Richard Parker, of Henrico

Richard Parker, of Henrico

• Gender: Male
• Birth: between circa 1655 and circa 1660 of Henrico or, Charles City County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
• Death: February 27, 1726 (62-75) Henrico County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
• Son of Dr. Richard Parker and Elizabeth (Bailey) Parker
• Husband of Elizabeth (Ballard) Parker and Mechell “Mirtha” (Harris) Parker
• Father of Elizabeth (Parker) Adkins; Ann (Parker) Daniel; Mary (Parker) Jinkins and Richard Parker, of Cumberland

Supporting Data

Children of Dr Richard Parker and probably his 1st wife Elizabeth Bailey:

Royal Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, 1st Edition, Vol II, page 340. Mary ____, widow of Nicholas Perkins, married Richard Parker, 5 Sept 1656.

1. Richard Parker ca 1659/60 [OR before 1656] 1726/7 Henrico Co VA planter married

1. Elizabeth ?Ballard d 7 Jan 1716/7 [prob. dau of John Ballard]
2. Mitha [Mirtha, Mirha, Martha] named in his will

His children

• a. Ann Parker married James Daniel [inv 21 May 1734 Goochland]
• b. Elizabeth Parker married Wm Atkinson at St John Parish
• c. Mary Parker married Lewis Jenkins of St James Parish Henrico Co VA
• d. Richard Parker ca 1700 1782 Halifax Co VA married Judith ?Watson dau of Benj. married 2nd Myra ? no issue

notes

From https://adkinsmetcalffamily.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/mitha-1660-1754/

"I believe that mitha is probably mis-translation of Mirha dr. Parker's 2nd wife. His first wife I decided from the following. Colonial Wills of Henrico County 1654-1737 by Benjamin Wiesinger 'John Ballard to Richard Parker my estate after debts are paid. To Goddaughter Sarah Perkin's d/o Nicholas, a cow-calf. To Goddaughter, jane Whitley, d/o william Whitley, a cow-calf. richard Parker sale executer Wit. James Morris, Roberet Sharp, Wm. Pierce. Recorded Feb. 1, 1691 I can think of no other reason for John Ballard to leave estate to Richard Parker. If anyone can find a better reason etc let me know."

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• http://sallysfamilyplace.com/dr-richard-parker-mary-perkins/

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From http://virginiaclays.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I10...

• Birth Abt 1660 Charles City,Charles City,Virginia,USA [6]
• Sex Male
• Died 26 Mar 1725 Henrico Co. VA [7]
• Person ID I1009 Default Tree
• Last Modified 16 Oct 2007

Married Bef 1690 Henrico Co. VA Last Modified 07 Aug 2007 Group Sheet F3386 Default Tree

Family 2 Mitha 'Martha', b. Abt 1670, Surry,England Married Bef 1690 Henrico Co. VA [8]

Children

• 1. Elizabeth Parker, b. Abt 1695, Charles City,Charles City,Virginia,USA

Last Modified 16 Oct 2007 Group Sheet F10835 Default Tree

Notes

Lived on the James River at the head of Four Mile Creek in Henrico Parrish. Richard is believed to have descended from the Parker family of Brownshome/Shillingham, Yorkshire, England. Richard Parker's Will mentions wife Mitha (or Witha) (on the deeds giving property to his daughters his wife signed Elizabeth); daughter Ann, now wife of James Daniel; daughter Elizabeth, now wife of William Atkinson; daughter Mary now wife of Lewis Jinkins; and son Richard the executor. Thomas Owen and Robert Woodson, Jr. were witnesses. It was dated 27 Feb. 1726 and recorded 6 March 1726. Henry Pew, whose will was recorded in 3rd March 1711, mentioned grandson Joseph Adkins and was witnessed by John Adkins. I found in the Henrico Deed Books the Henry was 45 in 1679 and John was 17 in 1678. Henry Pew also mentioned a grand son Abraham Childers, Jr. In 1686 an Abe Childers (probably the senior Abraham) was 30 years of age. Also along these lines, Richard Parker "for love and affection" gave a cow calf to John Cannon and Esther his wife on April 1, 1689. This John Cannon was 43 in 1686 and his wife Esther was 22.

According to COLONIAL WILLS OF HENRICO CO. VA PART 1 1654-1737 pg 115 Richard Parker the first was married to a Mary or a Mitha. Their son Richard married a Judith in 1721. The first Richard died in March, 1726. He is also found him in Surry Co. VA records. His daughter Elizabeth married William Atkinson in 1716.

