Person:Robert Parker (63)

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Maj. Robert Porter Parker
b.12 Oct 1760 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
d.4 Mar 1800 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Maj. Robert Porter Parker1760 - 1800
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Mar 1789
  1. Eliza Ann Parker1794 - 1825
  2. John Todd Parker, M.D.1799 - 1862
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Facts and Events
Name Maj. Robert Porter Parker
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Oct 1760 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 10 Mar 1789 to Elizabeth Rittenhouse Porter
Death[1][2] 4 Mar 1800 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Burial? Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
References
  1. ↑ Death Notice, in The Kentucky gazette. (Lexington, Kentucky)
    5 Mar 1800.

    "Robert Parker, county surveyor for Fayette county. Died at his seat, six miles from Lexington, Tuesday night, March 5, 1800." [sic]

    Tuesday was March 4.

  2. ↑ Family Recorded, in Todd, Malcolm Newton. A genealogy of the Todd-family descendants and celebrities: Mary Todd wife Abraham Lincoln. (Lawrenceville, Illinois, 1951)
    14.

    ... Eliza Parker. She was the daughter of Major Robert Parker, a Revolutionary War officer, and a first cousin of Levi Todd. The Parker home, it was said, was the first brick residence in Lexington.

    When Eliza's father died in 1800, the Kentucky Gazette noted him as "an early adventurer to Kentucky — of extensive acquaintance — and universally esteemed." His will, leaving farms, slaves, town lots and personal property to his widow, enjoined "It is my sincere will and desire that all my children be carefully brought up and well educated." ...

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