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Nathaniel PARKER[1]
1729 - 1790 (61 years)-
Name Nathaniel PARKER [2] Birth 1729 Maryland, British Colonial America 
[2] Gender Male FamilySearch ID LZGD-6LJ Name Nathaniel PARKER [3] Death 1790 Virginia [4] Residence 30 Sep 1790 Sumner, North Carolina [3] _UID 5F7FFD1113264B8784B70D97C1438893F519 Person ID I3097 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 5 Dec 2024
Father John PARKER, b. 1700, Massachusetts d. Abt Oct 1760, Hampshire County, Virginia (Age 60 years) Mother Elizabeth, (Taliaferro), b. 1705, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1787, Hampshire, Virginia (Age 82 years) Marriage Aft 1735 Virginia, British Colonial America [5] Family ID F1125 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ann Marie CLAYTON, b. 1 Jan 1726, Glouchester County, Virginia d. Jan 1790, Hampshire County, Virginia (Age 64 years) Marriage Abt 1744 Culpepper County, Virginia Children 1. Daniel PARKER, b. 12 Mar 1750, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America d. Bef 6 Apr 1818, Dickson County, Tennessee (Age 68 years)2. Richard PARKER, b. 1757 d. Yes, date unknown 3. John "Elder" PARKER, b. 15 Sep 1758, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America d. 19 May 1836, Fort Parker, Limestone, Texas (Age 77 years)4. Susannah PARKER, b. 9 Aug 1762 d. 1816, Estill, Kentucky (Age 53 years)5. Nathaniel PARKER, Jr., b. 1763 d. Yes, date unknown 6. Aaron PARKER, b. 1770, Baltimore (now Carroll) County, Maryland Province, British Colonial America d. 1833, Copia, Mississippi (Age 63 years)Family ID F1120 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jan 2023
Marriage 24 Dec 1791 , Sumner, Tennessee Family ID F1476 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Biography
Per WikiTree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Parker-21041
MYTHS BUSTED
Myth #01 - This Nathaniel Parker is not the Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 commonly stated to have been born in 1730 and died in 1803 Sumner Co., TN. See 'Note on conflict between two different Nathaniel Parkers' below.
Myth #02 - Most Ancestry trees suggest the grandfather of the Elder John Parker was a John Parker born 1680 Essex Co., VA and died in 1760 Hampshire Co., VA. This is a merging of two different John Parkers unrelated by yDNA to the Elder John Parker:
01- John Parker 1700-1760, father of Nathaniel Parker1724-1811 belongs to Parker yDNA FamilyGroup #18 as proved by descendants of three of his sons (Robert, Nathaniel & Aaron) who've taken yDNA tests and they each came back to Parker yDNA FamilyGroup #18.
02- John Parker born 1680-1712 who died in Essex Co., VA and whose widow Martha (Tandy) Parker was the 1712 Executrix of his Essex Co. VA estate. This John Parker belongs to Parker yDNA FamilyGroup #15, and his descendants link to the John Parker 1759-1825 who married Rhoda Renfro and his brother Thomas Parker 1760-1810 who married Juda Renfro. These two brothers both died in Sumner Co., Tn. John in 1825 and Thomas in 1810.
yDNA
This profile is part of the Parker Name Study.
The Nathaniel Parker in this profile belongs to Parker yDNA Family Group #05.
Click here for more information on the Parker Name Study and its categories.
Historical Records
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND
Per the Elder John Parker's 1833 Revolutionary War pension application filed in Coles County, IL. He "was born September 6th in the year 1758, Baltimore County, State of Maryland & that the only record of his age now in existence is taken from his father's family Bible."
CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The Elder John Parker moved to the Culpeper County, Virginia area before 1777 as that is when he entered Revolutionary War service (SAR/DAR #A087621) But between 1782 and 1787 only one 'Parker' is listed in the Culpeper Co., VA Personal Property tax lists and that was Richard Parker 1723-1799 of Parker yDNA FamilyGroup #18, son of John Parker 1700-1760 who died in 1760 Hampshire Co., VA. This suggests the Elder John Parker, who was roughly 19 at the time of his enlistment was laboring for a landowner, not a landowner himself. No records are found for his parents/siblings in Culpeper Co. VA.
Per the Elder John Parker's revolutionary war pension application, he lived in Georgia for a total of 17 years, which means he left Culpeper Co. VA. abt. 1786.