This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/hagerj/21/data/146878

Sources

• 1. [S36] BILL LONGMIRE, Bill Longmire, (longmire@parsifal.nando.net; 1996 ABBR BILL LONGMIRE ABBR BILL LONGMIRE)
• 2. [S30] H4355.ged
• 3. [S34] Michael Hager.FTW
• 4. [S37] Donahoe.FTW
• 5. [S31] 71308.FBK
• 6. [S31] 71308.FBK
• 7. [S31] 71308.FBK
• 8. [S31] 71308.FBK

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From Virginia Historical Magazine, "Virginia Gleanings in England" -- commentary on James Fowler's will, pertaining to Richard Parker and family

The testator had evidently bought lands in Nansemond, as his name does not appear in the land grants. Daniel Sullivan was clerk of Nansemond in 1702, &c., and Burgess for the county in that year. He owned the land on which Suffolk was afterwards built. The fifty acres on which the town was laid out belonged, in part, to Jethro Sumner in right of his wife Margaret, one of the two sisters and co-heirs of Daniel Sullivan, Jr., deceased, who was only son and heir of Daniel Sullivan, also of Nansemond, deceased. (Hening, V, 242, 243)
"Mr. Richard Parker" patented 400 acres on the south branch of Nansemond River, October 5, 1654; 300 acres on the north side of James River in Henrico county, at the head of Four Mile Creek, October 28, [669; 314 acres in Surry county on Blackwater Swamp, December 20, 1670 (due to him in part for coming twice to Virginia); 1oo acres in Nansernond at Hood's Neck, February 24, 1675-6. On April 23, 1681, Thomas, Richard and Francis Parker, the three sons of Richard Parker, deceased, were granted 1,420 acres on the south branch of Nansemond River, at Parker's Creek, &c., left them by their father's will. At the end of the century these three sons were living in Nansemond county. See this Magazine, V, 444, 445. Some members of this family of Parker appear to have lived in Surry county. There is in Sussex county a deed reciting that Thomas Jarrell, of Isle of Wight county, by his will dated April 20, 1742, bequeathed a negro woman to Thomas Parker, son of Richard Parker and Sarah, his wife, who was daughter of said Jerrell, and said Richard Parker, by his will dated January 20, 1750, and recorded in Surry, bequeathed the negro to his daughter Martha Parker.
It seems certain that Richard Parker, the patentee of 1654, was a son of James Parker of Trangoe, Cornwall, who was descended from the ancient family of Parker of Browsholme. An account of this Cornish branch of the family was published in this Magazine, V, 442-443, and soon afterwards a descendant of the Nansemond Parkers wrote as follows:
I am the son of Dr. Richard Henry Parker, died in Portsmouth, Va., 1855, who was the son of Willis Parker of South Quay, Nansemond or Isle of Wight county, who was magistrate of Nansemond in 18oo and whose wife was a Miss Harrison, daughter of a Col. Henry Harrison of Surry or Isle of Wight, who was a relative in some degree of the ancestors of W. H. Harrison, who was President. Willis was the son of a Richard Parker who was the son of another Richard Parker and the same from father to son back to the Dr. Richard Parker who came from England.
Family tradition, as related by my mother and other older members of the family, was that our first Virginia ancestor was a Dr. Richard Parker, one of a very large family and whose wife was from London and that other members of same family also came to Virginia. There were three sons and three daughters. Some of the latter, or may be two of them, died. The sons were Thomas, Francis and Richard. This tradition is so well corroborated by the article of Maj. John Parker of Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire, published Vol, V, No. 4, of the Magazine, that I am inclined to accept it as proof of the ancestry of this branch of the Parkers.
The family tradition from my mother and aunt is to the effect that from the emigrant Dr. Richard Parker to my brother's son, Richard, that with the one exception of my grandfather, Willis, that it would be either nine generations of Richards from father to son or nine Richards with one instance of another name.
I do not think that Willis could have been old enough to have served in the Revolution, but his father, Richard, may have been. I figure him out as born about 1730 or 1735 and I will thank you to try and find record of this Richard or of the great-grandfather, Henry Harrison. I believe, from what I remember of tradition, that it is possible that this Richard, father of Willis, may have served in the Revolution and in the North Carolina troops.

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also: From Rootsweb:

