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Joseph PARKER

Joseph PARKER

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  • Name Joseph PARKER 
    Born Bef 1753 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1779 
    Chasseurs 
    Immigration September 1783  Camel: Saint John to Beaver Harbour Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 10 Jul 1784  Beaver Harbour, Pennfield, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://carensecord.ca/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/BeaverHarbourGroupSorted.html
      From Library and Archives Canada, Ward Chipman Papers, Muster Master General's Office - Loyalists Musters, 1776-1785
      (M.G. 23, D 1, Series I, Volume 24, pages 168-171) Microfilm C-9818
      The list below has been sorted in alphabetical order by surname, in order to isolate possible family groups.
      Roll of Loyalists &ce settled at Belle Vue in Beaver Harbour 10th July 1784
      Men: Benjn Parker, John Parker, Jonathan Parker, Jonathan Parker Jun, Joseph Parker, Robt Parker, Samuel Parker
      Women: Anne Parker, Eliz Parker
      Children under 10: Ephraim Parker, Nathl Parker

      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-ward-chipman/pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2549&
      Item: Joseph PARKER
      Digitized page of Ward Chipman, Muster Master?s Office for Image No.: e003636809
      Given Name(s): Joseph
      Surname: PARKER
      Group/Regiment: Loyalist
      Type of Records: Muster roll
      Year: 1784
      Volume: 24
      Page(s): 168
      Record Title: Roll of Loyalists settled at BelleVue in Beaver Harbour. 10th July 1784.
      Microfilm Reel Number: C-9818
      Reference: MG 23 D1, Series 1
      Item Number: 2549
    Petition 20 Nov 1786 
    • Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
      Name PARKER, JOSEPH
      Year 1786
      County Charlotte
      Microfilm F1031
      1 other Petitioner(s) were on this Petition
      FAIRLAMB, SAMUEL

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Land petitions, 1783-1857
      Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office
      1786 Forrester, George P. - 1786 Parker, Timothy
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      1288453
      8191394
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191394?cat=78954
      [818/835]
      To his Excellency Thomas Carleton Esquire Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Bruswick etc etc

      The Memorial of Joseph Parker
      Humbly Sheweth
      That your Memorialists Family drew Lot No 27 at Beaver Harbour, as will appear by the annexed Certificate.

      He therefore requests your Excellency would be pleased to order said Lot to be granted to him, as he never has had any Land as yet, assigned to him.

      And as in Duty bound Shall ever pray

      Joseph Parker

      This is to certify that Mr Joseph Parkers wife and family drew lott No 27 in the friends allotment of farms at Beaver harbour

      Novr 20th 1786
      Sam E Fairlamb

      Joseph Parker's Memorl praying that Lot No 27 at Beaver Harbour may be granted unto him
    Residence 20 Nov 1786  [Beaver Harbour, Pennfield, Charlotte, NB] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Living SUMMER 1787 
    • https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933968
      QUAKER-LOYALIST SETTLERS IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA
      Arthur J. Mekeel
      Bulletin of Friends Historical Association
      Bulletin of Friends Historical Association
      Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 1947), pp. 26-38 (13 pages)
      Names of the People in religious profession with the People call'd Quakers in the Provinces of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, taken by Joseph Moore and William Wilson, in the summer 1787.
      ...
      p 28
      Joseph Parker carpenter wife Elizabeth & four children from Shrewsubry its said he has been concern'd in some Military service, none of them in Membership (Note 12)
      ...
      Robert Parkes. Mason Chester County (Note 16)
      ...

      p 31
      A Return of the Company of Loyalists and Quakers, who embark for the River St John in Nova Scotia, for whom Samuel Fairlamb, John Ranken & George Brown are appointed Agent
      ...
      Robt Parkes 1 man 1 total Mason, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
      Joseph Parkes 1 man 1 women 3 children over 10 2 servants 7 total Carpenter, Shrewsbury, Jersey, has been in [?] circumstances
      ...
      Robt Robins 1 man 1 total Wheelwright, Allen Town, Pennslvania
      ...

