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- This family researched by Peggy Ann Chowning
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1711-1714 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 14, Part 1; [Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol 8, Beverley Fleet]; Page 83. Bond. £500 Sterl. 9 Oct. 1712. Martha Parker Admr. Est. John Parker deceased.
Wit: signed Martha Parker
Ja Alderson Jno Pickett
Robt Jones Arth: x Bowers
Charles Gresham
Rec. 9 Oct. 1712.
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1711-1714 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 14, Part 1; [Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol 8, Beverley Fleet]; Page 92. "An Inventory of the Estate of Mr John Parker decd taken by us the subscribers this 27th day of October x 1712"
Includes:
To 2 lb pickt Cotton 00. 04. 00
To a parcell of Cotton in the Seeds & 2 old
basketts 00. 160 00
To a parcell of old Trumpery 00. 16. 00
To a parcell of old books 00. 10. 00
To 1 Razor hone old Table and 6 forks 00. 05. 00
To 1 old Table and other Trumpery 01. 05. 00
To 1 Pistoll 00. 02. 06
To 1 Sword belt Cane and 1 old hatt 00. 15. 00
Total amounts to £75. 05. 00
signed Geo Lloyde
John Graves Tho Davis
Presented by Martha Parker Admr., 11 Dec. 1712 and recorded.
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1656-1692 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Will Book; [William Montgomery Sweeny]
PARKER, ROBERT, of the Parish of Sittenburne, in the County of Rappa plantr
My wife to enjoy the home Plantation during her life but all my Land being Eight hundred Acres by Computation I give & bequeath unto my foure Children to each Two hundred Acres still Reserving to my wife the Plantation for her life then my son John to have his first Choice of Two hundred Acres which I give unto him & his heires forever so alsoe unto the other three Children save only if any of my three Daughters dye before Marriage or the Age of twenty their Parts of Land I give unto My Son & his heirs forever but if my sd son shall dye before he be of Age I give my Land to be Equally divided between my surviving Children to them and their heirs forever My Cattle I give to be Equally divided between my wife & my sd foure Children the Tobb I have I give to buy a Younge Negro my goods household stuff Mill & the Rest of my Estate I give unto my Loving wife Save only a Negroe to each of my Children after their Mothers decease. Wife Executrix.
Wit. ED: KEELING, HENRY KEEYS, CALEB LYON.
Sarah Lyon makes Oath upon the Holy Evangelist that she stood by & saw the within Testator sign seale & Publish the within will as his last Will & Testamt. and that he was of perfect sense & memory at the signing & sealing the same and further sayeth not
her mark
SARAH LYON
Note: Proved by the oath of Sarah Lyon all the witnesses being dead.
Page 90. (Probatr p Sacramt LYON in Cur Com Rappa 2 die Martii Ano Dom 1686/6 et Recod 14 die. test Wm Colston, Cl Cur)
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1699-1701 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page 8
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we JNO: PARKER. MARTHA PARKER, THO. GREGSON & ELIZA. PLEY of ye County of Essex are firmly bound unto his Mats; Justices of ye Peace for the County of Essex in ye sum of Twenty thousand pds. of tobo: Witness our hands & seales this 11th day of Augt. 1699
The Condicon of ye above obligacon is that if JNO: PARKER & MARTHA PARKER, Admrs. of SILVANUS TANDY deced do make perfect Inventory of all ye goods chattel's & credits of the deced & do make exhibit to ye Court that shall be held for ye sd County of Essex & pay unto such persons as ye Court p,suant to Law shall appoint, then ye above obligacon to be void otherwise to remaine in full force Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us
FRA: MERIWETHER JNO: PARKER
PHIL: PARR MARTHA PARKER
THO: GREGSON
ELIZ: PLEY
Truely recorded Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, CI Cur
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1699-1702 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 49
Essex County Court 11th of July 1700
- JOHN PARKER complaines agt. BENJA: STONE in a plea of Trespass for that Whereas the sd Plt is seized of a good absolute & indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple of in & to Two hundred acres of land scituate lying & being in ye Parish of CITTENBURN & County of Essex, wch: was given & devised to ye sd Plt. & his heirs forever in & by ye last Will & Testamt. of his Father, ROBT. PARKER deced, here in Court ready to be produced yet ye said Deft. not regarding ye sd Plts. seizin aforesd. & his undoubted right & Enheritance thereon on or about ye 8th day of Aprill 1700 into & and upon ye sd Two hundred acres of Land did with force & armes illegally enter & then & there did with like force fall & cutt down wast spoil & destroy seven Timber trees of the value of Thirty pounds Sterl, And then did & still doth comitt divers other great trespasses thereupon agst. ye peace of our Sovereign