I have a Wilson Parker, who was born in Monmouth NJ in 1776. I'm hoping that you have something on this Parker family. Perhaps there is a connection. Patty ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Powell" <grannytoad@yahoo.com> To: <PARKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: [PARKER-L] A Parker family at Monmouth NJ 1778, from France? > Dorothy "Dolly" Parker b 2 Oct 1757 France lived at Monmouth NJ at the > time of > the Battle of Monmouth 18 JUN 1778. According to lore Dolly was a nurse in > the > Continental Army, and trained as a nurse in the French army before coming > to NJ > with her father's family prior the revolution, thus tells about when this > Parker family arrived there, if accurate. > > I haven't found any clue yet who her parents were except that her father > was a > physician, born perhaps 1730s or earlier. She'd gone to the battlefield > the > morning after the battle and her husband-to-be John COOK was among the > victims > she managed to take to her father's house for care. That is all I know > about > her life as a young woman. > > Also if she really was a nurse for the Continental Army I'd like to > document > that because the DAR message board volunteers suggested she could be > registered > on her own, not only as her husband's wife. That suggestion was offered > eagerly > to me so of course I'd like to try! > > Kaye in Texas > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > >