This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wbwebster Surnames: PARKER, WEBSTER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.parker/15095/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In February 1831, WILLIAM HAMILTON PARKER is named as an executor in a will in which he is said to be "of the Westport, Ireland". I believe the only Westport in Ireland is in county Mayo. The will is made by Richard Webster in favour of his wife, MARGARET PARKER. They had married just over 25 years previously at TUAM in Galway. I am thinking that WILLIAM HAMILTON PARKER is more likely to be Margaret's brother than her father. If so, he may have been born around 1780 - 1790. But where was he born, and to whom? Margaret PARKER was my paternal gg-grandmother and I would dearly like to find her family. Does anyone have knowledge of a PARKER family in Mayo, especially around say 1770 - 1850? Best wishes to all Bill Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.