1699 John Powell and Elizabeth Parker, both of Burlington County, were married on 23 February (12th month), 1698/99, at the meeting house in Burlington. Witnessed by Sarah Parker, Elizabeth Newbold, George Parker, William Parker, Joseph Parker, Mercy Andrews, and others. [1] [2]
1703 Widow Sarah Parker of Burlington County, sold 150 acres to son Joseph Parker, husbandman, for 50 pounds. [3]
1704 On 3 of month 5?, Joseph Parker of this? county and Hannah Wright formerly of Oisterbay [Oyster Bay], Long Island appeared at this meeting and declared their intentions of marriage for the first time at the men's Burlington meeting. [4]
1704 On the 4th day, 7th month [September], Joseph Parker, perhaps this one, was granted a letter by the Burlington monthly meeting to marry Hannah Wright. [5]
1704 On the 4th day, 7th month [September], Joseph Parker and Hannah Wright declared their intentions of marriage for the second time at the men's meeting in Burlington. The friends appointed found Some obstruction & dissatisfaction w'ch since he hath given satisfaction thereof this meeting permits them to accomplish ye intentions. [6]
1704 On the 4th day, 7th month [September], at the monthly meeting, "Whereas I Joseph Parker of Northampton in ye county of Burlington having not kept to the guidance & reproachs? of gode spirit in my heart w'ch is the guide of all the faithful but by giving way to a contrary spirit have fallen into many follies as by keeping to loose company at House Raisings &c. by reason whereof Gods Spirit? Truth of which I make profession is reprobated for w'ch I am heartily sorry & for ye time to come I hope by God's assistance to ?alk more circumspectly and never do ye like again desiring ye prayers of friends for my preservation as witness my hand Joseph Parker". [7]
1704 Joseph Parker and Hannah Wright were reported married on September 4, at Burlington. [8]
1709 Joseph Parker (age 38) and Hannah (age 28) appeared in the census of Northampton Twp, Burlington County. [9]
1745 On 15 April, Joseph Parker, perhaps this one, was a freeholder in Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. [10]
Research Notes:
A biosketch reports [11]:
Another theory has been brought forth that suggests that Joseph Parker was the son of George and Sarah Parker. George and Sarah Parker had a son Joseph who was born in 1671. This Joseph, however, married Hannah Wright July 4, 1704 in the Burlington Monthly Meeting. This is perhaps the least plausible of all the explanations that have been proposed. If this were truly our Joseph Parker he would have been over one hundred years old when he died. In an age where the average life span was far less than our own today, it is highly unlikely that these two individuals are one in the same.
1682 The appointment of Joseph Parker to lay out highways, passages, ferries, and to make bridges in Monmouth County, New Jersey was continued. [12]
1682-1702 Joseph Parker was the tax assessor for Monmouth county. [13]
1687 John Worthly had land at Goode Neck adjacent to Joseph Parker. [14]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1677-1765, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] John David Davis, West Jersey New Jersey Deed records 1676-1721 (2005), 227, [FHLBook].
[4] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1678-1737, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 103.
[6] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1678-1737, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1678-1737, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Marriages in Burlington Monthly Meeting (derived from other sources), [AncestryImage].
[9] John Rodgers, "Census of Northampton, Burlington County, 1709," Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 4 (1849-1850), 33-36, at 34, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 426, [InternetArchive].
[11] Clifford Christian Parker, The Parker Family of Parkertown, New Jersey and Allied Families, 5
[12] Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The Grants, Concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New Jersey (1881), 289, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[13] Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The Grants, Concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New Jersey (1881), 275, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[14] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 21. (Patents and Deeds, 1664-1703) (1899), 111, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].