      p 34
      Notes
      ...
      12 Listed in II, III. In III the name is spelled Parkes
      ...
      16 Listed in II, III
    Occupation SUMMER 1787 
    Carpenter 
    Grant 21 Jan 1788  Beaver Harbour, Pennfield, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=39364
      Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
      Name PARKER, Joseph
      Volume B
      Page 231
      Grant number 133
      Place Pennfield
      County Charlotte
      Date 1788-01-21
      Accompanying plan No
      Acres 10
      Microfilm F16302
      Comment Beaver Harbour
      Other names on this grant (43)
      [Lot 29 West Beaver Harboour]
    Grant 15 Mar 1788  Beaver Harbour, Pennfield, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
      Name PARKER, Joseph
      Volume B
      Page 321
      Grant number 144
      Place Pennfield Parish
      County Charlotte
      Date 1788-03-15
      Accompanying plan No
      Acres 0
      Microfilm F16302
      Comment --
      Other names on this grant (110)
    Residence Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Holmes
    Residence Aft er  back to Shrewsbury? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Aft 1788 
    Person ID I54829  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2020 

    Father Camel 
    Family ID F19607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth 
    Children 
     1. Ephraim PARKER,   b. *[1773-1777],   d. Bef 1823 ASSESS?
     2. Joseph PARKER,   b. *[1773-1777],   d. Bef 1823 ASSESS?
     3. Nathaniel PARKER,   b. *[1773-1777],   d. Bef 1823 ASSESS?
    Family ID F18146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Charlotte County Registry Books: No Joseph or Elizabeth in first two books. Thomas Parker m Ann Mears owned Pennfield land, but apparently not these lots
      Johnson's Vitals: Nil
      Old Soldiers: Nil
      Saint John Registry Books -1841: Nil
      Petition 1786: This is to certify that Mr Joseph Parker's wife and family drew lott No 27 in the friends allotment of farms at beaver Harbour [Not granted]
      Holmes: wife Elizabeth and 4 children
      Charlotte County Probate: Nil
      Early NB Probate: Nil
      NB Probate Index Charlotte, Kings, Queens, Sundbury, Saint John York counties: Checked at LDS. Nil
      Carleton Papers [Library and Archives of Canada]: Nil
      Grants: Joseph Parks and Nathaniel Parks in Saint John

      s? Ephraim Parker m Constant White
      s? Jacob Parker s Nathaniel m Hannah

      Did the family return to Shrewsbury? See deeds below with wife Elizabeth in Shrewsbury 1804.

      Children
      The names Joseph, Ephraim and Nathaniel are repeated numerous times in the Shrewsbury Parker lines.

      1787 Return: wife Elizabeth and 4 children or 3 children over 10. Joseph Parkes 1 man 1 women 3 children over 10 2 servants 7 total Carpenter, Shrewsbury, Jersey, has been in [?] circumstances

      The list of passengers discharged from the Camel in 1783 include several Parker children: 2 over the age of 10, and 6 under the age of 10. An earlier list indicated that Benjamin Parker had 2 children over the age of 10, and 3 under. A later report, from 1787, shows Joseph Parker has 3 children, then over 10.

      It is clear the 2 children under 10, namely Ann and Richard, were children of Benjamin. But there is little evidence to divide the remaining 6 children between Benjamin and Joseph. Thomas Parker and Elizabeth Parker, two of the children under 10, were known to marry and settle on Campobello, just as Benjamin and others in his family did. On the 1783 list, Thomas and Elizabeth were grouped together with Mary, while Ephraim, Joseph and Nathan were separately grouped together. So it is not unreasonable to conclude that Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary were Benjamin's children. And Ephraim, Joseph and Nathan were Joseph's children. Furthermore, the names Joseph, Ephraim and Nathaniel are repeated numerous times in the Shrewsbury Parker lines.

      Ephraim:
      Joseph:
      Nathaniel:
    • Loyalists to Canada
      Holmes
      p 93
      Joseph Parker/Parkes was a carpenter from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and may have served in Emericks Chasseurs during the Revolutionary War. According to the Philadelphia Quaker Joseph Moore, who visited New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1786, Joseph Parker had been "concern'd in some military service. None were in [Quaker] membership." His wife Elizabeth, four children and he were passengers on the Camel, which arrived in Beaver Harbour in September 1783. Joseph Parker was named in the Beaver Harbour muster of 1784, and was a grantee in the town plot at Beaver Harbour Lot 29 10 acres. On 18 October 1779, a Joseph Parker of Upper Makefield, Buck County, signed an oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania.
    • First Families