Lord ye King that now is And to ye Plt damage Fifty pounds Sterl: for which he hath brought his suit & prays Judgmt. with costs; To wch: ye Deft. for plea saith Not Guilty. Its therefore ordered that ye Sheriff of this County of his Deputy sumon an able Jury of ye Neighbourhood who are no wise concerned by affinity, consanguinity or interest or lyable to any other just exception together with Mr. CHARLES SMITH, Surveyor, to goe upon ye Plts. land aforesaid on ye 25th of this Instant July if fair, if not ye next fair day, & lay out ye Land haveing regard to all evidences that shall be produced by Plt. or Deft., and if they find ye Deft, a Trespasser to value damage & report their proceedings under their hands & seales to ye next Court that shall be held for this County, And Mr. SAML. THACKER or another one of his Majties. Justices of ye Peace for this County is requested to be at ye time & place
aforesd. to swear ye sd Jury & evidences
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1699-1702 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 58
Essex County Court 11th of September 1700
- Its ordered that ye Juries verdict returned in ye suit between JNO: PARKER Plt. & BENJA: STONE Deft., in ye plea of trespass be recorded & that the Defendt. pay to ye Plt. ye Ten shills. damage therein found by ye sd Jury as also ye Surveyrs: charge being Five hundred & twenty pounds of tobo: with cost of suit; Whereupon MARY JEWELL a Voucher to ye Deft., came into Court & confest Judgmt. for ye payment of ye above damage, surveyrs: charge & cost of suit
- THOMAS TOMLIN attending five dayes as an evidence in ye suit between JNO: PARKER Plt. & BENJA: STONE Defendt., its ordered that ye Plt. pay him for ye same according to Law with costs
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1699-1702 Essex County, Virginia Order Book; [Antient Press]; Page 113
Essex County Court 11th of March 1701/2
- FRANCIS PAGET attending Five dayes as an evidence in ye suit between JOHN PARKER Plt. & BENJA: STONE Deft., its ordered that ye Plt. pay him for ye same according to Law with costs
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1702-1704 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 11; [Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol 29, Beverley Fleet]; Page 107
Bond. 11 Oct 1703. £100. John Parker and Martha his wife as admrs of the estate of Henry Tandy.
Wit: Signed John Parker
Salvator Muscoe James Boughan
Larkin Chew Eliza Pley
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1704-1707 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 12, Part 2; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 368
10 March 1706/7. Bond of John Parker unto Tho. Winslow.. For £50 sterling. Securities Henry Woodnot. Judgment is given in Essex Court this day unto and Ann his Wife and others against John Parker in an action of partition Bond given for prosecution of an appeal to the General Court
John Parker
Wit: Abr. Ayrton, Robert Bell
10 March 1706/7 Acknowledged
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1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 232-33.
8 Aug. 1709. Eliza. Pley of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, but lately called Eliza. Parker, to John Parker of same. For divers good causes and that Robert Parker, father of the said John, did by his last will bequeath unto him a Negro and having constituted Elizabeth executrix, and John not being paid.
Water mill which she bought of Richard Gradner and Eliza his wife 10 March 1686.
John Parker agree to pay unto Eliza. dureing her naturall life towards her support twenty barrells of corn and ten bushells of wheat over and above the consideration hereof.
John Parker doth acknowledge to have received full satisfaction for all legacies left by the will of his father.
Eliza. (E) Pley
Wit: Edward Gouldman, Martha (M) Gouldman.
10 Aug. 1709. Acknowledged by Elizabeth Pley.
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1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 2-3.
3 April 1707. Bond of John Parker of Essex County unto Thomas Winslow and Ann his wife lately called Ann Parker of Essex County, John Watkins and Elizabeth his wife lately called Elizabeth Parker of King and Queen County, and Frances Parker of Essex County, single woman. For £500.
To perform and obey the award and judgment of Colo. Richard Covington, Majr. James Boughan, Mr. Francis Gouldman and Mr. Robert Brooke, arbitrators to determine the difference depending in Essex County Court concerning the partition of 800 acres devised unto John, Anne, Elizabeth and Frances Parker by their father Robert Parker in his last will dated 15 Jan. 1686 in these words: My worldly estate I give and bequeath in the manner following, my wife to enjoy the house and plantation during her life, but all my land being 800 acres by computation I give and bequeath unto my four children to each 200 acres, still reserving to my wife the plantation for her life, then my son John to have the first choyce of 200 acres ... so likewise to the other three children.
