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Elijah Parker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hertford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 10, 1856 (73-74)
Union, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Parker, 1 and Joanna Parker
Husband of Margaret "Peggy" Ann Parker
Father of Britton Britt Parker; Cullen Parker; Zachariah Parker; Sarah Smith; William Parker and 11 others

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About Elijah Parker

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8. Elijah Parker, born 1782, died April 10, 1856 in Union NC, married Margaret Ann Jenkins (1787-1835) in Hertford Co. about 1804. Elijah Parker moved to Anson County, NC, which later became Union County. In the 1850 Census Elijah is listed as a 68 year old cooper. They had twelve children, all born in Hertford Co: Britton (1805-1890), Cullen (1810-), Zachariah (1812-1870), Sarah (1815-1862), William (1817-1900), Elijah (1819-1898), Jerusha (1821-), Zinia (1823-1910), Martha Jane (1827-), Daniel (1829-), Nancy (1831-), Matthew (1833-). All were born in Hertford Co. NC.

1 Elijah Parker b: 1782 d: 10 Apr 1856

 + Margaret Ann (Peggy) Jenkins b: 1787 d: Abt 1835
   2 Jerusha (Rushia) Parker b: Abt 1821
     + Duncan Deas
   2 Zinia Parker b: 1823 d: Aft 1910
     + William Deas
   2 Daniel Parker b: 1829
   2 Nancy Parker b: 1831
   2 Matthew Parker b: 1833
   2 Martha Jane Parker b: 1827
     + Jackson Griffin
   2 Britton (Britt) Parker b: 27 Oct 1805 d: 4 Apr 1890
     + Sarah b: Abt 1810
       3 Miriam Parker b: Abt 1832
         + James Henry Copeland b: 20 Oct 1832
     + Mary Elliott b: 1810 d: 30 Apr 1870
   2 Cullen Parker b: 1810
     + Edna Mary Unknown b: 1829
   2 Zachariah Parker b: 1812 d: Aft 1870
     + Martha McQuiston d: Aft 1846
     + Martha Philemon b: 1816 d: Aft 1870
   2 Sarah Parker b: 12 Feb 1815 d: 27 Jan 1882
     + Levi Smith b: 16 Jan 1803 d: 1882
   2 William Parker b: 1817 d: Aft 1900
     + Mary F. B. Unknown b: 1817
   2 Elijah (Lige) Parker b: 7 Aug 1819 d: 4 Dec 1898
     + Nancy Rogers b: 18 Apr 1821 d: 6 Nov 1910
       3 Jerusha Rosanna Parker b: 18 Apr 1840
         + Louis C. Laney
       3 Gary Nelson Parker b: 16 Nov 1841 d: 24 May 1862
       3 Levi Guilford Parker b: 26 Apr 1843 d: 1926
         + Lavinia Elliott b: Abt 1843
       3 Cullen Parker b: 15 Jul 1844 d: 12 Sep 1931
         + Eleanor Amanda Nelson b: 30 Nov 1854 d: 4 Mar 1890
       3 James Elison Parker b: 13 Mar 1845 d: 12 May 1864
       3 Young Rogers Parker b: 7 Jan 1847 d: Abt 1930
         + Sarah Jane Snider
         + Nancy A. Helms
       3 Thomas Parker b: 4 Dec 1850 d: 6 Apr 1924
         + Phoebe Adeline Nelson b: Abt 1852 d: 1 Nov 1873
         + Margaret Terressa (Maggie) McNeely
       3 William Mosley Parker b: 4 Nov 1852
         + Martha Gardner b: Abt 1852
       3 Minerva A. Parker b: 1853
       3 Adolphus Leander Parker b: 22 Aug 1854 d: 16 Jul 1928
         + Margaret Angeline Laney b: 10 Sep 1840 d: 27 Jan 1928
       3 Emily Tetts Parker b: 24 Feb 1857 d: 14 Jan 1863
       3 Samuel Mcdaniel Parker b: 20 Dec 1858 d: 17 Mar 1938
         + Nancy Jane Broom b: Abt 1858
       3 Elizabeth (Bettie) Parker b: 5 Oct 1860 d: Abt 1940
         + A. W. Bass
       3 Malula Parker b: 1861
       3 Burton Parker b: 24 Sep 1862 d: 3 Jan 1931
         + Margaret Penegar
       3 Cornelia Augustus (Neeley) Parker b: 17 Oct 1864 d: 1940
         + Joseph Hinson

1. Elijah Parker (Peter Parker2, Thomas Parker1) was born 1782 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 10 Apr 1856 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. He married Margaret Ann (Peggy) Jenkins Abt 1804 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties. She was born 1787 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died Abt 1835 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.

 	 

Children of Elijah Parker and Margaret Ann (Peggy) Jenkins are:

 	2 	  i. 	Jerusha (Rushia) Parker was born Abt 1821 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653. She married Duncan Deas.
 	3 	  ii. 	Zinia Parker was born 1823 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653, and died Aft 1910. She married William Deas.
 	4 	  iii. 	Daniel Parker was born 1829 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.
 	5 	  iv. 	Nancy Parker was born 1831 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.
 	6 	  v. 	Matthew Parker was born 1833 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.
 	7 	  vi. 	Martha Jane Parker was born 1827 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties. She married Jackson Griffin 23 Dec 1852 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.

+ 8 vii. Britton (Britt) Parker was born 27 Oct 1805 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 4 Apr 1890.

