It was a few days ago, on
22 Dec 2017, when I wrote about Nathan Nicholson, my 4th
gt-grandfather. His wife was Peninah Parker. When I checked her entry
on my website, I discovered I had neglected to enter her birth
information there, so it didn't show on my calendar of birthdays. So
I am trying to correct my oversight today. Also I didn't make a post
yesterday on Christmas Day, so plan to catch up tomorrow by
transcribing 2 pages of Peninah's father's will.
Peninah
was born into a family which became Quakers before she was born. From
the wills of her parents, John and Jael (Peel) Parker, their oldest
son, John, was born before they had become Quakers, so his birth was
not listed on this list of children from the Sutton's Creek Monthly
Meeting in Perquimans County North Carolina.
As
I wrote a few days ago Peninah married Nathan Nicholson on 16 May
1799. This means that she had not yet reached her 18th
birthday. She and Nathan had 8 known children. After her husband died
about 1824 she remained in North Carolina with her younger children
until 1832 when she moved to Indiana. Other of the Quakers from that
area also moved there. She and the 3 youngest children, Mary, George
and Nathan Parker, were first at Milford Monthly Meeting in Wayne
County. The next year, 1833, they were listed as members of Duck
Creek Monthly Meeting in Henry County. When her son George was
married in 1835, her residence was listed as Rush County. She and her
children were shown as charter members of Walnut Ridge Monthly
Meeting in Rush County when it was set off from Duck Creek in 1836.
She remained a member there for over 20 years before she died 18 Sep
1857 and was buried at Walnut Ridge.
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