      PARKER: Joseph Parker: was from Shrewsbury, NJ: married Elizabeth - : parents and four children came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: they received land at Beaver Harbour in Pennfield Parish, Charlotte County.
      Source: MC80/1720 Theodore C. Holmes? Loyalists to Canada: the 1783 settlement of Quakers and others at Passamaquoddy, page 93.
    • Loyalists to Canada: The 1783 Settlement of Quakers and Others at Passamaquoddy
      Theodore C Holmes
      Picton Press 1992

      p 219
      Appendix 2
      [Public Record Office, London ADM 36/9430; from a transcript made by Professor David Bell of the University of New Brunswick, which copy is located at the Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB. Reproduced here with his permission.]

      A List of Loyalist Refugees consisting of James Reed (Pilot) wife & 2 children & 30 children above 10 - 2/3 Rations

      [The list indicates that the Reed family embarked on board ship 21 August 1783 and disembarked 18 September 1783 at Saint John. It also indicates that Anne Rankin (and presumably the other 29 children above 10 embarked 21 August 1783 and disembarked 29 September 1783.]

      [Children above 10]
      ...
      Anna Parker [d Benjamin]
      Richard Parker [s Benjamin]
      ...

      Children under 10 1/2 Rations
      ...
      Thomas Parker [s Benjamin]
      Elizabeth Parker [d Benjamin]
      Mary Parker [d Benjamin]
      ...
      Ephraim Parker [s Joseph]
      Joseph Parker [s Joseph]
      Nath Parker [s Joseph]
      ...

      p 223
      Entered 23 May 83 Discharged 29 Sept Passamaquoddy
      ...
      Elisha Parker
      ...
      Benj Parker
      John Parker
      Samuel Parker
      Jonthn Parker (1)
      ...
      Jonn Parker (2)
      ...
      Robt Robbins
      Robt Parks
      ...
      Joseph Parker
      ...
      Jane Parker [m Elisha]
      ...
      Rachel Parker [m Benjamin]
      ...
      Eliz Parker [m Joseph]
      ...
    • American Loyalists to New Brunswick: The Ship Passengers Lists
      David Bell
      Formac Publishing 2015 Halifax

      p 108
      Company #19: William Perrines
      Return of Loyalists Embarked on Board the Transport - for the Bay of Fundy
      Note: This is a list of persons who said that they would sail from New York in William Perrine's company, not necessarily those who did so.

      John Parker 1 man Farmer New Jersey recommended by William Perrine

      p 136
      Timothy Parker [details]

      p 147
      Company #45: John Ford
      "Return of Loyalists Enrolled in Capt John Fords Company actually embarked on Board the Transport Ship Mary - Robowatan mastr, bound for St Johns River in Nova Scotia" [4 October 1783]
      Jonathan Parker? 1 man 1 woman 3 children under 10 5 total "Recommended for Charity"

      p 186
      "Return of Loyalists called Anabaptists who humbly request to embark for the River St John Nova Scotia in the same Transport appointed to convey the company of Loyalists called Quakers" [29 August 1783]
      Note: This list is reliable in terms of those who sailed from New York to St John Harbour, although most passengers then sailed onward to Beaver Harbour/

      Elisha Parker 1 man 1 woman [no occupation given] Jersey Caleb Barret
      Benjamin Parker 1 man 1 woman 3 children over 10 2 children under 10 Farmer Jersey Wm Curless?
      John Parker 1 man Farmer Jersey Wm Curless?
      Samuel Parker 1 man Farmer Jersey Wm Curless?
      Jno Parker 1 man Farmer Jersey Wm Curless?

      p 187
      Quaker and Baptist "Loyalist & Refugees" victualled on board the Royal Navy ship Camel late August - late September 1783

      Adult Males: Elisha Parker, Benjn Parker, John Parker, Samuel Parker, Jonathn Parker, Robert Parks
      Adult Females: Jane Parker, Rachel Parker,
      Children 10+: Anna Parker, Richard Parker
      Children -10: Thomas Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Mary Parker, Ephraim Parker, Joseph Parker, Nathl Parker,

      p 190
      ...rations issued to Provincial soldiers and their dependants were accounted for on a different sort of record.

      p 241
      Victualing Civilian Loyalists at Saint John 1783-1784
      [Original documents at War Office and Treasury records at National Archives UK WO 60 Volume 33 T 1 Volume 609]
      Timothy Parker [details]
      Jonathan Parker Farmer Unit 45 Ship Mary family 1 man 1 woman 3 children under 10 Family May 1784 same Family June 1784 same

      [Other Parkers not on this list, suggesting they were soldiers.]
    • Lot 29 Beaver Harbour

      Granted 1788. No disposal in books by him or his wife.

