Jesse James Park

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1820, Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO
• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO
• Residence: 24 Jan 1831, Franklin Co., St. John’s Twp., MO

Notes:

A marriage bond date of August 8, 1809 showed bondsman Samuel Dent and Ebenezer Park. Madison Co., Ky. Marriage Records, Vol. i,1786-[1822..Compiled by Bill and Kathy Vockery, p. 62. Also named in the will of Samuel Dent 1834, Franklin Co., MO. Jessie park purchased land in Franklin Co. MO in 1831 - 106 acres Fred Kinder - descendant.
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“Jesse was supposedly perceived as the black sheep of the family as family history has it, for his rather abrupt departure to Missouri. At one time, Jesse farmed the land in Eastern Madison County along Drowning Creek (original owner was Jesse's father, Ebenezer Park, Sr.) and per agreement with his father, gave him so many bushels of corn each year. Eb Park, Sr. had previously moved to the Station Camp area of Estill County. Jesse's brother, Col. Eli Park (m. Winnaford Dillingham) and sister, Mary (m. John Scrivner) both lived on this same Drowning Creek tract of land where Eb and wife, Tabitha Mills were eventually buried (I found their graves on 20 June 2000 under fallen Pine trees), having moved in with son, Col. Eli Park in the last years. Jesse moved to Missouri at the invitation of Winnie’s father, having been promised land there.”
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“This Deed made the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight between Jesse Park and his wife Anna of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred forty five dollars to them in hand paid by John Voss of the County and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and do grant bargain and sell convey and confirm, unto the said John Voss and to his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land situated or being in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid, being the south west quarter of the north west quarter of Section No. seventeen in Township No. forty three of Range No. one west, containing forty acres, with the exception however of a small piece of said __ separation? in the North West corner which is separated form the rest of said ___ ___ section by a stream running and the said North West corner separated to be about five acres--to have and hold the same with the privileges and appertenance thereunto belonging to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife hereby _____that their heirs____and administrator will warrant and defend the title to the said premises to the said John Voss his heirs and assigns forever, against the claim or claims of all persons whatever lawfully claiming the same--In witness whereof, the said Jesse Park and Anna his wife party of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “

Anna signed with her mark in the presence of W. V. N. (Bay?)

Filed and Recorded March 5, 1838, C. S. Jeffries, Clerk, per W.V.N. Bay?

Deeded land is in Krakow area.

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Jesse Park and Anna his wife; Henry Dent and Louisa his wife;
Robert Beatty and Viney his wife; Dyson Johnson and Malinda his wife;
and Olive Dent, heirs of Samuel Dent, deceased,
and Ephriam B. Strickland
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Indenture made 5th day of May, 1842, between above parties
for the sum of $225
the west half of the southeast quarter, section five, township 43, range 1 west, consisting of 80 acres.
Attest: John R. Browne

Filed Oct 24, 1849, Recorded March 1, 1850, C.S. Jeffries, Clerk

Deeded land is in Krakow area.
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Names on Jesse Park estate papers:

Administrator: William Park
Heirs: William Park,
Robert Park, Jane Park, Ephraim Park, Lewis Park, minor heirs of Willson Park, deceased
Syrena Cooper, Anderson Park, Ebenezer Park, Lavina Allum, Eli Park, Savica Park
Sworn before C. Jeffries, and D. Bishop, Clerk and Deputy Clerk
Witnesses: Ira and Eli Valentine

Inventory of estate was administered by William Park
Witnesses: Payton R. Sawyers and Ira Valentine

Names of Debtors:
Wm. C. Stites, William and Nancy Park (for 40 acres of land)
Spencer Altum, John Tomson (Thompson) James Park, David Stites, Anderson Park, Benjamin Noss?

Appraisers of the slaves and personal estate: (no slaves itemized)
Ira Vallantine, Peter B. Persell and Mathew Scott
sworn before Payton R. Sawyers, JP Total value of personal estate: $419.55

Receipts for estate payment from:
Ebenezer Park (signed), Anderson Park (his mark), George Cooper (his mark), Spencer Altum (signed).

Purchaser’s names:
Spencer Altum, George Cooper, Ebenezer Park, Anderson Park, John Ramsey, M.R. Childers, D. Dndee, Jess Altum, Mathew Scott, Jesse Hull (?), T. B Gereel, A. W. Leffers, William Park, Ira Valentine, T. B. Peneel (?), Levi Stites, James Valentine, D. Drace, Martin Cromer, John L. Linten (?), Eli Park, L. C. Inman, Isaac Stites, John Thompson, Mrs. (?), Savica Park, Chesney Cromer, Gilford….(?).

Census:
Microfilm roll #72, p. 134

Residence:
Taken up by Jesse Park living in St. John’s Twp., Franklin County, two hogs, one a barrow and the other a spaid sow, supposed to be something like two years old. The barrow is a pale red with black spots on him, marked in the left ear with a hole, swallow fork and underbit and a swallow fork and underbit in the right. The sow is a pale red and few black spots, marked with an oven bit and swallow fork in the left ear, a bit and an underbit in the right. Appraised two dollars and seventy five cents by John Stites andWlliam Park, appraiser, duly sworn before me 26th January 1831. Wm. G. Owens, JP

Buried:
Valentine-Armstrong Family Cemetery (probably)

Jesse married Winnie Ann Dent on 10 Aug 1809 in Madison Co., KY. Winnie (daughter of Samuel Dent and Martha “Patsy” Harris) was born between 1792-1795 in Franklin Co., VA; died after 1832 in Franklin Co., Boone Twp., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Park (Parks) was born on 10 Jun 1810 in Madison Co., KY; died on 3 Apr 1870 in Franklin Co., MO.
2. Wilson Park was born in 1812 in Madison Co., KY; died in 1844 in MO.
3. Samuel Park was born in 1815 in Madison Co., KY; died before 10 Oct 1845 in Franklin Co., MO.
4. Anderson Park was born on 20 Aug 1816 in Madison Co., KY; died on 25 Dec 1889 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Henry Co., MO.
5. Savica Park was born before 1821 in Madison Co., KY.
6. Lavina Parks was born on 26 Jan 1821 in Madison Co., KY; died on 25 Apr 1853 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Apr 1853 in Beaufort, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO.
7. Serena Lavera Park was born on 3 Apr 1823 in Franklin Co., MO; died before 1860 in Franklin Co., MO.
8. Ebenezer Park was born in 1824 in Franklin Co., MO.
9. Elijah (Eli) Baily Park was born on 20 May 1827 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; died on 24 Mar 1910 in Villa Ridge, Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: A man of unusual education for his day.
• Occupation: Tailor, then farmer, Baptist Minister
• Religion: Baptist
• PURC: Abt 1796, Madison Co., KY
• Residence: 1796, Madison Co., KY

Notes:

Ebenezer was a man of unusual education for his day. Born in Virginia, he settled in North Carolina (perhaps as a result of the French and Indian War), where most if not all of his children were born. We don't know exactly when the Park families moved from Hampshire County, WV, to Rowan Co., NC, by way of the Great Wagon Road of Pennsylvania, but the first record of Ebenezer in Rowan Co. is 1772.

"Several Parks lived in what was then called the Bald Mountain District of Rowan County. These were George, Moses, Ebenezer, Allen, Timothy, and Charles. It is not known exactly where in the District George lived, but the others were all in or near what is now Jackson Hill Township, in western Davidson County, on or close to the Yadkin River."

"On August 8, 1778, Ebenezer was listed as one of many throughout Rowan County 'who neglected or refused to appear before the Justice of their respective Districts and take the Oath of Affirmation of Allegiance to the State agreeable to Act of Assembly and who have omitted appearing at Court and rendering Excuse for such Neglect or Refusal.' "

According to Doug Park, Ebenezer lived 24 years along Cabin Creek in the township of Jackson Hill before going to Kentucky. But his brother Noah and wife Anna remained and died on their farm in NC. They are buried on that farm (see note for Noah Park) in a cemetery known as the Park-Bean-Wyatt Cemetery.

In 1796, he and Tabitha “followed Daniel Boone into KY using the [Boone’s] Wilderness Trail and was considered to be a Pioneer of Madison Co. They traveled on pack horses, with their ten children, and settled near the town of Richmond. Later Ebenezer moved to Station Camp, where he lived for many years. He finally settled on the waters of Drowning Creek in Madison County, where he lived and died. In the marriage bond, signed by John Hawkins, Ebenezer spelled his name "Parke." He would not take the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina against the King in 1778.,

Ebenezer bought four hundred acres of land on Station Camp Creek, Madison Co., Kentucky, practically at the mouth of Middle Fork. To his four oldest sons he deeded one hundred acres each. He made a most remarkable division of this land. To Asa he gave the lower tract, to Ebenezer, Jr., the upper tract, and to Jonathan the next lower tract. These three tracts were all locate on the east side of Station Camp Creek. To John he gave the land on the west side of the creek. The four hundred acres were so divided that each son received the same number of acres of low land and each son received the same number of acres of hill land and each had Station Camp Creek water course.
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“…surprised to read that Eb, Sr. was a Baptist minister, though I have known for years that his son, Eb, Jr. and also Eb, Jr.'s son, Rev. John Mills Park (1806-1877) were Baptist Ministers. We found this info in court records and family documents at the EKU Library's Archives and Special Collections section.”

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“From Hampshire Co., VA(WV) Ebenezer Park settled on Cabin Creek by the Yadkin River in Rowan Co. in the Bald Mtn. District, Capt. Israel Cox'sDistrict along with his brothers, Allen, George, Noah & Moses, and cousins Charles, Nathan & Timothy. In 1779 Ebenezer was a witness to a deed record for Allen Parke, Rowan Co., NC Deed Book 9, page 105, Dec.25, 1779. Allen Park & wife Elizabeth to Phineas Runyon for 200 poundsNC money, 240 acres on Cabin Creek bought from George Smith Jr. of PA,Feb. 21, 1767. Jonathan Davis, Ebenezer Parke, Feb. 1780, 1786, Ebenezer received a state grant of 270 acres on the northwest side of Cabin Creek,202, p. 138, Oct. 25, 1786. State Grant #1208 @50 shillings per 100 acres to Ebenezer Parks/Parker, 270. He remained in NC for about 20 years before departing for Madison Co. KY in 1796.

The 1778 Tax List for Bald Mt. district, in 1778 known as Capt. IsraelCox's District, lists these Park men: Allen, Charles, Ebenezer, George,Moses, Nathan and Timothy. Charles was the son of Nathan Parke. Allen, Ebenezer, George, Moses and possibly Timothy were brothers. However,Timothy had close ties with Nathan and his son, Charles and could have been a son of Joseph Parke of Warren Co., NJ, who was a brother to Nathan Parke. This relationship has not been proven either way. On this Aug.8, 1778 Persons in the district of Capt. Cox among those listed as not having taken the Oath of Allegiance to the State was Ebenezer Park.”

Birth:
(Hampshire)

Buried:
Drowning Creek (Eli Park land)

Ebenezer married Tabitha Mills on 6 Jan 1772 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. Tabitha (daughter of John (Jonathan?) Mills, Sr. and Rebeckah Harrold (?)) was born on 27 Feb 1752 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died on 18 Oct 1826 in Estill, Madison Co., KY; was buried in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Since the Mills family was staunchly Quaker for generations, it is likely that Tabitha was “disowned” or otherwise “shunned” for marrying outside the Society of Friends.

Birth:
Birth is recorded at New Garden MM, Guilford County, NC

Buried:
Near Drowning Creek (Eli Park land). Doug Park would find the final resting place of our Ebenezer and Tabitha on land that was once their son, Eli Park's Farm in the woods--underneath fallen yellow pine trees (a result of an ice storm three years prior.

Notes:

Married:
Matt Troy and John Hankins, Bondsmen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Horse breeder/trader. Operated a sawmill as well.
• USR1: Died in a military battle at Ft. Duquesne, PA, led by George Washington

Notes:

"John Parks II was born probably in Burlington County, N.J., and was possibly the John Parks who died in 1758 (near Cumberland, Md.), while serving in a unit of the Virginia Militia during the French and Indian War. John II married a woman named Mary, who died circa 1773. Either her maiden name was Davis, or, after John's death, she remarried a man who was surnamed Davis. They received a Fairfax grant in Parks Valley, Hampshire County."
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John’s place of death was found to be Cumberland, MD (reference  Dr. Wilmer Kerns in one of his books on Hampshire Co. VA) and this could indicate that he died at Fort Cumberland at Will's Creek during the French and Indian War while serving in the Virginia Militia, or may indeed have died between Fort Cumberland MD and Fort Duquesne PA, while going to or from a battle, possibly by Indian ambush of the traveling soldiers. Because his death was recorded as "killed near Fort Duquesne, on Sept. 14, 1758, I researched and found that was the date of the Battle of Grant's Hill.  So putting all these things together determined that is how, when and where he died.  Almost all of the 1st Regiment died in that battle.  George Washington wrote about it in his diary which has been published.  A short movie was made about this battle, which I have a copy of, called “When the Forest Ran Red."

 It is more likely from the date of his death that John died in the Battle of Grant's Hill at Fort Duquesne while fighting with the First Virginia  Regiment under Col. George Washington during the French & Indian War.  John III filed a petition as eldest son in 1770 for John Jr.'s land stating he had left no will.  His mother Mary had by then remarried to John Davis. It is about this time, that John Park II and children dropped the "e" and some added an "s".

Source:  Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck,  Genealogical :Publishing Co., IN> p. 235,211,127,45.  Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 - William Armstrong Crozier
Research done by Mrs. Evelyn Potter Park and Dr. Margaret Park & independently from them, Susan Balde Avery.
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https://moreexploringoffthebeatenpath.com/2018/09/01/battle-of-grants-hill/#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Grant's%20Hill,have%20been%20fought%20at%20all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Duquesne

https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:00agc4777m
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While still in Hopewell, John Parke Jr. was appointed overseer of the upper road north on the north side of Stony Brook in 1735.

John Jr. also had 250 acres north and west of Capon Bridge by abt. 2miles. John Parke Jr. may have been a chain carrier for GeorgeWashington, surveyor in 1750. The Wagon Rd. went southwest fromWinchester to a ford over the Cacapon on John Parke Sr.'s land to (OldFields) Moorefield, Hardy Co., W. Va. John II had a sawmill on the Cacapon River. He also had stud service for horses, so was a horse breeder/trader.

In George Washington's survey book there is a survey for 135 acres onMill Run, a branch of the Capapon River, granted to John Park Jr. Dec.29, 1750. On March 31, 1751, 30 acres of land was surveyed for Bartholomew Anderson. Bartholomew was the 3rd person, along with Thomas Smith and John Parke Sr. who fled Hopewell after the Coxe incident.

John Jr. (II) most probably is the John Parke who was enlisted in theVirginia 1st Militia, which was being formed during the Indian uprisings leading up to the French & Indian War. In Sept. 1758 a John Parke is listed on the Muster Roll of Capt. Thomas Speak for the Frederick Co. Virginia Militia. This is most likely a "re-signup" to the VA militia.An earlier record has been found on a John Park enlisting October 1756, Frederick Co, VA (Collection of the Manuscript Div. Library of Congress). This John Park/e served under the First Virginia Regiment under Col.George Washington, and was listed as "killed" near Fort Duquesne, Sept.14, 1758. This would also coincide with the dates of deeds and request byJohn Park III, who filed a petition to recover his father John Park II's land. The Aug. 18, 1762 land purchased in Hampshire Co. VA by John Parks- 250 acres on the waters of Cacapon River must be John Park III who remained in the area after his brothers, mother and a sister left forRowan Co. about 1759. (Book I, p. 159, Also the Fairfax land grand Feb.9, 1770 p. 52.) Land Warrant to John Parke III states that John Parks II being dead, his son, John Parke is proved Heir-at-law. Deed to issue in the name of said John reserving 1/3 to Mary Davis, widow of John Parks.Deed to John Parke from Lord Fairfax in Frederick Co. , dated Nov. 15,1771 for 182 acres originally granted to his father, John Park Jr. in1753. John Park certifies "I am eldest son and heir of a tract of land of my father John Parks, Sr. (actually II), he dying without a Will. Witnesses, Roger Park, brother to John Park II. (his uncle) Affidavit dated 1771, by James Smith before Adam Stephen, Justice of the Peace, stated that he was married to Ann, daughter of John Park, Jr. and that his father-in-law made no Will. Another affidavit with no dates, states: ”Reserve 1/3 to Mary Davis, widow of John Park, Jr." P-86 of the Deedbook - John Parke of Hampshire Co. son and heir at law of John Parke deceased 182 acres on head of Thomas Edward's Mill Branch of Cacapehon in said county reserving unto Mary Davis widow of John Parke deceased 1/2during her lifetime and after her decease the whole to John Parke surveyed Oct. 30, 1753 for John Parke deceased. Signed by John Mauzy and forfeited by advertisement and recorded in Book N 15 NN 1771

His place of death was found to be Cumberland, MD (reference Dr.Wilmer Kerns in one of his books on Hampshire Co. VA) and this could indicate that he died at Fort Cumberland at Will's Creek during theFrench and Indian War while serving in the Virginia Militia, or may indeed have died between Fort Cumberland MD and Fort Duquesne PA, while going to or from a battle, possibly by Indian ambush of the traveling soldiers. Because his death was recorded as "killed near Fort Duquesne, on Sept. 14, 1758, I researched and found that was the date of the Battle of Grant's Hill. So putting all these things together determined that is how, when and where he died. Almost all of the 1st Regiment died in that battle. George Washington wrote about it in his diary which has been published. A short movie was made about this battle, which I have a copy of, called "And the River Ran Red."

It is more likely from the date of his death that John died in the Battle of Grant's Hill at Fort Duquesne while fighting with the First Virginia Regiment under Col. George Washington during the French &Indian War. John III filed a petition as eldest son in 1770 for JohnJr.'s land stating he had left no will. His mother Mary had by then remarried to John Davis. It is about this time, that John Park II and children dropped the "e"and some added an "s".

