Household 1 - George Parker - Contributed by Gail M. Walczyk
HH 1
A76
George
Parker was born in this District, on a plantation called Poplar Grove
(Whitelaw,
952). George Parker's land in Precinct
9 is named Kendall Grove (Whitelaw, p. 310).
George Parker
was born 10
May 1761 (Parker Bible) in Chesconessex, Accomack County, VA (Whitelaw,
p. 952).
He died before 14 August 1826 (Scott Wills, p. 149). He was the
son was the
son of George Parker and Adah Bagwell (Nottingham Wills, p. 350).
He was married
to Margaret Eyre on 12 Oct 1786 in Northampton County, VA (Mihalyka Marriages,
p. 82). She was the daughter of Severn Eyre and Margaret L. Taylor (Eyre
Bible).
The record states: George Parker to Margaret Eyre; 12 October 1786;
George of Accomack
Co.; daughter of Severn Eyre Esquire, deceased; ward of Littleton Eyre
consent; Thomas
Littleton Savage security. She born 3 December 1765 in Northampton
County, VA (Eyre
Bible).
Whitelaw, p. 952:
N51
Some time after their
marriage
they moved to Northampton County. They resided at "Kendall Grove" where
they both
died. This last one [George Parker] moved to Northampton, married
Margaret Eyre and
died.... George Parker moved to Northampton about 1790.
On 15
February 1796
in Accomack Co., VA, the boundaries of the lands of Richard Parker and
George Parker
were processioned in Saint
George Parish District 13 in Accomack Co. (Walczyk Processions,
p.11).
The record reads in part:
Thirteenth District -
Feby 15th 1796 - Lines
between George Parker & Richard Parker... Jno Wise, Richard Parker,
Mickel Bonewell,
John West, William Myster Junr, Johannis Wise, Tully Wise & Geo.
Poulson present.
On
12 February 1796 the boundaries of the lands of George Parker were
processioned in Precinct
9 in Northampton County. The text reads:
12th: February 1796
processioned
the Lands of George Parker beginning at the head of the Branch between
Parker & Purnals
Heirs at a Pine and runing to the County road & then down to the
deep Branch as the
road runs to the White Oak down the Hill the branch is the line down to
the Lands
of Samuel Brown, then going the line between Brown & Parker to the
Corner White Oak
& thence up to the Corner Pine between Parker, Purnal & Brown
& from thence to the
Head of the Gully near Parkers old Buildings, and then going the line
between
Brown and said Purnals Heirs down to the Mill: George Parker present
Michael Savage,
Major Pettit in the fore noon and George Fulwell in the afternoon, few -
few attended
it being very rainy on that Day.
Sources:
_____. Eyre family Bible record, 1760-1855; Archives and
Manuscripts Room; Manuscripts; 31980 MBRC 26; Library of Virginia.
_____.
Parker family Bible record, 1701-1822, (George Parker Bible Entries)
Archives and Manuscripts Room; Manuscripts; 35020 MBRC 36, Library of
Virginia.
Belote, Tammy. Northampton County Processioners
Returns 1796-1828. Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 2007.
Mihalyka,
Jean M. Marriages Northampton County, Virginia 1660/1-1854. Bowie
MD: Heritage Books Inc., 1990.
Scott, Dr. David R. Abstracts
of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia
1800-1854. Camden Maine: Picton Press, 2008.
Walczyk, Gail M.
Accomack County Processioners Returns 1796 -1816 For Accomack and
St. George's Parishes, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 2004).
Whitelaw,
Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and
Accomack Counties. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith.
© Copyright 2011-2012 by Gail M. Walczyk