      John Horner owned several lots at Beaver Harbour, #30 is adjacent. Power of attorney to Joshua Knight. 1796 Knight to Tilley Howe. 1803 to Knight. 1811 Knight to Thomas Parker. 1813 Thomas and Ann to Samuel Bucknam. 1822 Bucknam to Mark Bucknam
      Jeremiah Fitz 38
      John Loffborough 22 [Nothing in books. John Loofbourrow and John Horner were witnesses in Amos Strickland selling Beaver Harbour land to Joshua Knight in 1788.]
      Joseph Thorn 28 1788 to Joshua Knight, wits John Loofbourry, John Horner.
    • New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890
      These are probably extracted from tax rolls

      1779
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph Jr (indexed twice on same page)

      1780
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph Jr (indexed twice on same page)

      1781
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph Jr (indexed twice on same page)

      1784
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph son of William

      1785
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page, one "Negro")
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph son of William

      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1786
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1787
      Middleton
      Joseph

      1789 [See below Will
      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph son of Peter (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph son of William (indexed twice on same page)

      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1790
      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1792
      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1793
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph

      Middleton
      Shrewsbury

      1794
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph Jr (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph son of William (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph "Squan"

      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1795
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)
      Joseph Jr (indexed twice on same page)

      Middleton
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      1796
      Shrewsbury
      Joseph (indexed 4 times same page, may be 2 people indexed twice)

      Middleton (indexed twice on same page)

      1797
      Shrewsury
      Joseph (indexed twice on same page)

      * * *
      Joseph Parker
      in the New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
      Name: Joseph Parker
      Residence Date: 2 Jun 1790
      Residence Location: Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
      Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
      2 June 1790
      Joseph Parker of Shrewsbury. Int amd'r William Parker. Fellow bondsman Jonathan Rhea, both of said County. Wit: Thomas Henderson, Surrogtae. Lib 30 p 417
    • Joseph Parker m Elizabeth r Shrewsbury

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216629?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Records of deeds, 1665-1899
      Authors: Monmouth County (New Jersey). Register of Deeds
      Deeds, v. N 1802-1803
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      592652
      7901932
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007901932?cat=216629
      [308/421]
      Volume N Page 533
      14 July 1802
      Timothy Corliss & Joseph Parker Shrewsbury
      Joseph Scudder Freehold
      auditors for a debt...

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216629?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Records of deeds, 1665-1899
      Authors: Monmouth County (New Jersey). Register of Deeds
      Deeds, v. O 1803-1805
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      592653
      8139585
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008139585?cat=216629
      [783/1076]
      Volume O Page 752
      24 April 1804
      Joseph Parker Shrewsbury and wife Elizabeth
      Joseph Allen Shrewsbury
      $45
      land in Shrewsbury described
      Joseph Parker
      Elizabeth Parker
      Wit: Tobias Little, Theos Little
    • https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933968
      QUAKER-LOYALIST SETTLERS IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA
      Arthur J. Mekeel
      Bulletin of Friends Historical Association
      Bulletin of Friends Historical Association
      Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 1947), pp. 26-38 (13 pages)
      Names of the People in religious profession with the People call'd Quakers in the Provinces of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, taken by Joseph Moore and William Wilson, in the summer 1787.
      ...
      p 28
      Joseph Parker carpenter wife Elizabeth & four children from Shrewsubry its said he has been concern'd in some Military service, none of them in Membership (Note 12)
      ...
      Robert Parkes. Mason Chester County (Note 16)
      ...