Research done by Mrs. Evelyn Potter Park and Dr. Margaret Park & independently from them, Susan Balde Avery.
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The Virginia Regiment was formed in 1754 by Virginia's Royal GovernorRobert Dinwiddie, as a provincial corps. The regiment served in theFrench and Indian War, with members participating in actions at Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity in 1754, the Braddock expedition in 1755, and the Forbes expedition in 1758. Small detachments of the regiment were involved in numerous minor actions along Virginia's extensive wilderness frontier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Duquesne
https://moreexploringoffthebeatenpath.com/2018/09/01/battle-of-grants-hill/#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Grant's%20Hill,have%20been%20fought%20at%20all.
https://documenting.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:00agc4777m - the book called The Story of Grant's Hill

Frederick County, 2:208, 5 March 1746 (This is probably John Parke -possibly John Jr.)
On the petition of James Coddy, Thomas Smith, John Parks, William Naylor, Josiah Arnold, George Potts, Darby McKeaver, Samuel Farrington, George Hoge, Peter Foster, and Walter D[illegible] for a road from Park's graveyard near Cape Capon water, over Dillon's Run, into the Wagon Road on Joseph Edwards's land, it is ordered that the said road be cleared by the said petitioners and that they work on the same under James Coddy, who is hereby appointed surveyor thereof. And it is further ordered that the said James Coddy cause the said road to be kept in good repair and make bridges thereon where required according to law.

Died:
Or, Cumberland Co., MD (Fort Cumberland/Hampshire Co. VA) As participant the day of Washington’s Battle of Grant’s Hill.

John married Mary Unknown in 1730 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. Mary was born between 1705-1710 in Hopewell, Burlington Co., NJ; died between 1771-1779 in Rowan Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reference to her being Swedish??? - Kenneth Wayne Parks PS#776

Reference to her being Mary Mislogle ? on ancestry.com - obviously confusing her with John Park IV's wife Mary Millschlagel.

She came south with her sons to Rowan Co. and either met and married John Davis there or possibly while in Hampshire Co. WV after John Parke's death. There is no indication that John Davis was ever in Hampshire Co.,WV, that I've found however. She was already married to him by the time of the court case about the distribution of John Parke's estate inHampshire Co. in 1762. It was not necessary for her to be in HampshireCo. WV for the court case just as it wasn't necessary for George to there when his land was sold. I believe they were both already in Rowan Co. NC long before that - probably shortly after John Parke's death in 1758.

Birth:
or Essex England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: In 1734 John described himself as a farmer from Prince George Co., MD
• Religion: Quaker
• Residence: 1718-1726, Prince George Co., MD

Notes:

Information about John Mills, Sr., as published on his memorial on Find-A-Grave website:

John MILLS Sr. was probably born in England. He came as a young man to Philadelphia where he engaged in the lumber business with Richard Harrold before settling in Maryland. John Mills Sr. is also identified by many Mills' family history accounts as the first Mills Emigrant to America of his line. The most notable manuscript was written by Jeremiah Mills, born 1784, son of Amos Mills, born 1752, grandson of Hur Mills born 1714.

In 1730 he was described as John Mills of "Manoquisy near ye River Potomac" on the marriage certificate of his son Thomas Mills who married Elizabeth Harrold, a daughter of Richard Harrold. In 1731 he witnessed a marriage at the home of Josiah Ballinger at "Monoguisie Province of Maryland."

He received a land grant/patent of 1315 acres, 12 Nov 1735, located in Virginia. Today this land is located between Inwood and Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co., WV. This land was described as being "on a branch of Opeckon, near but not adjoining the Lewis DeMoss land." In 1743 he deeded land to sons Thomas Mills, Hur Mills, Henry Mills and John Mills Jr. recorded in Frederick Co., VA.

On 1752, 6, 1. Hopewell granted John Mills a certificate to remove to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in Orange Co., NC. (we do not if it was Sr. or Jr.) John Mills Sr's Daughter Mary Mills Beeson and her husband William Beesonarrived at Cane Creek first, 1752, 3, 7. John Mills?. was followed on 1753, 5, 7. by Thomas Mills, John Mills?, Hur Mills and Henry Mills; to Cane Creek, they were received on 1753, 9, 1. The land the Mills families settled on was in Orange County, which became Rowan Co. in 1753 and then became Guilford Co. in 1770.

In 1757, John Mills Sr. was visited by William Reckitt during the French and Indian War. John Mills Sr. was then living within two or three miles of a place where not many weeks before Indians, had killed and taken away people. He made his last will and testament 28 Sep 1759 which was probated Jul 1761 Rowan Co., NC. The will left one shilling bequests to each of his five oldest children by his 1st wife Rebecca Mills: Thomas Mills, John Mills Jr., Hur Mills, Henry Mills and Mary Mills Beeson. The rest of his estate was left to his 2nd and current wife Rebekah Mills (spelled as in the will) for the support of her children who were not specifically named. John Mills Sr. died 24 11th month 1760 and his death is noted in the records of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford Co., NC.

In 1730 John Mills Sr. witnessed the marriage of his eldest son Thomas Mills, followed by the signature of a Rebecca Mills who was most likely his first wife and the mother of Thomas Mills. There were five children from his first marriage, born between 1709 and 1724. There were seven children from his second marriage to a woman also named Rebecca Mills that are recorded in the minutes of New Garden MM, NC. These children were born between 1742 and 1757. It would appear that John Mills' first wife died after 1730 and he remarried circa 1740 to the second Rebecca Mills. The second marriage no doubt occurred while John Mills Sr. and his children were members of Hopewell MM, VA. Unfortunately, the early records of this monthly meeting burned so there is no record of this marriage. The surnames of both wives remain unknown.

"When mistakes are published, they are impossible to correct"

Please note: contrary to some published references, there is no documented evidence to support that our John was the son of a John Mills who died 1704/5 at Philadelphia MM. Further, his mother was not Sarah Harrold and he was never married to a Rachel Bates!

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Contributing Research providers;
Cheska Wheatley descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Harrold MILLS 
Gwen Boyer Bjorkman descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth Harrold MILLS
Diana Whittenburg descendant of John Jr. and Sarah Beals MILLS
David Mills descendant of John Jr. and Sarah Beals MILLS
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From Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934. Pub 1936. Mills. Page 12. In the state land office at Richmond VA are to be found recorded in book 16 the patents issued to settlers who came to the Shenandoah Valley under the authority of the orders in Council made to Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan. All bear the date of November 12, 1735 and recite that the grantee is one of the seventy families brought in by them and excepting location and acreage are alike in wording and conditions., and are signed by William Gooch, Lt. Governor of the Colony at that time.

John Mills, Sr no 35 1315 acres of land in Berkeley Co WV. The land is on Mill Creek between Inwood and Gerradstown with highway 51 along the North part and highway 24 running through the land. This information is from the book Pioneers of old Frederick County, Virginia by Cecil O'Dell.
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“Probably came to America about 1708 with Richard Harrold and worked in Philadelphia in the construction business for several years before moving to Maryland.

