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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Parker Family Papers, 1756-1943, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 2018-010
Primary Creator: Parker family
Extent: 2.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in original order.
Date Acquired: 03/23/2018
Subjects: Families--Virginia, Genealogy--Research, Gloucester (Va.), Isle of Wight County (Va.), Nansemond County (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Old Point Comfort (Hampton, Va.), Parker family, Prince George County (Va.), Princess Anne County (Va.), Smithfield (Va.), Virginia--Genealogy, Virginia--Social life and customs
Forms of Material: Bills of sale, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Deeds, Envelopes, Genealogies (histories), Indentures, Legal documents, Notes, Pedigrees, Photocopies, Photographs, Typescripts, Wills
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by Herbert Nash Lee from Norfolk, Virginia. Geographic locations mentioned in the documents include Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Nansemond, Norfolk, Princess Anne, Old Point Comfort, and Prince George County, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Page Fitchett by donation
Preferred Citation:
Parker Family Papers, MSS 2018-010, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed April 6, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Loose Documents of the Parker Family, 1787-1938, undated
- Item 1: Will, John Sinclair, 1815 August 18
- Item 2: Indenture, between William Call and Copeland Parker and his wife Diana Parker, 1827 October 23
- Item 3: Deed of gift, Nicholas Parker to John and Copeland Parker, 1787 July 19
- Item 4: Indenture, between Thomas and Margaret Peirce, and Copeland and Diana Parker, 1813 December 9
- Item 5: Official documents, relating to a building owned by Copeland Parker at Old Point Comfort, 1824-1825
- Documents concern payment for building improvements. Notable individuals include John D. Gordon and Lovitt Fentress.
- Item 6: Indenture, between Nicholas Parker and Copeland Parker, 1787 July 19
- Item 7: Indenture, between James Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Nancy Corbell, Charity Mitchell, and Jonathan Eilbeck, 1798 July 25
- Item 8: Correspondence, Bettie Parker to Lizzie Parker, June 15
- Sent from Charlestown to Norfolk, Virginia. Letter was likely written circa 1840s.
- Item 9: Typescript, Reminiscences of Copeland Parker (1768-1830), undated
- Item 10: Will, George H. Rose, 1938 January 7
- Folder 2: Contents of Three-Ring Binder Marked "Herbert N. Lee", 1756-1943, undated
- Item 1: Envelope, "Nash Family Papers", undated
- Envelope is empty.
- Item 2: Photographs, Portraits of Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker, 1976, undated
- Three photographs.
- Item 3: Pedigree chart, beginning with Thomas Parker, immigrant to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, undated
- Item 4: Correspondence, Herbert M. Nash to George W. Dey, 1908 November 17
- Sent from Norfolk, Virginia.
- Item 5: Correspondence, J. S. Selden, Jr. to Mr. Lee, undated
- Written in Hampton, Virginia. Includes genealogical information on Elizabeth Talbot Parker and George Halson Rose.
- Item 6: Deed, From Edward Hall in trust to Richard Taylor for Dick and Daniel, 1815 February 23
- Item 7: Photocopies, Nash (Herbert) Family Bible, undated
- Item 8: Bill of sale, Between Alexander Tunstall and Nicholas Wilson Parker, 1828 August 4
- Sale for a slave named Billy.
- Item 9: Bill of sale, Between Cornelius Ratcliff and Nicholas Parker, 1756 May 5
- Sale for a young slave named Ben.
- Item 10: Legal document, Diana Robinson Parker conveying property to her husband Copeland Parker, 1820 January
- Item 11: Will, Copeland Parker, 1830 September 23
- Item 12: Correspondence, Robert Rose to Nicholas Parker, circa 1848
- Letter requests Parker's permission to marry his daughter.
- Item 13: Genealogical information, Parker Family, undated
- Item 14: Notes, Boush Family, 1971 November 17
- Item 15: Miscellaneous Genealogical Notes, 1943, undated
- Includes typescript, handwritten notes, and clippings relating to the Parker family.
- Item 16: Notes, Sinclair Family, undated
- Photocopies of published materials.
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