Elizabeth Ann Parker

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Betsy
• Name: Elizabeth Owen
• Residence: 1860, Little Coharie, Owensville, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 43
• Residence: 1870, Dismal, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 53; Occupation: Keeping House

Family/Spouse: Michael Owen. Michael was born in 1814 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Owen Charles Owen was born on 3 Oct 1847 in Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Mar 1927 in Little Coharie, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Roseboro Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
2. James Robin Owen was born on 8 Jun 1864 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 7 May 1921 in Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Roseboro Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
3. Jemima Owen was born in 1841 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
4. Mary J Owen was born in 1843 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
5. Thomas Owen was born in 1845 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
6. William Owen was born in 1847 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
7. John Owen was born in 1851 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
8. Sarah Owen was born in 1853 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
9. Elizabeth Owen was born in 1855 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
10. Malsey Owen was born in 1857 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
11. Emma Owen was born in 1858 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
12. Theodore Owen was born on 11 Oct 1853 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Aug 1933 in McDaniels, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
13. David Owen was born in 1863 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
14. Louisa Owen was born in 1862 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Diarrhea
• Residence: 1810, Capt Blacks District, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 10 Sep 1850, Southern District, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Family Number: 444
• Will: 7 Oct 1856, Clinton, 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.

[I am not sure that this is the right John Parker. The children listed as children of John Parker and Rachel Butler are the children listed in a will dated Oct. 7, 1856 and probated in Aug 1859. The wife is not named, but Rachel was apparently dead by this time. I checked this info in the 1850 census. Rachel (wife of John) was apparently dead by 1850. The approximate birth dates given in this record are from the 1850 census.]
NOTES: Susan Caison Sharp

John + Rachel Butler. Rachel (daughter of Robert Butler, III and Elizabeth Williams) was born in 1800 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1845 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Robert married Elizabeth Williams in 1790 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John C Williams and Katharine Carouth) was born in 1774 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died in 1824 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Early Tax List
• Residence: 1800, Duplin, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, Fayetteville, Sampson, North Carolina

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.

The Parker family tree (done by B. F. Bulard) found in the vertical file in the North Carolina Gen. Library lists only four children for John Parker and Rachael "Sessums." Additional info. on the children comes from a chart by William Alderman Parker. I am using his order and his dates for their births. "John Parker was born in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, as was his wife, and after they were married they moved to that part of Duplin Co. which later became Sampson, or near Owensville, which name was later changed to Roseboro." - William Alderman Parker "John Parker moved from Edgecombe Co. to Sampson Co. In visiting the relatives back in Edgecombe he had to cross two rivers (Neuse and Tar) which placed them north of the Tar River. He and his wife rode horse-back on such trips. One John Parker of Edgecombe Co., bought 80 acres on Dividing Creek in Duplin Co. July 12, 1758, from Jeremiah Bullard, of Duplin Co." Information on this family comes from the North Carolina Genealogical Library vertical file. William Alderman Parker (b. 13 Mar 1879- d. ?) compiled the information. (p. 61)

I have a copy of John Parker's will dated 23 Apr 1800. He gives his wife Rachel 1100 acres of land including the plantation he now lives on between the Little Coharie and South Rivers. He names his sons Josiah Parker, John Parker, William Parker, Nicholas , and______ Parker and his daughters _______ Clark and Elizabeth Parker. Others are also named but I can't read the will very well.

"John Parker, who came from the Tarr River area, was founder of historical Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church (formerly Parkers Meeting House) of Roseboro." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 543.
The stained glass window over the door of Andrews Chapel reads: Andrews Chapel Meth. Church founded by John Parker 1785 Present Location 1842 "John Parker's home was a regular preaching place for as far back as 1785. He raised a large family, all of whom, with one exception, were worthy and pious persons." from The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina. Oscar M. Bizell, Ed. The Sampson Co. Historical Society, Newton Grove, North Carolina, 1983, p. 81.

[William Alderman Parker lists John Parker (born ca. 1720) as one of the children of Isaac Parker (along with Jonathan Parker). The birthdates of the other, apparently older children since they were listed before John, Jonathan (1735) and James (1736), do not seem to support this idea. John Parker's first child Luke was born in 1739. A letter from Robert Wallace Parker to William Alderman Parker found in the Vertical file in the North Carolina Gen. Library mentions Isaac Parker of Northampton Co., North Carolina, and his children: Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Sarah, Jonas, Charity, Chestnut, Mary, Nancy, and James. Susannah and John, whom William Alderman Parker names as children in the same family are not named. Joseph and Chestnut are not listed in W. A. Parker's listing. Until I am able to positively identify a direct link between Isaac and John Parker, I am going to assume that they are not directly related. John Parker had roots in Edgecombe Co. and Isaac Parker and his family seem to have been from Northampton Co. SCS]