“In 1730 he was described as John Mills of “Manoquisy near ye River Potomack” on son Thomas Mills’ marriage certificate recorded at New Garden Monthly Meeting, PA.

“In 1731 John, along with Thomas and Reuben Mills witnessed a marriage at Monoguisie, Province of Maryland, recorded at Nottingham MM, PA.

“John owned 1315 acres, in what is now Berkeley Co., WV; described in the patent as being “On a Branch of Opeckon, near but not adjoining Lewis MeMoss’ land.” In 1743 John Mills made several deeds recorded in Frederick Co., VA conveying portions of this tract to each of his sons, Thomas, Henry, Hurr and John Jr. In each deed he is described as “John Mills, Sr., of Prince George Co., MD, farmer.” His sons are all of Frederick County. No wife joined John Mills Sr. in these deeds.

“John was visited by Friend William Reckitt in 1757 during the French and Indian War. “The Indians had killed and taken away people within two or three miles of this place not many weeks before; but the Lord preserved US in our journey.”

“John’s will was made 28 Sept 1759, probated July 1761 in Rowan Co., NC. None of the children by his second marriage were named. “

Hopewell Meeting House...
“was the first Quaker meeting established in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It was originally known as Opeckan and was set off from the Concord Quarterly Meeting of Pennsylvania in 1734. The actual date of first settlement is thought to be around 1730. The meeting house is located about six miles north of Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia.

“A land grant of 100,000 acres was purchased on the Opeckan River. Many of the earliest settlers moved into the area from the Valley of the Monocacy in Maryland.”

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/MillsJohnRebecca.html
John Mills was received at Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina on 8/1/1752 on a certificate from Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Opeckan, Virginia dated 6/1/1752. Cane Creek Meeting at that time embraced a large area but John probably settled in Rowan County as he was a charter member of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Rowan County, when it was established in 1754. Sons Thomas, John, Hur & Henry followed on 9/1/1753 by certificate from Hopewell dated 5/7/1753.

John Mills and son John, Jr., are called "Fathers of the Colony" by Hinshaw in writing of Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Unfortunately the early Hopewell records have been lost and we only know of the Mills family move to North Carolina from the minutes of the receiving meeting. Fortunately, as was often the case, children were recorded at New Garden Monthly Meeting even though born in Virginia and it is here that we learn that Rebeckah was second wife of John and find birth dates for the second set of children. It is also born out by John's will, abstracted below.

Abstract of John Mills Sr’s WillRowan County (A:122) John (X) Mills. Sept. 28, 1759. prb. July 1761. Wife Rebecah. 4 sons are each to have 1 shilling and what they have already received. Sons of a former wife, they are: Thomas, John, Hur, Henry. Dau., Mary Beeson, by former wife. Exr: wife, Rebeckah. Wit: William Buis, William Baldwin, John Baker.

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In 2011 we learned that the Quaker Mills site online on geocities was no longer available but a source online of archives in Ancestry.com found the following pertinent information. It had been posted in 2001 by Cheska Wheatley who has since passed away. We will post a limited amount of this information here.

Cheska Wheatley mentions that the Quaker John Mills family is not her line but she helped a friend with research who was descended from this line so had quite a bit of information on them.

She gives information from son Thomas Mills' marriage certificate recorded at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Pa. In the right hand column customarily reserved for parents and close family members is a signature of John Mills followed by that of Rebecca Mills who is held to be his first wife. John Mills is described in 1730 as living on "Manoquisy near ye River Potomack."

The New Garden Monthly Meeting records, Guilford Co., NC contain the birth records of John's children by a woman named Rebecca who is clearly identified as his second wife. Their first child was born in 1742 some twelve years after John's eldest son by his first wife was married.

In 1742 and 1743 John Mills of Prince George, Md made several deeds of land to his sons Thomas, Henry, Hur and John J. who were then residents of Opeckan, Frederick Co, Va and no doubt members of Hopewell MM, Va. The records no doubt contain information on the death of the first wife and marriage to the second wife but the records are unavailable due to destruction in a fire.

Between 1752 and 1753 John Sr. and his four sons transferred their memberships from Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Va to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, NC according to the men's minutes of that meeting. In 1754 New Garden MM, NC was set off from Cane Creek MM and the four Mills brothers are recorded as original members of that meeting.

In 1759, John made his will which made bequests of 1 shilling each to his children Thomas, Henry, Hur, John and Mary "by my former wife." The rest of his estate was left to his wife Rebeckah and her children who were unnamed in the will. John died in 1760 and this will was probated 1761 in Rowan Co.l, NC that year.

Nothing is known about the widow Rebeccah other than one written account in 1840 which states she went to Montgomery Co, NC. Her oldest son William was disowned by New Garden MM, NC in 1763 for attending his sister Rebecca's marriage to a non-Quaker. There is no mention of the remaining children in the Quaker records.

Died:
New Garden Friends Meeting
http://drwilliams.org/iDoc/index.htm?url=http://drwilliams.org/iDoc/Web-201.htm

Buried:
New Garden Friends Cemetery

John married Rebeckah Harrold (?) in 1740 in Hopewell, Frederick Co., VA. Rebeckah was born before 1721 in Hopewell, Frederick Co., VA; died on 24 Jan 1761 in NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Mills Sr. and his Second wife, Rebecca MILLS were probably married about 1740, based solely on the birth of the their first son William MILLS. 
These births were probably recorded in Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick Co., VA and after 1752 in Deep River MM NC. Their children were William Mills, Rebecca Mills, Benjamin Mills, George Mills, Alias Mills (dt.) ,Tabitha Mills, and Jonathan Mills. Unfortunately, these children have never been located after there departure from the Friends Church in NC.

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Married:
Probably Hopewell MM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Land Owner/Farmer
• Residence: Hopewell, NJ
• Residence: Frederick Co., VA
• USR1: Possibly killed/beheaded by Indians.
• Baptism: 28 Feb 1703, Burlington Co., NJ
• Residence: by 1745, Fairfax Co., VA

Notes:

“John Parks I (ca.1674-1757) was the settler who received a 1753 land grant, surveyed by George Washington in 1750....No will has been located....John I came to Old Frederick County, VA., during the early days of settlement and applied for a Fairfax grant, which he reassigned to a son named George Parks. His date of death has not been proven, but is believed to have been during the era of the French and Indian War."
[George Washington was 18/19 years old in 1750.]