Within the Culpeper Co., VA probate records during this period there are NO RECORDS for a Nathaniel Parker being deceased.
ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA
After the war, John and Sarah moved to Elbert County, Georgia. Here John was made an Elder in the Primitive Baptist Church and in 1803 received permission from the governor of Georgia to leave Elbert County to visit the "Natchez Indian Territory."
In Elbert County, Georgia only the Elder John Parker and his brothers appear in the court / land records. No records are found for his parents.
Biography
The earliest query linking a Nathaniel Parker to an Ann Clayton is this 1919 post in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, [1] page 575 where it states:
6249. Whiting - I note your query regarding James and William Whiting. I have the D.A.R. record of John Parker. He is a son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife, Ann Clayton, but I have not the date. She is supposed to be a dau of John Clayton and Elizabeth Whiting. John Clayton was b in Eng., 1685, and d in Gloucester Co., Va. 1773. He was an eminent botanist and had a botanical garden on his estate, which he called "Windsor". He m. Elizabeth Whiting, 1723, and had several sons and daus. - Mrs. P. S. Tilson, 1516 McGowan, Houston, Tex
Note the above query says "supposed to be". Supposition are theories, not fact. Given how common Ann is as a given name, it may have been an Ann Clayton of Baltimore Co., MD and someone was trying to link her as the daughter of a famous biologist.
The earliest document record of a Nathaniel Parker being the father of Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee and the Elder John Parker is from page 16 of the 1934 book The History of the Daughhetee's. It's unknown whether the above referenced confusion of the Nathaniel Parker of Sumner Co. TN. as the father was already occurring. If so, then Nathaniel Parker as the father may be a red herring and the early Baltimore County, MD. records need to be searched for the parents of the Elder John Parker, Daniel Parker, Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee, Arron Parker.....
Per the Elder John Parker's 1833 Coles Co., IL Revolutionary War pension application he was born 6 Sept 1758 in Baltimore Co., MD., so his mother and father were residing in Baltimore Co., MD as of 1758. By 1777 the family of the Elder John Parker was residing in Culpeper Co., VA. when he served his first 12 months in his revolutionary war militia unit, and another 12 month tour in 1779. The Elder John Parker's eldest son Daniel Parker was born 5 Apr. 1781 in Culpeper Co., VA. per a biography referenced below. Culpeper Co., VA. (#5 on 1751 map) is roughly 125 miles from Patterson Creek, Ft. Ashby, Hampshire Co., VA. (#6 on 1751 map) where the Nathaniel Parker and his father John Parker of Parker yDNA FG#18 were concurrently living. Roughly three days of traveling by a horse each way.
Per the old University of Tennessee yDNA website for Parker yDNA Family Group #5 the oldest known ancestor was Elisha Parker born 1630 England, died 1717 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, N.J. (#1 on 1751 map) Then in the next county south is a Thomas Parker born 1737 Freehold, Monmouth Co., N.J. and died in 1832 Freehold, Monmouth Co., N.J. There's also George Parker who died in Worcestor (now Wicomico) Co., MD (#2 on 1751 map) in 1770 in southeast Maryland. The distance from Middlesex Co., N.J. to Worcestor Co., MD. may mean that these were two separate points of emigration for Parker yDNA FG#5 into the colonies. Given the proximity of Middlesex Co., N.J. (#1 on map) to Philadelphia, PA (#3 on 1751 map) and the Great Wagon Road west to Baltimore Co., MD.(#4 on 1751 map), the Middlesex Co., N.J. Parker's may be the origin point to the colonies for the Elder John Parker and his siblings ancestors.
Per the Elder John Parker's pension application, he resided in Culpeper Co., VA. (#5 on 1751 map) as of the time he entered Revolutionary War service. The Elder John Parker's son Daniel Parker, Daniel was born in 1781 Culpeper Co., VA, migrated with his parents to Elbert Co. GA. in 1785. then to Franklin Co., Georgia where Daniel Parker was baptized, then in June 1803 started the trek to Turnbull Creek, Dickson Co., TN. The Elder John Parker's brother Daniel Parker also migrated from Georgia to Dickson Co. TN and was the first preacher at the Turnbull Primitive Baptist Church in 1806.
