James Parker, of Browsholme

James Parker

• Birth: 1590 - Yorkshire, England
• Death: 1672 - Cornwall, England
• Wife: Katherine Buller

From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol 5, p 442:

The following extract from an old common-place book now at Browsholme [pronounced Broosem] the old home of the Parker family in Yorkshire, may interest some of that name.

Married Katherine BULLER on 31 Dec 1616 St. Stephens, Saltash, St Germans, Cornwall (J.L. Vivan, editor, Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573, & 1620, with additions by Lt-Col. J.L. Vivian (Exeter: Wm Pollard & Co., 1887). Hereinafter cited as Vis CON.). Tree in Maclean says he was age 30 in 1620, of Blisland and Trengoff, and bur 1672. Buried in 1672. Died in 1672 Warleggan, Liskeard, Cornwall

Septemb'r ye 1st, 1673, Will Parker, Arch Deacon of Cornwall & Justice of Peace of ye same County, was second brother of Tho: Parker of Browsholme, Esq'r, who went from Browsh: into Cornwell about ye yeare 1580, whoe he married it is not knowne, but her Christen name was Joane, and was a mighty thrifty provident woman, and ye said Will: had two sonnes, James and Will:, and his house is called Traugoe in ye parish of Wartegin, in Cornwall, about 16 miles of Launston, ye size towne of ye said county:

James and Katteren (Bullar) Parker

James, his eldest sonne, was married to Katterren, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Buller, of Shillingham, in ye said county, hear porcon was £2500, ye s'd Buller beinge a man of £7000 p. annum; Will ye younger brother, Parson of Stoacke in Cornwall, ye parsonage beinge worth £300 p. an., and who was never married.

James had by ye said Katterren Buller 21 children, viz:

• Katterren, ye eldest, died younge.
• Allice, ye 2d, married Mr. [George] Smith, a Lawyer of Linneowe in S'nt Niot p'ish, had issue 2 daughters.
• Will: Parker, ye 3d child, was married to Major Syks daughter, and had in porcon £2500, and had issue 15 children, viz: Will., Robt., the rest are daughters, and is yet a child bearing woman, ye said Will: doth live in Trefrite in St. Maybias parrish in ye said county, being 7 miles from Treugoe, his father's home; there hath been suets betwixt his father and him which hath empared the estate.
• Katterren, ye 4th child of ye above James, died about 7 yeares of age.
• Robt., ye 5th child, was a prentice in London, and died within halfe a years yt he came from his prenteship.
• James, ye 6th child, Captain of a foote Company, died about 35 years of age.
• Cordelia, ye 7th child, was married to Mr. Father, parson of Stoacks in Cornwall, and had issue 3 children.
• Anthony, ye 8 child, died young.
• Rich'd, ye 9th, Dr. of Phyzicke, went into Virginy, married a Londoner & had issue 6 children. Liveth upon S'nt James River in ye uplands of Virginy & hath been High Sherife of ye s'd County.
• Mary, ye 10th, married Mr. Lower, of Biefindte in ye parrish of Warlegin in s'd County.
• Francis, ye 11th, was prentice in London to Mr. Threvenhir, a Lininge Draper in Cheapside; served about four years of his time & then went into Portingall. Soe came back and is at present a Corporal to Colonel Sulker in ye Duke of York's Regiment of foote and is Clarke of ye said Company; afterwards slayne in ye Engagement betwixt ye Dutch and us, haveinge both his legs shott of upon w'ch he imediately died.
• Jane, ye 12, a maid, and lives w'th her father at Traugoe.
• George, ye 13, prentice to a wollings draper at Hunginton 12 myles of Exeter; went from there into Virginy.
• Eliz., ye 14, died about 14 years of age.
• Jo., ye 15, Master of Arts of Oxf'd and Minister of Milo in Cornwall; married ye widdow of Justice Trevenhir and had issue by her one sone.
• Joan, ye 16, married Mr. Nicolls, Minister of Larrick in Cornwall; had issue 2 daug.

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• The 17, still borne.
• The 18 &
• 19, died unchristened.
• Rowland, ye 20th, is a Corporall in Prince Ruperd's Regiment of Dragoones; Sir Jo. Talbot is Lieutenant Colonell, Jame Walker his Captin, now quartered at Hull, who gave this Information at Browsholme, 1673, Sep. ye 1st.
• Katteren, ye 21st, married to one Mr. Bray, a Shopkeeper in London at ye Signe of ye Cap in hande at ye back syde of S'nt Clemans, and hath issue one daughter. Since removed to ye Maypole in ye Strand.