 	9 	  viii. 	Cullen Parker was born 1810 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties. He married Edna Mary Unknown. She was born 1829 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.
 	10 	  ix. 	Zachariah Parker was born 1812 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died Aft 1870 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653. He married Martha McQuiston Abt 1835. She died Aft 1846. He married Martha Philemon 31 Aug 1848 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born 1816 in Tennessee Statehood 1796, Annexed 1776, Became Washington County, Va. 1777, and died Aft 1870 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.
 	11 	  x. 	Sarah Parker was born 12 Feb 1815 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 27 Jan 1882 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653. She married Levi Smith 24 Aug 1833 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. He was born 16 Jan 1803 in Calarrus County, North Carolina, and died 1882 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.
 	12 	  xi. 	William Parker was born 1817 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died Aft 1900. He married Mary F. B. Unknown. She was born 1817 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653.

+ 13 xii. Elijah (Lige) Parker was born 7 Aug 1819 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 4 Dec 1898 in Monroe, North Carolina.

Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

8. Britton (Britt) Parker (Elijah Parker3, Peter Parker2, Thomas Parker1) was born 27 Oct 1805 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 4 Apr 1890. He married Sarah. She was born Abt 1810. He married Mary Elliott. She was born 1810 in South Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, and died 30 Apr 1870.

Child of Britton (Britt) Parker and Sarah is:

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13. Elijah (Lige) Parker (Elijah Parker3, Peter Parker2, Thomas Parker1) was born 7 Aug 1819 in Hertford County, North Carolina Formed 1759 From Bertie, Chowan And Northampton Counties, and died 4 Dec 1898 in Monroe, North Carolina. He was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina. He married Nancy Rogers 1839, daughter of Joseph Rogers and Nancy Myers. She was born 18 Apr 1821, and died 6 Nov 1910. She was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina.

 	14 	  i. 	Miriam Parker was born Abt 1832. She married James Henry Copeland 25 Dec 1856, son of David Copeland and Priscilla Browne. He was born 20 Oct 1832 in Northampton County, North Carolina Formed 1741 From Bertie County.

 	 

Children of Elijah (Lige) Parker and Nancy Rogers are:

 	15 	  i. 	Jerusha Rosanna Parker was born 18 Apr 1840. She married Louis C. Laney.
 	16 	  ii. 	Gary Nelson Parker was born 16 Nov 1841, and died 24 May 1862 in American Civil War 1861-1865.
 	17 	  iii. 	Levi Guilford Parker was born 26 Apr 1843, and died 1926 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas. He married Lavinia Elliott in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born Abt 1843.
 	18 	  iv. 	Cullen Parker was born 15 Jul 1844, and died 12 Sep 1931 in Groveland, Georgia. He married Eleanor Amanda Nelson 2 Nov 1870 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born 30 Nov 1854 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties, and died 4 Mar 1890.
 	19 	  v. 	James Elison Parker was born 13 Mar 1845, and died 12 May 1864 in American Civil War 1861-1865.
 	20 	  vi. 	Young Rogers Parker was born 7 Jan 1847 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties, and died Abt 1930 in Anson County, North Carolina Formed 1750 From Bladen County. He married Sarah Jane Snider 25 Oct 1868 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. He married Nancy A. Helms Aft 1886.
 	21 	  vii. 	Thomas Parker was born 4 Dec 1850 in North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina, First settlement by Roger Green 1653, and died 6 Apr 1924. He married Phoebe Adeline Nelson 29 Sep 1869 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born Abt 1852 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties, and died 1 Nov 1873. He married Margaret Terressa (Maggie) McNeely 21 Jan 1871 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.
 	22 	  viii. 	William Mosley Parker was born 4 Nov 1852. He married Martha Gardner 11 Feb 1875 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born Abt 1852.
 	23 	  ix. 	Minerva A. Parker was born 1853.
 	24 	  x. 	Adolphus Leander Parker was born 22 Aug 1854, and died 16 Jul 1928 in Buford Twp. Union Co., NC. He married Margaret Angeline Laney. She was born 10 Sep 1840 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties, and died 27 Jan 1928 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.
 	25 	  xi. 	Emily Tetts Parker was born 24 Feb 1857, and died 14 Jan 1863.
 	26 	  xii. 	Samuel Mcdaniel Parker was born 20 Dec 1858, and died 17 Mar 1938. He married Nancy Jane Broom 5 Sep 1891 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She was born Abt 1858.
 	27 	  xiii. 	Elizabeth (Bettie) Parker was born 5 Oct 1860, and died Abt 1940 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She married A. W. Bass 20 Sep 1899 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.
 	28 	  xiv. 	Malula Parker was born 1861.
 	29 	  xv. 	Burton Parker was born 24 Sep 1862 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties, and died 3 Jan 1931 in Nashville, Howard County, Arkansas. He married Margaret Penegar 4 Sep 1884 in Monroe, North Carolina.
 	30 	  xvi. 	Cornelia Augustus (Neeley) Parker was born 17 Oct 1864, and died 1940 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties. She married Joseph Hinson 5 Feb 1884 in Union County, North Carolina Formed 1842 From Anson And Mecklenburg Counties.

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Elijah Parker's Timeline

1782
1782
Hertford, North Carolina, United States
1796
1796
North Carolina, United States
1804
1804
Hertford, North Carolina, United States
1805
October 27, 1805
Hertford, North Carolina, United States
1810
1810
HERTFORD CO, NC USA
1810
1812
1812
Hertford County, Hertford, Hertford, North Carolina, United States
1815
February 12, 1815
HERTFORD CO, NC USA
1819
August 7, 1819
Hertford, North Carolina, United States