No, I do not know they're related, only that your Wilson, and my Dorothy/Dolla and her father, were Parkers residing in Monmouth NJ approximately concurrently 1776-1778. I have found resources for that time and place scarce to non-existent. > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:35:32 -0500 > From: "Patricia Woolschlager" <pwoolschlager@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [PARKER] Parker/Thorpe > > I will most certainly keep you in mind. Do you know for sure if Dolly > Parker is related to Wilson, or is it just a guess?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: parker-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:parker-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of K Powell > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 12:37 PM > To: parker@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PARKER] Parker/Thorpe > > I too am seeking to identify Parker families in Monmouth Co NJ 1778 when > John > Cook met Dolly Parker (1757-1836). All I know about her family is that her > father was a physician. Younger than she, & more contemporary with your > Wilson, > Col Amasa Parker and Rev Daniel Parker are supposedly related to Dolly, per > old > handwritten family history. Keep me in mind. > > > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:00:41 -0500 > > From: "Patricia Woolschlager" <pwoolschlager@yahoo.com> > > Subject: [PARKER] Parker/Thorpe > > > > I am seeking the parents and siblings of Wilson Parker and his wife Rhoda > > Thorpe. > > Wilson was born 24 Feb 1776 in Monmouth County, NJ and died 12 Mar 1839 in > > Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY. Rhoda Thorpe is the daughter of Isaac Thorpe. > > She was born 28 Feb 1784 somewhere in New Jersey and died 21 Jan 1864 in > > Virgil, Cortland Co., NY Wilson and Rhoda are both buried in Quail Hill > Rd. > > Cemetery in Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY. The cemetery is on property that > was > > once the Parker family farm. > > > > Census information shows that he lived in Downe Township in Cumberland > > County in 1803. > > In 1810 they moved from New Jersey to Cayuga County, New York. In 1819 > they > > moved to Cortland County, NY. 1820 census shows them living in Virgil, > > Cortland County, NY. > > > > Rhoda's father, Isaac Thorpe, was born in New Jersey in 1764. He died 22 > > Jan 1839 in Cortland County, NY > > > > Wilson and Rhoda were the parents of 10 children, 4 of which were born in > > Monmouth County, NJ. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com