52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 6 – Favorite Name

Today is the last day of week 6 and the theme for this week on 52 Ancestors is “Favorite Name.” Anyone who knows me very well knows that I dislike choosing just one favorite anything. This topic reminded me of the song from the musical Sound of Music, “My Favorite Things.” So I have written a few of my favorite ancestor names which can be sung to the tune of the first section of that song.

     Ich-a-bod Howe--- and Pe-ni-nah Par-ker,

     Je-mi-ma Booth--- and E-li-sha Ship-man,

     And there is Com-mo-dore Per-ry O'-Neal

     These are a few of my fa-vor-ite names.

If you would like to read the posts I did about these ancestors, here are the dates:

     Ichabod Howe – June 5 & 6, 2017

     Peninah Parker – December 26, 2017

     Jemima Booth – January 15, 2018

     Elisha Shipman – April 7, 2017

     Commodore Perry O'Neal – April 14 & 15, 2017

Trying to Transcribe - Will of Jael Parker - Pt 2

A few minutes ago I posted part 1 of the will of Jael Parker, my 5^th gt-grandmother. Because I failed to post anything on Christmas Day, I am posting a second one today so I can be caught up on my number of posts.

The will I am transcribing here appears to be from the recorded wills of Perquimans County North Carolina. This section was from Volume E, page 406.

My friend William Hasket Executor to this My last ===

Will & testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto

set my hand & Seal & Seal [sic] this 10^th day of the 1^st month

1814----

Signd in presence of                            Jail Parker {seal}

Joseph Cox afirmed

John Hasket --

____ _________

Perquimans County \\ This Will of Jail Parker deas, was exhibited

Feby Term 1814       \\ & proved in open court by the affirm

of Joseph Cox one of the subscribing witnesses thereto & at

the same time appointed William Hasket the Exc. Therein

named & qualifyed agreeable to law.

                                                          Test. John Wood Clk

Trying to Transcribe - Will of Jael Parker - Pt 1

A few days ago I posted the will of John Parker, my 5^th gt-grandfather. This is the will of his wife, who of course was my 5^th gt-grandmother. Most of the Quaker records for her use the spelling Jael, while this recorded deed uses Jail. “If it sounds the same, it is the same” is a quote I heard at a national genealogical conference, so I believe that Jael and Jail are just different spellings for the same name. I was really glad she named my 4^th gt-grandmother, Peninah/Penninah Nicholson in her will.

The will I am transcribing here appears to be from the recorded wills of Perquimans County North Carolina. I found it both on familysearch.org and on Ancestry.com. This section was from Volume E, page 405.

State of N^o Carolina } I Jail Parker, being weak in body

Perq. County } but of a sound disposing memory

& considering the uncertainty of life & Death do make this my

last will & testament as follows Viz ) 1^st my will is that

all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid out of my

estate. Item. I give & bequeath unto my son John Parker one

cow & calf, the largest iron pot & hooks to him & his heirs

for ever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sarah

Lacey one feather bed & furniture the smallest one, one pair

flat irons, One yoke & ox ring & Staple to her & her heirs

forever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Bundy

ten shillings, to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give & bequeath

unto my son Seth Parker, one ox chain to him & his heirs

forever. Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter Penniah

Nicholson all the remaining part of my estate to her & her

heirs forever. I do hereby constitute & appoint

Trying to Transcribe - Will of John Parker - Pt 2

On this section of the will of John Parker my 5th gt-grandfather, you can see that it was dated the 4^th day of the 10^th month 1800, which would be 4 Oct 1800. I found it a little amusing that most of the family trees I found on-line at Ancestry.com give his death date as 10 Apr 1800. That would make him dying almost 6 months before he wrote his will. Then it was not probated until February of 1803. I suspect his death really occurred early in 1803.

In this section he names his 5 children, including my ancestor, Peninah Nicholson.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Parker and her Heirs &

assigns for every, Fifty acres of Land, joining the part which I have by deed

given to my Grandson Nathan Bundy, but if she should decease without

lawful Heirs and before she lawfully conveys or disposes of said Land, then

I give the said Land unto my Grandson Noah Parker son of my Son

John Parker to him his heirs & assigns for ever.---

Item I give to my said Wife & her disposal, my Mare with a Bridle, side

Saddle & Mans Saddle, one Yoke of Oxen with the Yoke, ring and Staple

Cart & Ox Chain, two ploughs, two Axes, four hoes, one feather bed & furniture,

two Ewes & Lambs, two Cows & Calves, One Chest, one Linen Wheel, one Woolen

Wheel, one Iron pot with hooks & Iron port tramel, one pair flat irons,

one box Iron, Two Pewter Basons, one Dish & 6 pewter plates; also I give

her one years provision, aslo my largest looking glass & six of my best chairs, viz

green ones.