      p 31
      A Return of the Company of Loyalists and Quakers, who embark for the River St John in Nova Scotia, for whom Samuel Fairlamb, John Ranken & George Brown are appointed Agent
      ...
      Robt Parkes 1 man 1 total Mason, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
      Joseph Parkes 1 man 1 women 3 children over 10 2 servants 7 total Carpenter, Shrewsbury, Jersey, has been in [?] circumstances
      ...
      Robt Robins 1 man 1 total Wheelwright, Allen Town, Pennslvania
      ...

      p 34
      Notes
      ...
      12 Listed in II, III. In III the name is spelled Parkes
      ...
      16 Listed in II, III

      [See also: http://cfha.info/journal76p39.pdf]
    • Readex Database at University of Maine Folger Library

      Advertisement page [3], iss. 117, vol. III
      Date March 22, 1780
      Source
      New-Jersey Gazette (published as The New Jersey Gazette)
      Place(s) of Publication Trenton, New Jersey

      Public notice is hereby given to all persons who have in the custody or power, any goods or chattels, bonds, bills, mortgages, notes, books of accounts, or other instrument of writing; or who are indebted to the followin fugitives and offenders, and shall neglect to mame discovery thereof to one or more of is the subscribers, Commissioners for the county of Monmouth, may exepct to be dealt with as the law in that case hath provided:...
      Joseph Parker...of Shrewsbury
      ...
      Notice is hereby given to all persons having any claim, interest, or demands, in or upon the estate of the above persons, to exhibit their respective accounts to any two or more of the Judges of the said county Court, who will attend at Monmouth Courthouse on the first Monday in April, and during April term, and on the first Monday in May, to received and adjust the said accounts.
      Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Kenneth Hankinson, Jacob Wikoff, Commissioners
      ...
      March 10 1780

      Advertized again:
      Advertisement page [4], iss. 118, vol. III
      Date March 29, 1780
      Source
      New-Jersey Gazette (published as The New Jersey Gazette)
      Place(s) of Publication Trenton, New Jersey
    • Property Confiscated from Monmouth County

      * * *
      Joseph Parker
      in the UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835
      Name: Joseph Parker
      Correspondence Place: Monmouth
      Record Type: Miscellaneous
      Piece Description: Documents Communicated by State Government
      US Region: New Jersey
      Source Information
      Ancestry.com. UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
      Original data: American Loyalist Claims, 1776?1835. AO 12?13. The National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew, Surrey, England.
      [127/286]
      A list of the names of all those Persons whose property was Confiscated in the Several Counties of the State of New Jersey, for joining the Army of the King of Great Britain &c, as returned to the Auditors Office, previous to the first day of May 1787.
      [130/]
      Monmouth County
      ...
      Joseph Taylor
      ...
      Thomas Leonard
      [131/]
      ...
      John Leonard
      ...
      Samuel Leonard
      ...
      John Longstreet junr
      Joseph Parker
    • British Military

      Title: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY

      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-index/Pages/british-military-naval-records-index.aspx

      Parit, Nicholas - Pensioners, Chelsea 54 C-11843
      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/british-military-naval-records-index/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=721181

      [332/6354]
      Joseph Parker
      Chasseurs 1779
      c.1891 page 34

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/397529?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      British military records, "C" series, 1757-1899, located at the National Archives of Canada

      Vol. 1888, p. 44 - vol. 1893 Loyalist muster rolls: Guides and Pioneers, 1779-1783 (v. 1888-89) South Carolina Royalists, 1779-1782 (v.1890) Emerick's Chasseurs, 1781 (v. 1891) Loyal New Englanders, 1778 (v. 1892) Loyal Foresters, 1781-1782 (v. 1892) King's Rangers, 1783 (v. 1892) Royal Fencible Am. Reg., 1777 (v. 1893) Volunteers of New England, 1782 (v. 1893) Gov. Wentworth's Volunteers,1777-81 (v.1893) (NAC film no. C-4222)
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      1631547
      8126644
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008126644?cat=397529
      [367/860]
      Muster Roll of Major De Voliers Company in the Battalion of Chasseurs Commanded by Lt Col Commt Andreas Emmerich Valentine's Bridge June 24th 1779
      ...
      25 Joseph Parker enlisted 3d May [1779]
    • Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784
      New York marriages
      Marriage Bond 5 November 1778 Joseph Parker and Elizabeth Swan Volume 26 Page 82