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Portia Ida McPhail

Female 1873 - 1955  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Portia Ida McPhail was born on 16 Aug 1873 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Isaiah McPhail and Ellen Sophia Parker); died on 25 Sep 1955 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Race: White
    • Name: Portia Mcphail Vann
    • Residence: Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Halls, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 5; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 82

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isaiah McPhail was born about 1822 in North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Race: White
    • Residence: 1870, Halls, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 50
    • Residence: 1880, Halls, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 58; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Isaiah + Ellen Sophia Parker. Ellen (daughter of Joseph Dowd Parker and Margaret Robinson) was born on 3 Feb 1829 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Mar 1909 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McPhail Family Cemetery, Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ellen Sophia Parker was born on 3 Feb 1829 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Joseph Dowd Parker and Margaret Robinson); died on 4 Mar 1909 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McPhail Family Cemetery, Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Race: White
    • Name: Ellen Sophia McPhail
    • Residence: 1870, Halls, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 40
    • Residence: 1880, Halls, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 51; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Marcellus McPhail was born on 30 Aug 1852 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 Nov 1930 in Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Ada Robinson Mcphail was born on 30 Apr 1868 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Aug 1952 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Minnie Ellen McPhail was born on 22 Jul 1871 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 9 Sep 1922 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    4. 1. Portia Ida McPhail was born on 16 Aug 1873 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 Sep 1955 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Bertohia McPhail was born about 1876 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Duncan Campbell McPhail was born on 20 Nov 1848 in North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Apr 1928 in Dunn, Harnett, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McPhail Family Cemetery, Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Joseph Richard McPhail was born on 14 Aug 1850 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 16 May 1933 in Wayne, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Mount Olive, Wayne, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Mary Elizabeth Victoria McPhail was born on 29 Dec 1854 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 15 Oct 1893 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Pheroba Catherine McPhail was born on 19 Feb 1857 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Aug 1938 in Dunn, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Newton Grove, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    10. Sarah Elizabeth McPhail was born on 12 Oct 1859 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Nov 1939 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    11. Martha Jane McPhail was born on 10 Nov 1861 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 19 Dec 1927 in Dunn, Harnett, North Carolina, USA.
    12. James Adelade McPhail was born on 10 Mar 1864 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Mar 1952 in Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    13. Fannie Lenore McPhail was born on 22 Jan 1866 in North Carolina, USA; died on 9 Jan 1959 in Robeson, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Joseph Dowd Parker was born on 24 Sep 1807 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA (son of William Parker and Nancy Ann Owen); died on 4 Oct 1890 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Northern District, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 42
    • Residence: 1860, Honeycutt, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 53

    Notes:

    "Joseph D. Parker (1807-1890), a grandson of John, was a class leader in the church [Andrews Chapel] for several years. He had a skeleton pulpit that was built for the occasion of Bishop Asbury's visit to John Parker's house about 1790. After Joseph's death, the pulpit was preserved by a daughter until the year 1891, when it was accidentally burned. Joseph was originally buried at the family cemetery. When the homeplace was sold, a grandson had the family graves moved to McGee Church. Joseph's old family Bible is still kept in the family." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, Ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 543.

    Joseph + Margaret Robinson. Margaret was born on 26 Jan 1806 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 Sep 1855 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Margaret Robinson was born on 26 Jan 1806 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 Sep 1855 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Margaret Parker
    • Residence: 1850, Northern District, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 44

    Children:
    1. Lucien Egbert Parker was born on 18 May 1851 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Jan 1927 in Honeycutt, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    2. 3. Ellen Sophia Parker was born on 3 Feb 1829 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Mar 1909 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McPhail Family Cemetery, Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Zilphia Ann Parker was born on 19 Nov 1830 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Mar 1906 in North Carolina, USA; was buried in Kemple Cemetery, Princeton, Johnston, North Carolina, USA.
    4. James Matthew Parker was born on 8 Nov 1835 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 15 Apr 1904 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Martha J Parker was born on 2 Mar 1842 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died after 18 May 1884 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Lockamy Cemetery, Kitty Fork, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    6. George Parker was born about 1834 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    7. James Parker was born about 1836 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Mary Parker was born about 1838 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    9. Margaret Parker was born about 1840 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    10. Sarah E Parker was born about 1844 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    11. John W Parker was born on 23 Jun 1847 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 7 Oct 1854 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    12. Mary Amanda Parker was born in Feb 1829 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1900 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Parker was born on 25 Oct 1759 (son of John Parker and Rachael Sessoms); died on 7 Aug 1829 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1790, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1800, Fayetteville, Sampson, North Carolina
    • Residence: 1810, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1820, Hall, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
    • Probate: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA

    Notes:

    "Rachel Butler, born about 1800 and died between 1842 and 1850 in Sampson County, married John Parker, born about 1790, son of William Parker (son of John Parker and Rachael Sessoms) and Nancy Owen (daughter of John Owen and Anna Hayes). They had at least nine children. William and the children are listed in the 1850 Census of Sampson County." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, Ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 332.

    "William Parker (1759-1829) was a pioneer of Methodism and a member of the first Society formed at Parkers' Meeting House (Andrews Chapel) long before any house of worship was erected in the neighborhood." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, Ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 543.

    Information on this family comes from the North Carolina Genealogical Library vertical file. William Alderman Parker (b. 13 Mar 1879- d. ?) compiled the information. William Alderman Parker was the son of Thomas Bradley Parker, son of William Right Parker, son of Zachiariah Parker, son of Richard Parker and Elizabeth Sumner.

    [about Andrews Chapel] "On the 2nd of October 1809, a plot of land containing two acres was given by Luke Parker for the sum of 10 shillings, or $1.25, to trustees, viz. Nicholas Parker, William Parker, Thomas Parker, Owen Owens and William Miller, for the purpose of erecting a house of worship for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1816, a church was built of logs and called Parkers Meeting House, mainly through the influence of Nicholas Parker." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, Ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 81.

    All notes from Susan Caison Sharp

    William + Nancy Ann Owen. Nancy (daughter of John Owen and Living) was born on 15 Jul 1765; died on 11 Aug 1835 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Nancy Ann Owen was born on 15 Jul 1765 (daughter of John Owen and Living); died on 11 Aug 1835 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Nancy Parker
    • Residence: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA

    Children:
    1. John C Parker was born on 17 Oct 1788 in North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Jun 1859 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Daniel Parker was born about 1787 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Feb 1876.
    3. Reverend Dennis Parker was born on 17 Apr 1801 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 29 Oct 1853 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Rachel Parker was born on 9 Jul 1804 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 Oct 1875 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Mintz Baptist Church Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    5. 6. Joseph Dowd Parker was born on 24 Sep 1807 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Oct 1890 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in McGee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    6. Joel Parker was born in 1796 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Aug 1865 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Francis Parker died in UNKNOWN.
    8. Allen Parker died in UNKNOWN.
    9. Sophia Parker died in UNKNOWN.
    10. Penelope Parker died in UNKNOWN.
    11. Elizabeth Parker died in UNKNOWN.