Item. I give to my son John Parker one cow & calf & one feather bed and

furniture.----

Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Parker one cow & calf & one feather

bed & furniture.

Item. I give to my Son Seth Parker one cow & calf & one feather bed

and furniture, and it is my Will that he have sufficient schooling.

Item. I give all the remainder of my Estate unto my said Wife and my

five children, viz; John Parker, Ruth Bundy, Peninnah Nicholson, Sarah

Parker and Seth Parker, to be equally divided amongst them.. and it is

my will that it be divided by such men as my Executors shall elect

for that purpose, appraising the articles & dividing them without any sale.

Lastly I hereby nominate, constitute & appoint my Son, John Parker

and my Son in law Samuel Bundy to be Executors of this my last

Will, Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will &

Testament.---In Witness whereof I the said John Parker Sen^r have

hereunto set my hand & Seal this 4^th day of the 10^th month 1800....

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced                              his

& declared by the said John Parker to be                    John / Parker {seal}

his last will & Testament in presence                                 mark

of us, Silas Haskit

William Haskit (Aff)

John Pool                                                              Samuel Bundy - qualified

Trying to Transcribe - Will of John Parker - Pt 1

Yesterday I posted about Peninah (Parker) Nicholson. This is the first section of the will of her father, John Parker, my 5^th gt-grandfather.

I found two copies of his will on-line. It appears that the image on familysearch.org is from the recorded wills in Perquimans County North Carolina. The other image I found was on Ancestry.com which was marked as original wills. When I compared them I found no substantial differences. I am using the Ancestry image here.

It seemed interesting to me how John specified who would get his “Still.”

State of N^o Carolina }

Perquimans County } I John Parker Sen^r of the place

aforesaid, being of Sound & disposing mind and

memory do make & ordain these presents to be & containing my last

Will & testament in the following manner & form, Viz ------

First, It is my will that all the Just debts which may be owing from

me at the time of my decease, & all the necessary expenses be well & truly

paid out of my Estate in due time --- Whereas by Deeds of

gift bearing even date with these presents, I have made conveyances of

Lands to my Grandsons Nathan Bundy & John Nicholson, respectively

under several provisos, therefore I hereby confirm them, as it is my

Will that the said gifts to them shall be good, agreeable to my Intent

of meaning expressed in the said Deeds. ----

Item. I Give and bequeath to my son Seth Parker & His Heirs & assigns

for ever, my manor plantation whereon I dwell with all the buildings

& Improvements thereon & Woodland adjoining, with the Woodland

on the Easterly side of the fork Swamp joining and all my land lying

in the woods about Pine Glade; and in case he should Decease without

lawful years & before he lawfully disposes of or conveys the said lands,

then I give the said Lands unto my grandson Nathan Parker, son of

my son John Parker, to him his heirs & assigns for ever; Reserving

nevertheless unto my beloved Wife Jail Parker the use of all the said

Plantation, Lands buildings & Improvements until my said Son

Seth shall arrive to the age of twenty Years & and after that for my said

Wife to have the use of one half my plantation which part she shall choose

and one half of my buildings thereon & privilege of the woodland, the planta-

tion to be divided by my path or road straight from my Still house out to

the public road, to her during her natural life.

Item. I leave the use of my Still, Apple Mill, Cider Troughs, flat forms & other

cider utensils & all my Liquor Casks unto my said wife until my said

Son comes to the age of Twenty Years, and then I give them all to my

said son Seth, only for my said Wife to have the privilege of the Still &

as many of the Casks & other utensils as may be necessary for her own

Liquor, during her natural life; and if my said Son Seth should decease

in minority & without lawful ______ I give the said Still to my Grandson

John Nicholson above named..------- ---------- -------------- --------------.

Ancestor Birthday – July 22 – Peninah Parker 1781-1857

It was a few days ago, on 22 Dec 2017, when I wrote about Nathan Nicholson, my 4^th 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 18^th 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.

Ancestor Birthday – December 22 - Nathan Nicholson - 1776-1824

Nathan Nicholson was my 4^th gt-grandfather. He was the son of Nicholas and Sarah (White) Nicholson, born in Perquimans County North Carolina on 22 Dec 1776. Nathan had 8 siblings, 6 older and 2 younger. He was one of my Quaker ancestors.