Birth
It's unproven if the Elder John Parker's father Nathaniel Parker was ever in Hampshire County, VA. (#6 on 1751 map).
The 1730 and 1803 dates found in most family trees for the Elder John Parker's father Nathaniel Parker were taken from Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 Book 'Historic Sumner County, TN. but those dates apply to Nathaniel Parker (1724-1811) commonly stated to have been born 1730 and died 1803 in Cisco's book of Parker yDNA Family Group #18 who was previously merged with the Nathaniel Parker who may have married Ann Clayton as stated in this profile.
If the 1934 'The Daughhetee Family of Estill County, Kentucky' is correct in that Susannah (Parker) Daughhetee's father was a Nathaniel Parker, and if the Elder John Parker's father migrated to Baltimore County, MD. from the Middlesex County, N.J. area, then research should focus there. See Parker Heritage discussion.
Marriage
There is a 1919 Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 53, R.R. Bowker Company, page 575 query for a John Parker as the son of Nathaniel Parker and his wife, Ann Clayton, but it does not say he is the Elder John Parker. This query says she's supposed to be a daughter of John Clayton and Elizabeth Whiting of Gloucester Co., VA. John Clayton was born in England, 1685, and died in Gloucester Co., Va. 1773. He was an eminent botanist and had a botanical garden on his estate, which he called "Windsor". He married Elizabeth Whiting, 1723, and had several sons and daughters.
A 1924 DAR Lineages book on page 104 shows Nathaniel Parker and Ann Clayton were the parents of the John Parker born 17 Dec 1755 & died after 1801 of King & Queen County, VA. That John Parker had been listed by the DAR as the son of the Nathaniel Parker who migrated from Hampshire Co. VA. to Sumner Co. TN.., but that has been disproved, and the DAR states he is not this mans son. The Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 of Sumner County, TN's son John Parker 1765-1832 has been proved (2 sources) to have migrated to Shelby County, KY where he died in 1831.
Generally daughters married in the county that their parents lived in, so if that holds, then their daughter Ann Clayton married in Gloucester Co., VA. Gloucester Co. , VA is roughly 170 miles away from Baltimore Co. MD. where the Elder John Parker per his 1833 Coles County, IL. Revolutionary War pension application was born. This raises the question of whether two different Ann Claytons have been merged over time. One in Baltimore County, MD. and the other in Gloucester Co., VA.
Children
Using Wikipedia's female fertility chart and Ann Clayton's estimated birth year of 1726, then she would have been able to bear children between 1744 and 1771. Any child associated with her after 1771 is statistically unlikely to be a child of Ann Clayton.
Children currently assigned to this Nathaniel Parker are:
01 Daniel Parker born 15 Mar 1750 (Baltimore Co., MD. ??); died bef. 6 Apr 1818 Dickson Co., TN.
02 Elder John Parker born 6 Sep 1758 Baltimore County, MD. per his 22 Oct 1833 Coles County, IL Revolutionary War Pension application. Died 6 Sep 1836 Fort Parker, TX.
03 Susannah Parker born btwn. 1762-64; died 1816 Estill County, KY.; married John Haughhetee, Estill County, KY. abt. 1781. Her first child, Rachel was born 12 July 1782. See the 1934 book The Daughhetee Family of Estill County, Kentucky.
04 Aaron Parker born by/before 1770 Baltimore Co. MD.; died 1833 Copiah County, Mississippi
Other children confused as to belong to Parker yDNA Family Group #5, but actually belong to other Parker yDNA Family Groups are:
01 Moses Parker born 26 Aug 1744; died 12 Nov 1830 Marlboro Co., S.C. belongs to Parker yDNA Family Group #7
02 Thomas Parker born 8 Jan 1757, died 18 Dec 1819 (will dated 1810) Sumner Co. TN.; married Juda Renfro. He belongs to Parker yDNA FG #15.
03 John Parker born abt. 1760 died 1825 Sumner Co. TN.; married Rhoda Renfro. He belongs to Parker yDNA FG#15.
And several of the children of Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 of Parker yDNA FG#18 who died at Greenfield, Sumner Co., TN. with burial near the old Fort Morgan, specifically Susannah Parker 1765-1803 (married Charles Beeler), John Parker 1765-1831(married 1st Mary Rogers, 2nd Sarah Collier), Elizabeth Parker 1766-aft 1826 (married Michael Collier), Thomas Parker 1768-1846 (married Susan Rogers), Richard Parker 1770-1838 (married Nancy Rogers), Nathaniel Parker 1775-1857 (married 1st Sally Ramsey, 2nd Lucretia Penny), Isaac Parker 1776-1846 (married Agnes Bartlet), Mary Parker 1779-1828 (married William Thompson), Aaron Parker 1781-1804 and Robert Parker 1783-1870 (married Martha 'Patsy' Martin).