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"From 1750 to 1753, George Washington worked as a land surveyor and measured many of the properties in Northern Virginia. In 1750, at the age of eighteen years, George Washington surveyed land on or near the Capon River for John Park, Sr., and also for his presumed son, John, Jr., apparently an adult by that time. Records exist concerning three tracts thus surveyed: (a) a tract of 250 acres for John, Jr.: (b) a tract of 400 acres for John, Sr. (I); and possibly (c) a tract of 135 acres for an unknown John Park, Jr....
"In his letter of Sept 9, 1893, Moses' grandson James Parks confirms that his grandfather spoke of seeing George Washington more than once at the home of his father (John Park (II)) while the surveys were in progress....
"Mrs. Northcutt notes in her 1957 paper that John Park, Sr. (presumable the owner, John I), served as a chain carrier for surveyor George Washington in 1750. That is apparently indicated by the name "John Park" at the ends of the survey documents. One wonders, however, if this could have been John, Jr. (II), as John (I) was no longer a young man by then."
(For info on Washington's notes of the survey, etc. see page 137, Park Origins.)

"There seems little reason to doubt that John (I) married Sarah Smith, daughter of the Hopewell pioneer Andrew Smith, and that they and their son John Park (II) and others left Hopewell some time after 1735. That year saw the conclusion of a legal battle and the failure of the Parks' efforts to prevent Daniel Cox from ejecting them from the land around Hopewell on which they had lived for a generation. Possible the Parks and others went elsewhere in Hunterdon County, N.J. for a time, but no one is sure....It seems likely that John (I) and his brother-in-law Thomas Smith, Sr., were in Fairfax County by 1745."

"....Both John and Thomas lost their land....due to a defect in their title. They forcibly ejected the new owners from their former land, and got into trouble with the law as a result."

"...by 1731, the Parkes were listed as members of the First Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, Hunterdon County. The names included John Parke, Sr., John Parke, Jr….”.
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Feb. 28, 1702/03 John and sister Ann were baptized at St. Mary's (St. Ann's?) church Burlington, NJ, by Rev. John Talbot, a traveling minister who traveled extensively in the area, marrying, baptizing and burying members in what was a very far flung parish. They were baptized as adults in order to be able to inherit their father's land. (Historical and Geneaogical Miscellany Vol. II, by John E. Stillwell - 1906 page 49. John bought land above the falls of the Delaware in Burlington Co. from theWest NJ Society on June 16, 1699. This is in book B page 648 of theIndex to Colonial Deeds prior to ca. 1795. John was appointed overseer of the poor in 1723, 1724 and 1725 in the Hopewell Town Meeting.

One of the 50 signers of the compact to stand by each other and test the validity of Dr. Coxe's claim to eject those who did not pay for their land a second time in Hopewell. Not only did he and Thomas Smith refuse to pay for his land a second time he refused to vacate his land until forcibly evicted by Sheriff Bennett Bard who rented his homestead and Thomas Smith's to two yeomen, O'Guillon and Collier. This so enraged them that in July, 1735 they took their revenge by tar and feathering the interlopers on their land. Before this they got their families safely across the Delaware to Bucks Co. PA and then with about 10 others they broke into their former homes and tarred and feathered the two tenants, taking revenge and showing utter contempt for Coxe's dishonest officials. Tar is almost impossible to remove so it publicly shamed the two yeomen who sought to gain from injustice and they also burned their homes and barns and so reduced the profit to Coxe. John Parke, ThomasSmith and Bartholemew Anderson then escaped to PA while the other 10returned to their homes. Public sympathy was with the rebels however because in spite of great desperation in the community for money and their common knowledge of the identities of the perpetrators, nobody came forward to claim the large reward Coxe had offered for information on their whereabouts. A warrant was issued for their arrest. His land inHopewell may have the to the north of present day Broad St. between theGolden property and the present Greenwood Ave, part of a large tract held by John Parke, Roger's son and later by John Hixson. By mid century this belonged to John Hart, signer - on Hart Ave.
Here is the Proclamation put out for their arrest:

"In Council, A PROCLAMATION Whereas I have received information uponOath, that one Duncan Qguillon and one John Collier, were on the second day of July last past, severally put into the Possession of the DwellingHouses and Plantations lately in the Possession of John Parks and ThomasSmith, late of Hopewell in the County of Hunterdon, by Daniel Coxe Esq.;who then had possession of the said dwelling Houses and Plantations, delivered unto him by Bennet Bard, Esq.; High Sheriff of the said County of Hunterdon, by Virtue of a Writ of Possession to the said Sheriff, directed and issuing out of the Supreme Court of this Province of NewJersey: And that in the Night between the Thursday and the Friday following, divers Persons unknown, to the number of Twelve or more, being all disguised, having their Faces besmear’d with Blacking, and Armed withClubs, and Sticks in their Hands, Did in an Insolent, Violent, andRiotous Manner, break into and enter the said respective Dwelling Houses, and did Assault, Beat, and Wound the said Duncan Oguillon and JohnCollier, and other Persons then in the said several Dwelling Houses; and them did with Force & Arms, violently a move and turn out of possession,Cursing, Swearing, and Threatening in a most outrageous manner, that they would Kill and Murder the said Daniel Coxe, Esq; in Defiance of all Law and Government. To the end therefore, that the said audacious Offenders may be brought to condign Punishment; I have thought fit by and with theAdvice of his Majesty’s Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby promising his Majesty’s most Gracious Pardon, to any one of the saidOffenders, who shall discover one or more of their Accomplices so that he or they may be brought to condign Punishment. And as furtherEncouragement to any one who shall detect so unparallel’d and insolent anOutrage, I do hereby promise to Pay to the said Discoverer the Sum ofThirty Pounds, Proclamation Money, within one month after any or either of the said Offenders shall by his Means be convicted of the said Offence. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Perth Amboy, the TwentySecond day of August, in the Ninth Year of his Majesty’s Reign Anno Domini, 1735. By his Excellency’s Command, W. Cosby Lawr. Smyth, D. Secr. God Save the King Ed."