from Susan Parker Caison Sharp

John Parker, who was born about 1725 in North Carolina, moved from Edgecombe County to Duplin County about 1757. He settled along the west side of Little Coharie Creek in the part of Duplin that became Sampson County in 1784. John Parker became a prominent landowner and planter is considered the first Methodist in Sampson County. Services were held in his house as early as 1785. In 1788, Bishop Francis Asbury of the Methodist Church preached at the Parker home on his trip through North Carolina. A "skeleton pulpit" was built for the occasion and was kept by family members for many years. John's son, Francis, became a Methodist minister and was reportedly ordained by Bishop Asbury. William, Thomas, Sessums and Nicholas Parker, all sons of John, were "worthy and pious men" who helped establish Methodism in Sampson County.

After John's death about 1805, the old home place where services had been held for twenty years, passed to his son Luke Parker, who was considered irreligious. Luke, however, deeded two acres of land for ten shillings on October 2, 1809, for the purpose of erecting a house of worship for the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1816, a log church was built on the property at the urging of Nicholas Parker and was known as Parker's Meeting House. In 1842, the church moved to its present location, a short distance from the original site and is known today as Andrews Chapel Methodist Church.

It is interesting to note that although John Parker was a devout Methodist, he owned a still to produce alcoholic spirits. In his will, he included a specific bequest of the "still" to his son, Luke Parker. The inventory of his estate, taken in 1806, included "1 Three gallon jug the same full of brandy" and "1 case of 14 half Gallon Bottles 7 of them full of brandy." Stills were valuable property owned by prosperous persons in early America and were commonly passed on by the owners to their wives or children in their wills.

Sources: "From Rev. Miles P. Owen's Journal of 1867 About Methodism in Sampson," Andrew Methodist Chapel, File 3254, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina and Oscar M. Bizzell, ed., The Heritage of Sampson County, North Carolina (Newton Grove, NC, 1983), 75-76, 81.

http://www.parkerfamilyhistory.com

http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/a/Andrew_Methodist_Chapel.html

Notes by Susan Caison Sharp

John married Rachael Sessoms about 1738. Rachael (daughter of Nicholas U Sessoms and Elizabeth Hooker) was born in 1733 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died in 1800 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Roseboro, Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Rachel Parker
• Birth: Abt 1720, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, Granville, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 7 Aug 1786, Granville, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1790, Granville, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1810, Granville, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Granville, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

John Owen b. c.1742 in North Carolina married c 1760 Anna Hayes. Lived in Granville Co., North Carolina died c 1835 in Sampson Co., North Carolina. from Index of North Carolina Ancestors, North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1981, Vol.1 (Caroliniana Library)
NOTES: Susan Caison Sharp

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• tng Album: 17
• tng Album: 29
• tng Album: 30
• Residence: North Carolina, USA
• Jury Duty: 16 Aug 1792, Sampson, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Charles Sr. is DAR approved. He has two DAR applications... In one, his wife was Mary Cooper and in the other, his wife was Elizabeth. RW researchers like the Bizzells use Mary Elizabeth Cooper as the wife. In the 1796 Sampson Will of John Porter, he had a daughter named Elizabeth J. Butler. His known sons were born 1750-1760. Charles Sr gives his age as 71 in 1819 in his RW pension application. This puts his YOB at 1748. In deeds, his wife was named Elizabeth. We are satisfied that his wife was Elizabeth Jane Porter who was born about 1750. Source: Huckleberry Historian Vol XXIX Number 3, 1 July 2007 article by Jerome Tew and Sue Barefoot page 5.

On 27 Oct 1781 he was paid 116 pounds on voucher # 92.  On 25 March 1782 he was paid 6 pounds on voucher # 2230 for his service in the N.C. Militia. On 24 Nov 1784, he was paid 9/2/0 pounds on voucher #5882. All these vouchers were signed by William Dickson, Thomas Routledge and John King.

Soldier later applied for a pension, at age 71, under the Act of Congress passed 18 March 1818. At the time he stated he was in need of government help, and would like to relinquish his indigent status for a new pension. He was granted this in 1818 and was then living in Craven County, N.C. The will of Charles Butler Sr was written in Sampson County and dated 12 Jan 1811. He is said to have died in 1819. In Sampson County, the family lived on the west side of Little Coharie somewhere between the bridge along S.R. 24 and Salemburg. Source: Revolutionary War Records Duplin/Sampson by V.L. Bizzell and O.M. Bizzell page 47.

Charles married Elizabeth Jane Porter in 1770 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Porter and Living) was born in 1750 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA; died on 27 Jun 1796 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Katharine Carouth in 1765 in Dismal, Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Katharine was born in 1745 in Carruthmuir, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 2 Dec 1822 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]