 31, 1816 Hannah Parker married John Hill in Campbell Co., Kentucky, and the marriage record says that Hannah is the daughter of James Parker. Campbell Co. tax records indicate that there is another James Parker in Campbell Co. in 1816, but he is probably a son of Richard Parker who became 21 in 1812, when he was in the tax list for the first time. Thus he is too young to have a marriageable daughter in 1816. The tax records suggest that the older James Parker arrived in Campbell Co. about 1817, and Charles O. Parker says that he settled there in 1817. The marriage record suggests he was there by late 1816 and that Hannah was one of his daughters.
On June 14, 1816 Elizabeth Parker married Thomas Robinson in Campbell Co. and James Parker was the bondsman. Which James Parker? I think Elizabeth was probably a sister of the young James Parker (son of Richard), but it is possible that she is a third daughter of the older James Parker. If Lucy, Hannah, and Elizabeth were all daughters of James, one of them was born after 1800 and was rather young, (but not impossibly young) at the time of marriage.
DEATH:
A handwritten note in an obituary of his second wife Sarah Hobbs confirms 1834 as the year of his death. He died in Campbell Co., Kentucky.
1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings 1639-1915," Repository: http://www.familysearch.org.
2 Campbell County Marriages 1826-1835, Repository: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycampbe/marriagesindex.htm.
3
Stephen W. Worrel, Campbell County, Kentucky Marriages 1795-1850, 1992, pg 96. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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