Note: There appears to be no record of any neighbor coming forward to identify John Parke and Thomas Smith as the 'offenders' or to claim the substantial reward. John and Thomas and their families left shortly after for Virginia. John, brother-in-law Thomas Smith and friend BartholomewAnderson left right away in 1735. It is thought that Sarah and the rest of the children remained behind for awhile - possibly even as long as until 1745. I tend to doubt it was that long. I think they were just in various locations before finally purchasing their land inFrederick/Hampshire Co., VA - just keeping a low profile.

Parke, Smith and Anderson eventually made their way to Morgan Bryan's settlement of Quakers on Opequon Creek in an area that became FrederickCo. VA and later Hampshire Co., WVA. Names of those who had resisted paying Coxe and later escaped Hopewell for debt appear in the names of those in this settlement in VA along with the two yeomen who were tarred and feathered!! - Duncan O'Quillon and John Collier, who after being beaten, tarred and feathered, realized they were not welcome in Hopewell!The greatest concentration of these folks from Hopewell were along BackCreek (the next creek west of Opequon) in a small, mountain community where a peak was named by its early settlers "Jersey Mountain."

Back in Hopewell John had served as Constable and on the Grand Juryand was a respected member of the community. He had the most to lose ashe had 600 acres of good land with fruit trees etc. in Hopewell. Hepurchased 300 acres of this land in 1699 which was described as beinglocated in the north central part of what became Hopewell Twp. , north ofthe Village of Marshall's Corner. (Source Wm. Hunter & Richard L.Porter "Hopewell A Historical Geography." The three fled to Pennsylvaniaand may have spent some time there in Chester/Bucks Co. area. An unusualentry in Revel's Book of Surveys lists for a Thomas Parke (but in themargin it calls him John) for 300 acres next to Thomas Twigg on Feb. 27,1696-7.

A time gap is found between the time John left Hopewell in 1735 and when he was recorded in land surveys in Hampshire Co. in 1745. It is possible that he was in Hampshire Co.(then Frederick Co., VA) before this time as were others as well whose land was not surveyed by GeorgeWashington, then a young 19 yr old surveyor until 1745 and after. Before these surveys were made, these settlers were living on their unrecorded land. John's first survey appears to be recorded by George Washington onApril 10, 1750 on Thomas Edward's Mill Run. I believe that John may have stayed a few years in the area of the Welsh settlement of PA (near present day Philadelphia) and came to Frederick Co.- Back Creek with the settlers that Morgan Bryan brought down from the Welsh settlement to the first of the Bryan Settlements there near Winchester - then calledHopewell (interesting!) Later of course Morgan Bryan was to take settlers further south to the second of the Bryan Settlements in Rowan Co. in present day Davie & Yadkin Co.s.

John Parke's land was adjacent to Richard Arnold's land and they may have arrived in the area at the same time or together. This land aFairfax land grant, was later settled on by John Kale about 1774. No record has been found for a purchase of that land by John Kale. An 18th century mill mentioned in a courthouse land record in 1800 stood onKale's land. The graveyard on this land is known as the Kale family graveyard in present day but was the Parke family graveyard originally.

John assigned his 400 acres in Hampshire Co. to his son George in1753. George Jr. and his mother Elizabeth (by then married to an Ashbrook) inherited it August 16, 1767. It was this land that John III, son of John II, George's brother, sued to get ownership of because being the son of John Parke Jr. he was rightful heir to the land of John Parke I, according to English law. John Parke I signed this survey assignment with the "e" at the end of his name.

Also found in the Book of Survey of George Washington (July1749-October 1752), is a survey for 135 acres on Mill Run, a branch of the Capapon River, granted to John Park, Jr., 29 December 1760.( this is actually John III) On March 31, 1751, 30 acres of land was surveyed for Bartholomew Anderson. John and Bartholomew had left New Jersey togetherAnother record is found indicating that George Washington surveyed forThomas Parks, Sr. 127 acres, Frederick Co., River of Cacapon, April 12,1750. Memo of Survey, p. 37. "Park Origins" by Percival Park. (p.127). It is unknown if Thomas was related.
In 1783 a John Park, wife Sarah of Hampshire Co., sold 135 acres onMill Run, a branch of Cacapon to George Horn. Rec: 11-11, 1783 Wit:none. This seems to the land survey by Geo. Washington above - however, why this was sold as late as 1783 doesn't make sense and John & Sarah were both long dead. (could it be 1753?)

According to information from Mrs. Betty Northcutt, John Parke I had been killed by Indians, who propped up his body on a post for all to see. The exact date is not known for John's death. However his land warrant was assigned to his son George, who was also killed during theFrench & Indian War in which he served about the same time. Because George was soon dead also, this land went to George Jr. and was the land contested by John III. This assignment occurred about 1762.
The date of his death has been narrowed down to sometime prior to Nov. of 1756 by this document found:
'Certificate James Smith heir to John Park's for a mare impressed Valued at 6 pounds to be laid before the counsel paying the money Nov 2nd 1756.Work of this nature are to be paid by the Colonel."
"This is to certify that John Park's Mare was prest for an Express from Col. Washington to Col. Stephens she being valued at L 6.0 Henry Harris Fort Edwards April 29, 1756"
James Smith had gone before the counsel to state that he never received the mare: "October 17th 1756 I sign over the within to James Smith Allen Park(s) November 2 day 1756 This day James Smith came before me the subscriber and made oath that the within roane mare prest at Fort Edwards was never returned to the owner nor his agent James under my hand this day and year above Tho. Swearingen"

His land which bordered on the land (400 acres) of Richard Arnold Sr.& Jr. and later John Arnold was bought by Hans Jerg Kail/Kehl/Coehl/Kale/Cale about Bet.1760-1774. Great-grandson Samuel remembered that the house was situated on the land at the foot of the hill below the graveyard. He also remembered that George Washington stayed with them while he was doing the Fairfax land deed surveys. The land was near Bubbling Springs, a mineral spring and on the Great Capecapon River. Johann Georg/John George died in 1797 and was buried on the land in the graveyard first used as a family graveyard by John Parke Sr., Sarah Smith & their family and the Arnold family. The land was divided evenly between his 3 sons, Peter, John & George. Peter & John sold their share to brother George and they moved to Ohio.

April 11, 1750 surveyed for Joseph Edwards - 400 acres on Cacapon River -granted to him in 1752, this property was immediately north ofRichard Arnold who witnessed the survey by Washington.

