Since this list seems to be so active right now I will try again with my Parker family. John is as far back as I have been able to go. I would love to find his parents and his wife's family. In the 1860 census the following people are living with John 1860 Census Name: John Parker Age in 1860: 85 Birth Year: abt 1775 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1860: Smyrna, Chenango, New York Household Members: Name Age John Parker 85 Abram Ferris 40 Sarah Ferris 14 Theodora Molley 15 In 1850 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, there are two families listed in one dwelling first A. Ferris 39 Isaac Rury 10 (John's grandson) second John Parker 70 Lydia Ferris 23 B. Slater 21 So far I have found no connection between the Ferris and Parker families. Descendants of John Parker Generation One 1. John Parker b c1775 RI, married Mary (--?--). He died in 1865 at Chenango, NY. Children of John1 Parker and Mary (--?--) were as follows: + 2 i. Reuben Parker, b. 1799 at Chenango Co., NY; m. Sally Porter. + 3 ii. Amasa Parker, b. 3 Sep 1803 at Chenango Co., NY; m. Livonia Albee. 4 iii. Henry Parker was born in 1804 at NY. + 5 iv. Amy Parker, b. 18 Sep 1805 at NY; m. David Sturgis. + 6 v. Hiram Parker, b. 1 Jan 1808 at Smyrna, Chenango, NY; m. Fanny Allen. + 7 vi. Philander Wallace Parker, b. 3 May 1812 at Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY; m. Hanna Harriet Walradt. + 8 vii. Diana Parker, b. 1816 at Smyrna, Chenango, NY; m. George V. Rury. Generation Two 2. Reuben Parker (John) was born in 1799 at Chenango Co., NY. He married Sally Porter. He died on 19 Dec 1864 at Otselic, Chenango, NY. Children of Reuben Parker and Sally Porter all born at NY, were as follows: 9 i. Stephan P. Parker was born in 1825. He married Emeline Hicks. He died in 1860. 10 ii. Mary Parker was born between 1826 and 1827. She married (--?--) Briggs. She died in 1915. + 11 iii. Hudson R. Parker, b. between 1835 and 1836. + 12 iv. Philander Parker, b. between 1837 and 1838; m. Pheba J. (--?--). 13 v. Giles Parker was born in 1846. 3. Amasa2 Parker (John1) was born on 3 Sep 1803 at Chenango Co., NY. He married Livonia Albee, daughter of Daniel Albee and Susanna Aldrich, at Chenango, NY. He died on 5 Oct 1892 at Little Grant, Grant Co., WI, at age 89. Children of Amasa Parker and Livonia Albee were as follows: + 14 i. Maria A. Parker, b. 1827 at Chenango Co., NY; m. Jonathan B. Church. 15 ii. Susan Ann Parker was born in 1835 at Columbus Twp., Warren Co., PA. + 16 iii. Charles Parker, b. 24 Jul 1837 at Lottsville, Warren Co., PA; m. Jenette Goldin. 5. Amy Parker (John1) was born on 18 Sep 1805 at NY. She married David Sturgis, son of (--?--) Sturgis, circa 1840. She died in 1892. Children of Amy Parker and David Sturgis were: 17 i. Morell3 Sturgis was born in 1843 at NY. He died in 1863. 6. Hiram Parker (John1) was born on 1 Jan 1808 at Smyrna, Chenango, NY. He married Fanny Allen on 13 Oct 1833. He died on 2 Mar 1885 at Reedsburg, Sauk Co., WI, at age 77. Children of Hiram Parker and Fanny Allen all born at Smyrna, Chenango, NY, were as follows: 18 i. Emily R. Parker was born between 1835 and 1836. + 19 ii. Ambrose Delos Parker, b. 13 Aug 1836; m. Harriet Delima Bartlett. + 20 iii. Allen B. Parker, b. between 1839 and 1841; m. Mary J. (--?--). 21 iv. Mary Orcellia Parker was born in 1851. 7. Philander Wallace Parker (John1) was born on 3 May 1812 at Sherburne, Chenango Co., NY. He married Hanna Harriet Walradt, daughter of Peter A. Walradt and Elizabeth, circa 1837. Children of Philander Wallace Parker and Hanna Harriet Walradt were as follows: 22 i. Harlow Parker. 23 ii. Hiram Parker was born on 8 Dec 1837 at PA. He died on 10 Nov 1852 at Warren Co., PA, at age 14. + 24 iii. Mary Ellen Parker, b. 1 Apr 1841 at PA; m. Charles Walton. + 25 iv. Harlow Dallas Parker, b. 9 Aug 1849 at Columbus, Warren Co., PA; m. Alice Perkins. + 26 v. John Wallace Parker, b. 4 May 1854 at Columbus Twp., Warren Co., PA; m. Edith Grace Carter. 27 vi. Ida May Parker was born in 1862 at Warren Co., PA, married Charles Briggs. 8. Diana Parker (John1) was born in 1816 at Smyrna, Chenango, NY. She married George V. Rury on 26 Aug 1838 at Otselic, Chenango, NY. She died on 6 Aug 1849 at Otselic, Chenango, NY. Children of Diana Parker and George V. Rury were as follows: + 28 i. Isaac S.3 Rury, b. 1839 at NY; m. Sarah Terry. 29 ii. John B. Rury was born in 1841. 30 iii. Charles H. Rury was born on 28 Apr 1847. 31 iv. Ann Eliza Rury was born on 1 Aug 1849. She married Fredrick Webber. --------------------------------- Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.