Death
The only Will for a Nathaniel Parker in Sumner County, TN is the will of the Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 in Parker yDNA Family Group #18 who died after June of 1811. The only other documents in the will/probate records section related to Nathaniel Parker is a 1790 Power of Attorney for the purchase of land, and a 1803 Bond record for Nathaniel Parker, Jr. 1775-1857 of Parker yDNA Family Group #18 to be a constable. This suggests that the Nathaniel Parker in Parker yDNA Family Group # 5 died elsewhere.
A search of the Georgia Archives 'Virtual Vault' finds no records for a Nathaniel Parker in their records, so if the Nathaniel Parker in this profile was the father of the Elder John Parker 1758-1836 and his siblings, he died before the migration to Georgia from Culpeper Co., VA., or he migrated elsewhere.
Research Notes
Note on conflict between two different Nathaniel Parkers
Until November 2016, this WikiTree profile had at least two different, biologically distinct and unrelated Parker lines (Elder John Parker line (FG #5) and the Nathaniel Parker and his father John Parker line (FG #18). Only 5 of 25 markers match and 23 of 25 need to match to be related. It was the yDNA FG#18 Nathaniel Parker who migrated from Hampshire County, VA. to Sumner County, TN. circa 1790.
Most online family files suggest the Nathaniel Parker in this profile was born in 1730 and died in 1803. Both dates are found in Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, TN., but the Parker Family story told in his book is about the Parker yDNA FG#18 Nathaniel Parker, NOT the Parker yDNA FG #5 Parker family. Some trees cite an 1803 Sumner Co. TN. will for a Nathaniel Parker of Parker yDNA FG #5, but a search for an 1803 Sumner Co., TN. will has only found a June 1803 bond for Nathaniel Parker, Jr. 1775-1857 of Parker yDNA FG#18 to become a constable. And some in Parker yDNA FG #5 trees show an Isacc Parker of Parker yDNA FG#5 dying in 1803 Sumner Co. TN., but no will or estate settlement has been found for him either. A death for a Parker yDNA FG #5 in 1803 Sumner Co., TN. is further questioned as the Elder John Parker and his brother Daniel did not leave Georgia for Dickson Co., TN until 1804.
The only probable link is that Rev. Daniel and Patsey (Dickerson) Parker (dissertation) (the eldest son of the Elder John Parker of Parker yDNA FG#5) resided in Sumner County, TN from 1807 through 1817. Daniel preached at Bledsoes Creek, Castalian Springs, (now New Hopewell), Sumner County, TN. Baptist church, near to where the Nathaniel Parker 1724-1811 of Parker yDNA FG#18 lived. See: (History of Middle Tennessee Baptists) Other than as a parishioner to preacher calling each other 'Brother', they were not related.
Passports issued by Governor of Georgia 1785-1820[2] pg 10 Jackson County, Georgia, 14 April 1804 To all whom these presents may come--- We certify that Moses and John Parker two Brothers Hatters to Trade have lived neighboors to us for a considerable time and have from their steady conduct acquired general confidence as honest worthy citizens and where as they with their familys have a mind to move remove to the Nathchez Country . We recommend them to the attention of all Honest men and we recommend to his Excellency the governor of Georgia to Grant them as Passport to Travill Through the Indian Tribes.
B Harris Br Gen
John F Compton Colo
Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family,[3][4] Nathaniel was born about 1708. He passed away about 1800.
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Sources - [S467] Mary Nolan, Mary Nolan.
- [S468] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv), Source number: 1484.050; Source type: Family group sheet, F GSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code : . (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Nathaniel PARKER, person ID LZGD-6LJ. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Nathaniel PARKER, person ID LDLV-W84. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Jan 2023), entry for Elizabeth TALIAFERRO, person ID MXKF-HTV. (Reliability: 3).
- [S467] Mary Nolan, Mary Nolan.