And if the arbitratrators shall put in writing no such award before 8 April, then John Parker shall abide by the judgment of Mr. Francis Moore, umpire.
John Parker
Wit: Edw. Gouldman, Salvator Muscoe, James Boughan Junr. 11 July 1707. Acknowledged by John Parker.
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1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 3-5.
7 April 1707. Award of Richard Covington, James Boughan, Francis Gouldman and Robert Brooke of Essex County. Whereas divers controversies are depending between Thomas Winslow and Anne his wife lately called Anne Parker of Essex County, John Watkins and Elizabeth his wife lately called Elizabeth Parker of King and Queen County, and Frances Parker of Essex County, single woman, of the one party and John Parker of Essex County of the other party, for the determining whereof the parties are bound 3 April in sum of 1500 to arbitrate concerning the partition of 800 acres given John, Anne, Elizabeth and Frances Parker by their father Robert Parker in his last will 15 Jan. 1686/7, The 800 acres being two severall situations: in the forrest 400 acres formerly granted by patent to Thomas Pells ... east line near the plantation of Thomas Reynolds the other 400
acres being that plantation whereon the testator lived We divide as follows: ... east side of the road ... Mr. Pley's spring branch ...
John Parker made his choice of the lower part of that dividend whereon the testator died.
Thomas Winslow and Anne his wife hold the lower part of that 400 acres in the forrest.
John Watkins and Elizabeth his wife hold the other part of that devidend in the forrest.
Frances Parker have the remaining part of that tract where John Parker hath made his election.
Parties pay their own costs and to Salvator Muscoe for drawing the instruments of writing between them, 200 pounds of tobacco, and for James Boughan Junr. for surveying, 500 pounds
of tobacco. Richd. Covington
James Boughan
Francis Gouldman
Ro. Brooke
Wit: Salvator Muscoe, Edw. Gouldman, James Boughan Junr,
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1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 5-7.
3 April 1707. Bond of Thomas Winslow and Anne his wife of Essex County, John Watkins and Elizabeth his wife of King and Queen County, and Frances Parker of Essex County unto John Parker of Essex County. For £500.
To obey the award of Collo. Richard Covington, Majr. James Boughan, Mr. Francis Gouldman and Mr. Robert Brooke [provisions as in bond of John Parker, above, pages 2-3].
Th0. Winslow
Anne (A) Winslow
John Wattkins
Elizabeth (E) Wattkins
Frances (X) Parker.
Wit: Edw. Gouldman, Salvator Muscoe, James Boughan Junr,
11 July 1707. Acknowledged.
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1707-1711 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 13; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 11
11 Aug. 1707. Bond of Henry Reeves, Joseph Reeves and Thomas Munday and Mary his wife as administrators of James Reeves. Unto James Boughan of Essex County, Gent. For &500 sterling. Securities, John Hawkins and John Parker.
Henry (H) Reeves
Jos. Reeves
Thomas Munday
Mary (X) Munday
John Hawkins
John Parker
Wiit: Weldon Jefferson, Salvator Muscoe.
11 Aug. 1707. Acknowledged.
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1714-1716 Essex County, Virginia Deed & Will Book 14, Part 2; [Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol 9, Beverley Fleet]; Page 369 [1715]
"Essex County The Deposition of Elizabeth Pley
Your deponent says that Thomas Jewell and his Mother before him has been twenty years about getting the land that was in Diferance between him and John Parker, and your Deponent went to Mr Gillson who sold the sd land to one Thomas Rawson w'oh the sd Thomas Jewell Claims from, and the sd Gillson told your deponent that the sd Jewell had right to but fifty acres and your Deponent says that the Land the said Thomas Jewell has taken away by a Survey from John Parker was the land that was in difference between Geo Jones and Robert Tomlin and that your Deponents Husband took possession of the said land in the behalf of Robt Tomlin the said Tomlin being sick at that time and that Thomas ffreshwater then Subsheriffe at that time who Delivered possession to yo'r Deponents Husband by the consent of the sd Tomlin and your Deponents Husband bought the said land of the sd Tomlin for sixty acres more or less and your Deponent further saith not"
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1670 - 1712 (> 42 years)