This property was about 3 miles south of Capon Bridge on the Cacapon just north of Bubbling Springs, it was exactly one mile (320 poles) long and5/8 mile (200 poles) wide which is 400 acres and was oriented 33 degrees south of east. The western or northwestern boundary was at the foot of Dillon's Mtn. on the west side of the river. Arnold's Ford is another 2 miles south. Property is between Capon Chapel cemetery on the north andKale and Monroe cemeteries on the south. Joseph Edwards had a 400 acre grant immediately to the north which was patented by Robert Pugh in 1760, John Chenoweth had the grant to the south which was above John Parke and the Bubbling Springs Chenoweth's grant was surveyed for Silvenius Smith in 1750.

Frederick County, 2:208, 5 March 1746
On the petition of James Coddy, Thomas Smith, John Parks, William Naylor, Josiah Arnold, George Potts, Darby McKeaver, Samuel Farrington, George Hoge, Peter Foster, and Walter D[illegible] for a road from Park's graveyard near Cape Capon water, over Dillon's Run, into the Wagon Road on Joseph Edwards's land, it is ordered that the said road be cleared bythe said petitioners and that they work on the same under James Coddy, who is hereby appointed surveyor thereof. And it is further ordered that the said James Coddy cause the said road to be kept in good repair and make bridges thereon where required according to law.

From: History of Nixon Family in Hampshire County
It is estimated that George Nixon was born about 1718 in Pennsylvania, and came to this area during the early 1740s, where he married ElizabethArnold, daughter of Richard Arnold Jr. Elizabeth was born circa 1722 inChester County, Pennsylvania, and died about 1783. Apparently, GeorgeNixon knew the Arnolds and Edwards in Pennsylvania. The Arnolds, whose land adjoined John and George Parks, and James Caudy, were among the first settlers along the Cacapon River south of present-day Capon Bridge.At least five children were born to the union of George and Elizabeth(Arnold) Nixon. William, Jonathan, Hannah, Nancy, and Elizabeth Nixon.In1758, George inherited from his father-in-law, Richard Arnold Jr, the plantation house and one-half of the Arnold’s Fairfax land grant.Arnold’s will named son-in-law George Nixon and friend Jesse Pugh to be executors. Witnesses to the will were Roger Parke, James Caudy, and John Ashbrook, all early pioneers in Cacapon Valley. In 1779, George Nixon Sr.received a Fairfax grant for 79 acres along Dillon’s Run. That land was first owned by Jacob Fout who was killed by Indians before he could secure a title.Some time after Elizabeth’s death, possibly in 1785,George Nixon married a young woman named Rachel Parks, daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Mosley) Parks. Ironically, they named their three childrenWilliam, George and Joseph. Troublesome and confusing! From his first marriage to Elizabeth Arnold, old George Nixon also named his oldest sonWilliam, whom he promised the plantation house and a portion of theFairfax land grant. Elizabeth, while on her death bed, made a passionate plea for her husband to transfer the land legally to their son William.The son had paid the fee simple but George did not follow through to issue a deed. Neither did George Nixon Sr. give the land to William (now deceased) nor his heirs, in a will dated February 15, 1793. Instead, the plantation was willed to son George Nixon Jr., who was less than three years old. Now, the first William Nixon (of George Nixon Sr.) had died in1781, and his property, by law, was to have been passed on to his eldest son, being also named George Nixon (1769-1857). But, without a legal instrument, he was unable to assume ownership. To receive his intended due, grandson George, of William Nixon, filed a chancery court suit against son George Jr., of George Nixon Sr. George Jr., whose legal guardian was Francis White, the Hampshire County Sheriff, was about eighty ears old when the chancery suit was filed. Charles Magill, attorney for the plaintiff, called a list of witnesses to testify that George NixonSr. had verbally verified his intention for son William to inherit the land being questioned. These depositions provide insight into the CaponBridge community during the second half of the 18th century. Depositions were given by Rees Pritchard, Jacob Clutter, Michael Capper, John Perrill, Joseph Wilkinson, Sarah Nixon, Thomas Wilkinson, Benjamin Webb, Elizabeth Webb, John Albion, Mary Pugh, John Muir, John Arnold, BenjaminMcDonald, Robert Pugh, Michael Lyon, Isaac Lupton, and John Brown.

Hopewell Meeting -Quaker meeting house in Opequon Creek, Old FrederickCo., VA began in 1732 - Back Creek Meeting house began in 1759-1869 and was Jesse Pugh's Meeting.

More About John Parke:
Burial: Park (Kale) Cemetery, Near Capon Bridge, Hampshire Co., WVA
To Fairfax Co. VA: 1745, Then to Capon Valley (Capacon?), warrant for land 1750., in Old Frederick Co. VA - Hampshire Co. - now W VA
Unjustly evicted from his: 1731, Hunterdon Co., Hopewell Twp. NJ property

Residence:
Near Capon Bridge

Baptism:
First Episcopal Church (St. Mary’s Church) by Rev John Talbot

Died:
Possibly killed/beheaded by Indians.

Buried:
Park (Kale) Cemetery near Capon Bridge

John married Sarah Smith in 1699 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. Sarah (daughter of Andrew I. Smith and Olive Foster) was born on 28 Nov 1675 in Burton Bank, Royston Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; died after 1759 in Hampshire Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Dec 1675, Royston, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

Notes for Sarah Smith:

The entry in the Pitt/Smith Bible for her says that she was born the 28th of the 9th month (English calendar - this is actually our 11th month) 1675 about the 10th hour before noon.
She is the first born of Andrew Smith & Olive Foster. Her father Andrew Smith was listed at the church as being a resident of Burton in Royston Parish. This refers to Burton Bank, which was located in present day Monk Bretton, Yorkshire. Monk Bretton is located just east of the city of Barnsley in Yorkshire, and is about three or four miles west of Grimethorpe. It is about the same distance south of Royston. Burton Bank was the site of an early meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers). The Friends were established at Burton Bank about 1665, and there was both a meeting house and burial ground located there.

Baptism:
St. John the Baptist Church

Notes:

Married:
Crosswicks Creek

Notes:

Buried:
Eccles, St. Mary

John + Sarah Harrold. Sarah (daughter of James Harrold and Susan Keith) was born in 1662 in Province Of PA; died on 17 Oct 1759 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]