Lived on the James River at the head of Four Mile Creek in Henrico Parrish. Richard is believed to have descended from the Parker family of Brownshome/shillingham, Yorkshire, England. Richard Parker's Will mentions wife Mitha (or Witha) (on the deeds giving property to his daughters his wife signed Elizabeth); daughter Ann, now wife of James Daniel; daughter Elizabeth, now wife of William Atkinson; daughter Mary now wife of Lewis Jinkins; and son Richard the executor. Thomas Owen and Robert Woodson, Jr. were witnesses. It was dated 27 Feb. 1726 and recorded 6 March 1726. Henry Pew, whose will was recorded in 3rd March 1711, mentioned grandson Joseph Adkins and was witnessed by John Adkins. I found in the Henrico Deed Books the Henry was 45 in 1679 and John was 17 in 1678. Henry Pew also mentioned a grandson Abraham Childers, Jr. In 1686 an Abe Childers (probably the senior Abraham) was 30 years of age. Also along these lines, Richard Parker "for love and affection" gave a cow calf to John Cannon and Esther his wife on April 1, 1689. This John Cannon was 43 in 1686 and his wife Esther was 22. According to COLONIAL WILLS OF HENRICO CO. VA PART 1 1654-1737 page 115 Richard Parker the first was married to a Mary or a Mitha. Their son Richard married a Judith in 1721. The first Richard died in March, 1726. He is also found him in Surry Co. VA records. His daughter Elizabeth married William Atkinson in 1716.

Discussion

Then Alex Luken, the Kentucky researcher, found these:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6598/BostickOnline25_36.htm

"In June court 1741, a suit was settled and recorded in Order Book 4, page 546. The suit is reported in part as follows:

A suit in Chancery Court, Goochland County between Harris Wilson and John Wilson by Richard Parker, their next friend, plaintiff, and William Bostick and Micah his wife, John Bostick, Wm. Floyd and Wm. Burgamy, defendants. The sheriff having returned the subpoenas executed on John Bostick, and he failing to appear, ordered a judgement be issued against John Bostick, Wm. Bostick and wife Micah, Wm. Floyd and Wm. Burgamy."

"Now, for the Jun 1741 Chancery Court suit brought by Richard Parker on behalf of John and Harris Wilson against William Bostick [Jr.], Micha, John Bostick, William Floyd and William Burgany. I believe that further research will provide evidence that this law suit grew out of a dispute over the estate of John Wilson and Harris Wilson's father [Richard Wilson]. More specifically, I believe this dispute was over the rightful ownership of a 350 acre tract original granted to Peter Burgany, which he then sold all or part to Richard Wilson, and for which Peter Burgany held the mortgage bond. Refer to the LWT of Richard Wilson dated 11Jan1734/5 in which he makes reference to his wife "Mikey" and a tract of land to his sons (when they come of age), mortgage bond held be Peter Burgany. I believe Richard Wilson's wife to have been Michall Floyd, a daughter of Michall Harris and Edward Floyd. Note that about 45 days later on 26Feb1734/5 Peter Burgany wrote his Will in which he bequeathed two tracts of land: 200 acres "to my brother, William Floyd", and another of unknown size to my brother [name unreadble]. I believe that the beneficiary, William Floyd, was Peter Burgany's half-brother, and Michall Floyd Wilson's full-blood brother. I further believe the second tract bequeathed to another unknown 'brother' was the 150 acre remainder of the 350 acres granted to Peter Burgany, and that the unknown brother was actually Peter's brother-in-law, Richard Wilson, who had married Peter Burgany's half-sister, Michall Floyd. Finally, it is my belief that the complainants: John Wilson and Harris Wilson were the children of Richard Wilson and Michall Floyd.”

Sources

• Title: Robert and Julie Atteberry, Paper in re Bosticks Floyds Burganys etc 12 pp 2013 Repository: Media: Book

Links

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevensp...
• http://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I396&tree=reynolds1

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Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170280970/richard-parker

GEDCOM Note

May or may not be a descendant of this branch:
The Parker Family of Browsholme

The Parkers of Browsholme are descended from Peter de Alcancotes, who held the Manor of Alkincoats in Colne, Lancashire, in the mid-13th Century when they gained the title of 'park-keepers' (or 'parkers') to John of Gaunt in the Hodder Valley. They kept Radholme Laund in the Forest of Bowland
Browsholme Hall, (pronounced 'Brewsom'), the historic house dating back to an earlier house before 1507, is the ancestral home of the Parker Family, Bowbearers of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, who have lived there since the present house was built in the early 16th century. Browsholme is located in the Forest of Bowland about 4 miles northwest of Clitheroe in Lancashire, though before 1975 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The original house was built by Edmund Parker who obtained a new lease from the crown in 1507. Thomas Parker, Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland, purchased the freehold of Browsholme from the Crown in 1603 and proceeded to embellish the house. Through intermarriage, the Parkers joined other powerful families in Cheshire, Lancashire and Westmorland. John Parker (1755-1797) was one of the two MPs for Clitheroe. Thomas Lister Parker (1779-1858), became a patron to the great English landscape painter, William Turner in 1798.
In 1957 Colonel Robert Parker opened Browsholme Hall to the public. The branch of the Parkers now living at Browsholme is most remarkable for having produced distinguished judges in three successive generations. The present day owners, Robert and Amanda Parker still live at Browsholme.
Branches of the Parkers are scattered throughout England, in America and Australia.