He married Peninah Parker on 16 May 1799 at Suttons Creek Meeting House. I enjoy the fact that often the Quaker church records show the names of the witnesses, or those who were present at the marriage. Many times relatives to the bride or groom can be recognized.

Of course you have to try to read the handwriting of the church clerk to be able to recognize those relative's names.

Nathan and Peninah had 8 children: John, Sarah, Phariby (my 3^rd gt-grandmother), Tempa, Esther, Mary, George, and Nathan Parker.

Nathan Parker, their youngest son, was probably only 7 years old when his father died. The probate papers show the personal property sold on 20 Feb 1824.

Ancestor Birthday - September 15 - Jeremiah Howe - 1675 - 1749

It was in February when I wrote about ancestors who lived in Wallingford, Connecticut. Now it is time to write about it again.

Jeremiah Howe, my 7th gt-grandfather, was born 15 Sep 1675 in the town of Wallingford, Connecticut, the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Peck) Howe. I have 4 Jeremiah Howes in a row on my pedigree chart and this Jeremiah is number 2 going back. Reading the Barbour collection of vital records for Wallingford can get quite confusing with so many Jeremiahs.

Between 1700 and 1710 there were a number of marriages and deaths of wives for Jeremiah and his father. I will call them Jeremiah Sr and Jr to try to help keep them straight. I am not convinced that the Howe genealogy written by Daniel Wait Howe and published in 1929 has all of them correctly identified, but I will use their record.

Jeremiah Sr's first wife Elizabeth died before Dec 1701 because he married Elizabeth Culver then. This 2nd Elizabeth died 17 Jun 1703. A year later, Jeremiah Jr married Judith Cook, daughter of Samuel and Hope (Parker) Cook 20 Jun 1704. It was 9 Apr 1705 when Jeremiah Sr married widow Mary Cook. Jeremiah Jr's wife Judith died 20 Mar 1708 and about six months later on 7 Sep 1708 he married a Mary Cook.

Jeremiah Jr and his wives had at least 5 children including one named Jeremiah. From the Barbour collection we learn that Jeremiah Sr died 22 Sep 1740 at age 90 and his son died 9 years later, 22 Sep 1749 "in the 75th yr of his age." My 7th gt-grandfather had just past his 74th birthday, so he was in his 75th year. They both died in Wallingford.

Ancestor Birthday - May 12th - Phariby Nicholson 1803 - 1888

Phariby Nicholson was my 3rd great-grandmother. She was born 12 May 1803 in Pasquotank County North Carolina, the daughter of Quaker parents Nathan and Peninah (Parker) Nicholson. She married a man with the same first name as her father, Nathan Albertson. They were married in Oct 1824 at Suttons Creek Meeting House in northeastern North Carolina.

I wrote about her husband Nathan on his birthday 5 Jan 2017. As I wrote then, the family moved north in the 1830s and resided in Indiana and then Iowa. It is probable that Phariby became a widow in Jan 1883. She was still living in 1885 as she was listed on the 1885 Nebraska State Census in the household of her son Benjamin.

In the first part of this month (May) I wrote about 6 of her grandchildren. I did mention that her son Jordan had served in the Civil War from Oct 1861 and was killed in the battle of Atlanta in 1864. Another one of her sons, Jesse, had enlisted in Sep 1862 and received a disability discharge in Mar 1863. He died back in Hardin County in December of that same year, 1863. It must have been extra sad for a Quaker mother to lose 2 sons during the Civil War.

I don't have good documentation about Phariby's death, but the Bell family history published in 1907 gives the date as 24 Dec 1888, which is most likely correct. If so, Phariby lived to be 85 years old.

Ancestor Birthday - February 28th - Judith Cook - 1679-1708

Judith Cook was my 7th great-grandmother. It was over three hundred years ago that she lived. She was born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut on 28 Feb 1679 to Samuel and Hope (Parker) Cook. The Barbour Collection just gives the year a 1679. Comparing her birth date to others in the family I believe it was probably 1679/80. Another family researcher has listed eleven brother and sisters for her with at least seven living to be married. This is a family I need to do more research on. The original town record may show the correct birth year and show the others in the family. I suspect that Judith was named for her grandmother, Judith (Birdsall) Cook.

Judith married Jeremiah Howe 20 Apr 1704 in Wallingford. Sadly she lived only a few years more as she died 20 Mar 1708, probably 1708/09. Apparently she left two small children, Jeremiah and Judith, both named for their parents. I am sad to know so little of this woman who lived a relatively short life.